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“Fifty percent of all cowboys were Black — even the Lone Ranger was Black,” the kid is told. “Who’s the Lone Ranger?” he replies. Here is the first trailer for Concrete Cowboy, a drama that premiered at Toronto last year starring Idris Elba and Caleb McLaughlin set amongst the North Philadelphia urban cowboy…

“The truth will set you free…but first it will piss you off,” says Julianne Moore as iconic feminist Gloria Steinem in the new trailer for Julie Taymor’s biopic The Glorias, about the legendary disruptor that helped lead the charge in activism and launched a revolutionary women's movement that has impacted…

Lorraine Toussaint (The Village) is set to co-star opposite Queen Latifah in CBS drama pilot The Equalizer, a re-imagining of the classic 1980s series. The project hails from Andrew Marlowe & Terri Miller, Davis Entertainment, Flavor Unit, Martin Chase Productions, Universal Television and CBS TV Studios. Written by…

EXCLUSIVE: Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is the New Black), Chet Hanks (Shameless) and Jimi Stanton (The Punisher) are set to recur in Your Honor, Showtime's limited series starring Bryan Cranston. Produced by CBS TV Studios and King Size Productions based on the hot Israeli drama format Kvodo, the legal thriller hails…

It is a very good time for female superheroes in the movies, and you can say it is about time. With the roaring success of Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, I imagine we can expect many more, but a new indie film opening this week puts a completely different spin on the genre and becomes a rewarding, even inspiring…

Now in its 10th year, Alfre Woodard’s Sistahs’ Soiree takes place during the tail end of award season right before the Oscars. This year, the event, hosted by CCH Pounder and Lorraine Toussaint, honored The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg and Oscar-nominated If Beale Street Could Talk actress Regina King. The…

“What’s an intimacy coach?” The Village’s Lorraine Toussaint asked TV critics on Day 1 of Winter TCA 2019. NBC had pointedly kicked off Winter TCA 2019 with a “Women of Drama” panel, presumably so Toussaint, Jennifer Carpenter of The Enemy Within, Good GIrls‘ Retta, and This is Us’s Susan Kelechi Watson could weigh in…

EXCLUSIVE: Lorraine Toussaint, who currently stars in AMC’s Into the Badlands, has been cast as the feminist, civil rights advocate and activist Flo Kennedy in the upcoming biopic on iconic women’s rights leader Gloria Steinem which is being directed by Julie Taymor. The Glorias stars Julianne Moore and Alicia…

EXCLUSIVE: Breaking Bad alum Dean Norris, Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal, The Shawshank Redemption), and Lorraine Toussaint (Into The Badlands, Selma, Orange Is The New Black) have signed on for Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark from CBS Films and eOne. The André Øvredal-directed adaptation based on Alvin Schwartz’s…

Lorraine Toussaint (Rosewood) has been tapped for a lead role and The Sopranos alum Dominic Chianese is set to co-star in NBC's drama pilot The Village. Written/executive produced by Mike Daniels and directed by Minkie Spiro, The Village is a sprawling ensemble drama. Despite differences in age, race, culture and…

Former Rosewood co-star Lorraine Toussaint is set as a new series regular in the third season of AMC’s hit martial arts drama series Into the Badlands. Toussaint will play Cressida, a self styled Prophetess and mentor to Pilgrim. She is his spiritual guide, political counsel and chief military strategist. Toussaint…

EXCLUSIVE: David Strathairn, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney and Christopher Denham have signed on to drama thriller Fast Color opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The pic is directed by Juila Hart and produced by La La Land Oscar nominee Jordan Horowitz under his Original Headquarters banner and LD Entertainment…