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EXCLUSIVE: Billy Porter's What If? from Orion Pictures has set Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali and Renee Elise Goldsberry to star in Porter's feature directorial debut, which begins production today in Pittsburgh. Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson and Grant Reynolds round out the cast.  The film's global casting search was…

On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled the first trailer for its reimagining of Cinderella, starring singer-songwriter Camilla Cabello, dating it for release on September 3. Written and directed by Kay Cannon (Blockers), Cinderella is billed as a musically-driven, bold new take on the traditional story you grew up with. Our…

The nonprofit Red Hot organization is celebrating Pride Month by releasing a single from its forthcoming double album of dance music, a Billy Porter cover of the Juliet Roberts club classic “Caught in the Middle.” The full double album is out July 2, pairing Porter and other artists with the production of Bill Coleman…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Pose series finale.  Emotions continued to ride high for the House of Evangelista in a final chapter of devastation, celebration and a new generation. On the heels of Angel and Papi’s wedding, Pose resumes with the grim realities of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Pray Tell (Bil…

Peacock has put in development Fruits of Thy Labor, a one-hour family drama from Emmy-winning Pose star Billy Porter, Dan McCabe, Greg Berlanti and his Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. Written by Porter and McCabe, Fruits of Thy Labor follows three generations of an African-American showbiz dynasty…

This year marks the third and final season of FX’s groundbreaking series Pose, which was co-created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals. The drama, which premiered in 2015, broke ground with the largest transgender cast in TV history as it put the spotlight on the underground ballroom culture that thrived…

Disney+’s The Proud Family revival has added a trio of actors to its cast with Billy Porter, Zachary Quinto and EJ Johnson set to play new characters. The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder will pick up the story of its central character Penny Proud and also include her madcap family: parents Oscar and Trudy, twin…

EXCLUSIVE: In her feature debut, singer Camila Cabello will be seen fitted for the glass slipper on Amazon Prime. Amazon Studios is closing a deal to acquire worldwide rights to the Kay Cannon-directed musical Cinderella from Sony Pictures. No premiere date yet, but the film will premiere later this year. Sony…

For Steven Canals, the co-creator of the groundbreaking FX drama Pose, highlighting the stories of the House of Evangelista was first a selfish act. However, days before the final chapter premieres Sunday, Canals said Pose has evolved to support, represent, validate and celebrate the members of the Black, Latinx…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a global casting search, rising star Yasmin Finney, the 17-year-old Black trans woman from Manchester, England, has landed a lead role in Orion Pictures’ What If?, the first project announced under the leadership of Orion President Alana Mayo. Emmy-winning Pose star Billy Porter is stepping behind…

Category is: fierce finale realness! The first trailer for the third and final season of the groundbreaking FX series Pose created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals has finally dropped. In under two minutes, it serves audiences lots of drama, tears, laughter, hope, love and most importantly, sickening…

Times Square in New York will be closed to the public Thursday night for New Year’s Eve celebrations, the first time there won’t be a crowd at the iconic locale on December 31 since the first ball drop in 1907 (the first celebration at One Times Square in Manhattan was in 1904). But in a year in which the…