Watch ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Keep His Cool During Mistaken Bank-Robber Arrest (Video)

Actor Ryan Gosling was set to guest star on season three of Donald Glover’s FX show Atlanta, but plans fell through. 

Tammy Williams is majority owner of a new television studio in Atlanta. Up until now, Tyler Perry was the only Black person to own studio space in the state, but this deal makes her the first Black woman to own a $135 million studio and post-production facility.

Atlanta star and creator Donald Glover has revealed that he almost got “big fan” Ryan Gosling to appear on the show’s new third season.The show’s third season, filmed in the UK and Europe, premiered in the US on FX this week (March 24), with a UK release date still yet to be confirmed.Speaking at the show’s season three premiere at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 24), Glover told PEOPLE that he had spoken to Gosling, who is a fan of the show, about appearing in the new season.Revealing that the pair “talked on the phone” about the role and “were going to do it,” scheduling conflicts got in the way.“He said he was a big fan, but he had something else, and it just didn’t work out,” Glover said. “I was so bummed because the part was so great for him!”Created by and starring Glover, Atlanta is a comedy-drama series that has received critical acclaim for its subversive writing and performances.

NEW YORK -- The Black News Channel has pulled the plug after the 2-year-old venture failed to meet payroll and lost the backing of its biggest investor.Princell Hair, the company's president and CEO, told employees Friday in a memo that the news network was ceasing live production and would file for bankruptcy. BNC was available in some 50 million homes with cable and satellite but had failed to attract many viewers.The network, founded in 2020 by former GOP congressman J.C.

An out-of-this-world connection. Lana Condor and Cole Sprouse had to turn up the charm for their latest movie, Moonshot — and they’re happy they got to do it together.

EXCLUSIVE: CeeLo Green, the musician behind hits including Crazy, has teamed up with Lauren Grace Media to develop two television projects.

black midi, the spiky and uncompromising British post-punk band, kick off their North American tour tonight (March 22) and have dropped a new covers EP to celebrate. Cavalcovers includes the group's take on "Love Story" by Taylor Swift plus “Moonlight On Vermont” by Captain Beefheart and King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man." The latter features all three members of the band, bassist Cameron Picton, guitarist Geordie Greep, and drummer Morgan Simpson, on vocals for the first time. Check out the EP below.

Doja Cat brought her set at Lollapalooza Argentina to a standstill over the weekend (March 19), after being alerted to an audience member requiring medical attention.The American singer and rapper was performing her song ‘Options’ when she called for the track to be cut midway through, Billboard reports. Addressing the crowd, she asked if “somebody needs help out there”, to which a section of the crowd waved and pointed.

Selome Hailu It’s been almost four years since the last episode of the Donald Glover-created FX comedy “Atlanta” aired in 2018. But Glover, one of pop culture’s most mythic figures, finally re-emerged on Saturday to premiere the first two episodes of Season 3 on the closing night of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.Season 3 was shot in tandem with Season 4, which FX announced would be the final installations of the show. Glover, who also stars as Earnest “Earn” Marks, didn’t mince words about the decision to wrap things up.“All good things end.

“Atlanta”Thursday, March 24 at 10 p.m., FXMore than four years after the previous season aired, “Atlanta” is back for its hotly anticipated third season. This season once again stars Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield and Zazie Beetz, and was directed by Glover’s longtime creative collaborator Hiro Murai.

Incubus have announced a massive tour across the US this summer where they’ll be joined by guest Sublime With Rome – buy your tickets here.The tour kicks off in West Palm Beach, Florida this July, with stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City.In addition to Sublime With Rome, The Aquadolls will also be joining the Brandon Boyd and co. on the road.See a full list of dates below.

Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa have shared a fantastical music video for their new collaborative single, ‘Sweetest Pie’.The video – released on Friday morning (March 11) – was directed by Dave Meyers and conceptualised by Megan Thee Stallion herself. It sees the two artists fend off a horde of men in various fantasy settings, with the duo at one point burning a castle and men to ashes.Watch the music video for ‘Sweetest Pie’ below.‘Sweetest Pie’ serves as the first taste of Megan Thee Stallion’s upcoming album, per a press release.

Ryan Coogler has spoken out about an incident that resulted in his brief detainment by police in January. According to a police report obtained by ET, the 35-year-old director stepped into a Bank of America in Atlanta on Jan. 7 wearing a hat, sunglasses and a COVID face mask.

ATLANTA -- Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after a bank employee mistook him for a robber when he passed her a note while trying to withdraw a large amount of cash from his account.The “Black Panther” director, who is Black, walked into a Bank of America branch Jan. 7 and passed the bank employee a withdrawal slip with a note written on the back asking her to “be discreet when handing him the cash,” according to a police report.

Ryan Coogler found himself in a tense situation when he was detained in January outside a Bank of America branch in Atlanta in a case of mistaken identity. In police body-camera footage, the "Black Panther" director, 35, is perplexed as to what is happening after he presented a note to a bank teller, asking to withdraw a sum of $12,000 in cash "from my checking account" but with the caveat, "Please do the money count somewhere else.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Atlanta Police Department released bodycam video on Wednesday that showed two officers with their guns out just before they detained “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler in January.Coogler was attempting to withdraw $12,000 from his account at a Bank of America branch, when the teller became suspicious. Coogler had passed a note stating that “I’d like be discreet,” prompting the teller to stall for time and then call 911.One officer could be seen unholstering his gun, just before putting Coogler in handcuffs.

Ryan Coogler is speaking out about an incident that resulted in him being briefly detained by police in January. According to a police report obtained by ET, the 35-year-old director stepped into a Bank of America in Atlanta on Jan. 7 wearing a hat, sunglasses and a COVID face mask. He went to the counter and handed the bank teller a withdrawal slip with a note written on the back that reportedly read, «I would like to withdraw $12,000 cash from my checking account.

Whoa! Ryan Coogler was mistaken for a bank robber at the start of the year – and he even got detained for it!