'United States vs. Billie Holiday' Writer on How the Singer Was Targeted by the Government

Her voice was legendary, as were some of the battles she faced in her career. Lee Daniels’ new film, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” revisits the life of the iconic, openly bisexual singer.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSinger-turned-actor Andra Day brought versatility to Lee Daniels’ biopic “The United States vs.

For director Lee Daniels and the cast of his new film, The United States vs Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday was a public figure with whom they felt a personal connection, like "one of my aunties," Daniels said of the jazz singer. But the film, which will premiere on Hulu Feb.

Lee Daniels The first time I saw myself on-screen was in 1972. The film was “Lady Sings the Blues,” a cinematic masterpiece about jazz icon Billie Holiday.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn Lee Daniel’s upcoming “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” coming to Hulu on Feb.

Mank Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies Seyfried wore platinum bobbed wigs while makeup department head Gigi Williams applied makeup "somewhere between [Davies’] on-camera looks and our idea of her off-camera look." Adds assistant makeup department head Michelle Audrina Kim, "Working in black-and-white, it was key for us to shift our perspective of doing makeup; from picking products and colors not necessarily based on the color/hue, but on tonal value." Williams notes that for the director’s

By Jill SerjeantLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Spike Lee's Vietnam War drama "Da 5 Bloods" roared back into the Hollywood awards race on Thursday when it was nominated for the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, while presumed Oscar contender "Mank" got just one nod.

Donald Trump‘s formal answer to his January 13 impeachment for “incitement of insurrection” not only came three weeks late, but was delivered with a glaring typo. The former president’s statement, released February 2, is addressed to “The Honorable, the Member of the Unites States Senate.” This simple, but completely avoidable mistake isn’t the worst of it. Not by a long shot.

Lee Daniels has become a morning person.

Andra Day gained fame as a singer thanks to her hit anthem “Rise Up”, but she’ll soon be seen making her acting debut in the role of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in the Lee Daniels-directed biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”.

Andra Day takes her first acting role very seriously. The Grammy-nominated singer did everything it took to resemble and sound like Billie Holiday in Hulu’s new biopic,  The United States Vs.

Andra Day has fully committed herself to taking on the role of jazz singer Billie Holiday. The 36-year-old musician's first major on-screen role will be to play Holiday in the upcoming Hulu film,, and the role caused her to sacrifice herself physically. “I basically abused my body for a long time,” Day said during 's Actors on Actors with Leslie Odom Jr.

Andra Day “abused” her body while getting ready to play Billie Holiday.

Andra Day is opening up about how she prepared to play Billie Holiday in Hulu’s upcoming movie, The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

“When I thought of Billie Holiday, I just thought of her as a jazz singer, maybe a troubled artist, you hear about drugs, a little bit of trouble with the law,” says Lee Daniels, director of the upcoming biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday. With all that Holiday accomplished during her storied career, rarely highlighted is her work in the civil rights movement of the 1930s and ’40s, which was why Daniels was inspired to tackle this project.

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefGrammy-nominated singer Andra Day had never starred in a movie before she channeled Billie Holiday in a new biopic directed by Lee Daniels.In “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday,” which will be released by Hulu on Feb.

“[Bille Holiday] was such an avant-garde [figure], so it was trying to pull things that seemed new. There are so many pictures of her, it’s wild.

Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States of America on Wednesday, prompting many of his supporters in Hollywood to take to Twitter to share their thoughts with their fans.  Biden’s inauguration officially brought an end to the presidency of Donald Trump after four years of political tension and division, perpetuated in large part by outspoken celebrities who were either critics or supporters of the past administration.  Many of those outspoken voices were among the

The United States vs Billie Holiday, starring Bird Box's Trevante Rhodes and Russian Doll and Orange is the New Black actress Natasha Lyonne, has landed and it promises to be a moving watch. The film tells the story of the life and career of iconic singer Billie Holiday, who is considered one of the greatest jazz and swing musicians of all time.