Variety Staff | Variety.com HBO has lined up more notables for key roles in “Confirmation,” the telepic revisiting the drama of the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill showdown in 1991. Greg Kinnear is set to play Joe Biden, who was a prominent voice in the Supreme Court...
https://youtu.be/2zV4tgWYx50 Director: Doug Ellin Writer(s): Doug Ellin (screenplay), Rob Weiss (story) Starring: Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Perrey Reeves, Rex Lee, Debi Mazar, Rhys Coiro, Constance...
https://youtu.be/_LdB5mYbGz8 Director: Debbie Tucker Green Writer(s): Debbie Tucker Green Starring: Nadine Marshall, Idris Elba, Kai Francis Lewis, Sharlene Whyte, Seroca Davis, Llewella Gideon, Larrington Walker, Nicola Walker, Janelle Frimpong, Gershwyn Eustache...
Amanda N'Duka | Deadline Hollywood Whatever take one might have on Lifetime’s biopic Whitney, it is safe to say that it had an impact on people, which was quite evident at the Awardsline Emmy screening last night at the Landmark Theatre on Pico Blvd. The film marks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGnSiHxPoUI Director: Patrick Branson Writer(s): Patrick Branson, Aaron Pritchard Starring: Barack Obama, Big George Brock, Leo Bud Welch, Janice Monti, Houston Baker, Harry Weber, Bill Luckett, Theo Dasbach, Jimbo Mathus, Jim...
https://vimeo.com/60815981 Director: Seyi Adebanjo Writer(s): Seyi Adebanjo Starring: Chief Moloran Iya Oloya Synopsis: A queer Gender Non Conforming Nigerian returns home to connect with the Orisa (African Goddess) tradition, and follows a trail back to the powerful...
Maane Khatchatourian | Variety.com Nichelle Nichols, best know for her role as Lt. Uhura in “Star Trek,” suffered a stroke in her Los Angeles home on Wednesday night. Her rep Zach McGinnis announced the news on Facebook. “Last night while at her home in L.A., Nichelle...
Ali Jaafar | Deadline Hollywood The Weinstein Company is in talks with Laurence Fishburne and Idris Elba to direct and star, respectively, in their long-gestating adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s bestselling novel The Alchemist. No deals have closed yet, but this is a...
Debra Birnbaum | Variety.com The following is part of Variety’s Actors on Actor Emmy Studio. For more videos, click here. You could almost hear the music as Queen Latifah joined Taraji P. Henson in Variety’s Actors on Actors studio for a candid conversation about...
...On Hiring Of Women And Minorities David Robb | Deadline Hollywood SAG-AFTRA has scrapped its plans to conduct a comprehensive five-year survey of the employment of women and minority actors in the film and TV industry. The guild’s top diversity official told...
Anita Busch | Deadline Hollywood Zoe Kravitz, who is part of Lionsgate’s Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant franchise films, is set to star in Black Belle, portraying a gunslinging hit woman from the Old West. The gritty project, which is scheduled to begin...
Dave McNary |Variety.com Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Marlon Wayans’ spoof “Fifty Shades of Black” and set a January 29 release date. IM Global came on board last month to produce and finance. “Fifty Shades of Black” reunites the team...