Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Cynthia Ervio starring Genius: Aretha doesn't yet know when it will resume production nor who will be playing one of the music business' most powerful executives in the legendary singer's life.
“We have not set an actual date yet," said director and EP Anthony Hemingway today…
Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is set to star in the Universal Pictures drama Talent Show, which is being directed by Gandja Monteiro (Vida, The Chi). Emmy winner Lena Waithe penned the latest version of the script from an earlier version by Aimee Lagos. George Tillman Jr. and Robert Teitel are producing under their…
I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and Cynthia Erivo, the Grammy-winning singer and actress, are to headline the BBC’s first Creative Diversity Xperience.
The online event will take place on 28-29 July with the ambition of showcasing the vibrancy, innovation and leadership of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic…
Cynthia Erivo has always been a talent to keep an eye on, but it was her role as Celie Harris in the Broadway production of The Color Purple which lit up the stage and caused everyone’s jaws to drop in awe — so much that she won a Tony Award for it. From there, it seemed like Erivo took Hollywood by storm.
Erivo went…
Quibi is teaming with Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, The Outsider, The Color Purple) for the docuseries What We Keepwhich will bring audiences into the homes of remarkable people and asks the singular question: "Of all that you own, what object means the most to you…
Cutting deep into cable viewership on Sunday night, the wound on Cynthia Erivo's character's arm in the mid-credits scene of the finale of The Outsider was just the latest but surely not last twist in the tale of the HBO miniseries based on Stephen King's 2018 novel.
Coming in with a season high of 1.37 million…
EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners has acquired film rights to Carrier, the hit sci-fi-thriller podcast created by audio studio QCode and Dan Blank. Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winner Cynthia Erivo, fresh off her two Oscar nominations for Harriet, is attached to star and will reprise her role from the podcast. Blank will also write…
Music is a growing presence at film's biggest night, and this year seems to have a larger piece of the broadcast than ever before.
Beyond the Academy Awards’ traditional Best Original Song presentations, this year's Oscars have a few "special" performances, highlighted by Billie Eilish, fresh off her Grammy majors…
National Geographic and Fox 21 Television Studios will release a first-look, national teaser promo for Genius: Aretha during this Sunday's Oscars telecast airing on ABC, a sister network of NatGeo, which is also owned by Disney.
Cynthia Erivo, a 2020 Academy Awards nominee, stars as Aretha Franklin in the third season…
UK acting and filmmaking talents have weighed in with their picks for an 'alternative BAFTA list' that highlights more diverse candidates.
The campaign, launched by the UK wing of Time's Up, is designed to recognize the number of women and people of color who were overlooked in this year's awards race.
The BAFTA…
“Aretha not only makes art that is timeless that runs through the fabric of our lives and endures through time, but she does what genius also should be doing and does do. She's inclusive and ignites the genius in each and every one of us,” said Suzan-Lori Parks, executive producer and showrunner of Nat Geo’s Genius: Ar…
EXCLUSIVE:Nat Geo is rounding out its cast for Genius: Aretha, the next installment of its popular anthology from Imagine Television and Fox 21 TV Studios that stars Cynthia Erivo as the Queen of Soul.
Newcomer Shaian Jordan is set as a series regular in a recasting. Additionally, Dear White People‘s Marque…
