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EXCLUSIVE: Tim Story (Tom and Jerry, Universal’s Ride Along films) has wrapped principal photography on The Blackening, a horror-comedy he directed for MRC Film, which stars Dewayne Perkins (The Upshaws), Grace Byers (Amazon’s Harlem), Jermaine Fowler (Coming 2 America), Melvin Gregg (Nine Perfect Strangers), Jay…

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple Grammy award-winning recording artist Alicia Keys is attached to produce a currently untitled Netlfix romantic comedy that explores the bonds of love and family. Christina Milian, Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah, and Sinqua Walls will star in the film, which is being directed by Steven…

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Pharoah, who revealed last week that he’d been stopped by LAPD officers while jogging recently and that one cop placed a knee on Pharoah’s neck, said on CBS This Morning today that black people in America are made to “feel like we’re guilty until proven innocent.” Pharoah…

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Pharoah says he was stopped by police while jogging in Los Angeles recently, that one of the officers kneeled on his neck and that video footage, apparently from a nearby security camera, recorded the incident. Pharoah shared the video on Instagram today, saying “I could have…

Refresh for updates Tributes to John Witherspoon continued throughout the night after news broke that the actor and comedian had passed. “RIP my brother,” tweeted David Alan Grier. “You will be missed.” Chance the Rapper called him “the definition of an icon.” “The world is a little less funny today,” wrote Samuel L…

EXCLUSIVE: IMDb is moving further into original content production with two new short-form comedy series – Special Skills hosted by SNL alum Jay Pharoah, and Unmade, featuring comedians including Nick Cannon, Tig Notaro, Rainn Wilson, Weird Al, Reggie Watts and others. Both are produced by Electus' Big Breakfast and…

YouTube has greenlighted a 10-episode comedy series toplined by Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Detroiters star Sam Richardson, with Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) as a key recurring guest star. The untitled series, set for a 2019 premiere on YouTube Red, reunites a number of key auspices behind ABC’s comedy…

EXCLUSIVE: After publishing a memoir that bared her rise as a '70s screen siren and a private life that included love affairs with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Richard Pryor and Freddie Prinze, Pam Grier is focused on Pam, the working title of a biopic that will bring her life story to the screen. A script by Bennie Richburg…

EXCLUSIVE: After moving seamlessly from Saturday Night Live to the Showtime sitcom White Famous, Jay Pharoah has been set as a lead of #twominutesoffame, starring with Katt Williams and Keke Palmer in a Lionsgate/CodeBlack feature comedy fused to the studio’s Laugh Out Loud streaming network that launched in…

Jack Davenport (Smash), Michael Rapaport (Louie), Lyndon Smith (Parenthood), Cleopatra Coleman (Last Man on Earth), and Lucien Laviscount (Snatch) are set for recurring roles opposite Jay Pharoah on Showtime’s new comedy series White Famous from Lionsgate TV. Based on Jamie Foxx's personal experiences coming up in the…

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Pharoah is opening up about being fired from the long-running comedy show. Speaking with Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning, the comedian shared his feelings of being underutilized during his SNL run. “If you have multiple people on the cast saying things like ‘you’re so talented…

Showtime has ordered new half-hour comedy series White Famous toplined by Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah, Showtime president David Nevins announced during the network’s TCA executive session. The project — based on Jamie Foxx's personal experiences coming up in the business — was one of three comedy pilots…