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Lifetime spread the teaser for its Nov. 15  biopic Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B throughout social media.  Strutting the R&B singer’s style is Alex Shipp, star of Nickelodeon’s House of Anubis. She replaced Disney Channel star Zendaya who backed out of the project days after her attachment was announced. Based on…

Lifetime is dusting itself off with House Of Anubis actress Alex Shipp, who will now rock the boat in the network’s high-profile biopic of the late R&B singer Aaliyah. Producers had to scramble when original star Zendaya pulled out of the project last month. Now filming’s back on track to start later this month…

The planned Lifetime biopic of late singer Aaliyah is on hold after Disney star Zendaya pulled out of the project, the network announced in a brief tweet from its PR wing (and retweet from @LifetimeTV): We are sad Zendaya will no longer portray Aaliyah. Production is currently on hold. — LifetimePR (@LifetimeTV_PR) Jun…

And three makes a trend: Lifetime announced today that Disney star Zendaya will play the late R&B star Aaliyah in a biopic about the singer, who died in a plane crash at age 22. Based on the bestseller Aaliyah: More Than A Woman by former Time magazine music editor Christopher Farley, Aaliyah: Princess Of R&B (wt)…