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Onyx Collective has given a series greenlight to Reasonable Doubt to stream on Hulu. Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere) is set to star in the lead role of the legal drama, from writer/executive producer Raamla Mohamed (Scandal); executive producer Kerry Washington, who will direct the first episode; and ABC…

After the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night denied a request to issue emergency relief blocking Texas’ new law that bans abortion at six weeks and, say opponents, effectively eliminates access to abortions statewide, some big names in entertainment expressed their opinions about the legislation. A group of…

Disney Branded Television has put into development From The Desk Of Zoe Washington, an original movie based on Janae Marks’ critically acclaimed book, executive produced by Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street Productions, and Gamechanger Films. The announcement was made Wednesday at Disney’s virtual TCA session. From the…

Emmy winner Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere, American Son) has signed on to produce and star in Rockaway, Netflix’s film adaptation of the memoir by Diane Cardwell. The memoir centers on a Manhattan journalist who unexpectedly discovers the transcendent power of surfing, while working on a routine…

Hulu has put legal drama Reasonable Doubt on a script-to-series development track with the opening of a writers room. The project, originally set up at ABC during the 2019-20 development season, hails from writer Raamla Mohamed (Scandal), Kerry Washington's Simpson Street Productions, Larry Wilmore's Wilmore Films…

EXCLUSIVE: Laurence Fishburne will play The Schoolmaster and Michelle Yeoh Professor Anemone in The School For Good And Evil, joining Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso in the Paul Feig-directed pic for Netflix. Finding Neverland scribe David Magee and Feig adapted the bestselling…

Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron have joined the cast of The School For Good And Evil, the Paul Feig-directed adaptation of the fantasy YA novel from Soman Chainani. The powerhouse duo join Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso who had already been set to topline the pic. Feig made the announcement Friday on Twitter…

"Good evening, America, proud to be here in cold Washington D.C.," Bruce Springsteen said Wednesday night, kicking off the Celebrating America apogee of today's unprecedented inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. If you had any questions about the tone the concert special was going to aim for, the Boss' choice…

Lady Gaga may be belting out the National Anthem at Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' inauguration on January 20, but the Boss will be hitting the stage for the new Commander in Chief in primetime that very night. Bruce Springsteen has signed on to the Celebrating America TV special that will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN…

In what might be a land speed record for bringing a Broadway musical to the screen, Netflix’s holiday treat for lovers of the genre, The Prom, probably has set that mark. It took just two short years, including being shut down toward the end of filming due to the coronavirus pandemic, to bring this delightful old…

EXCLUSIVE: When I saw The Prom early in its run on Broadway a couple of years ago, I was blown away. Pure delight and a real crowd-pleaser. The plot revolved around a group of flamboyant, self-obsessed Broadway actors, badly in need of good publicity after a huge flop, who converge on a small, conservative town in…

REFRESH FOR UPDATES…. The death of Chadwick Boseman tonight has sent shockwaves through Hollywood at the loss of a man who was as full of grace as he was talent. The Black Panther star passed away Friday from colon cancer at age 43. Boseman had been battling the disease since 2016, the year he first appeared as…