The life and writings of poet Maya Angelou are being developed into a one-woman stage performance with hopes for Broadway and the support of her son Guy Johnson, according to producers behind the project. Phenomenal Woman: An Evening With Maya Angelou is being developed and produced by David Michael Rich of Corstoria…

Each with their own past experiences with Dr. Maya Angelou—the American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, most famous for her 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings—documentary filmmakers Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack came together by chance on Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, PBS’ American Ma…

ARC Entertainment has released the trailer for Sundance doc Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. The film, presented by American Masters Pictures, will bow in theaters October 14. Directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack, the film celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words in her voice with rare and intimate…

Warner Bros. Television Group has signed an exclusive multi-year development and production pod deal with broadcaster, author and producer Tavis Smiley to develop scripted TV series for broadcast and cable. The first projects under the deal will be TV series adaptations of two of Smiley's books: the upcoming Before You…

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network said today it will simulcast Maya Angelou's private memorial service at Wake Forest University in North Carolina tomorrow at 10 AM ET/7 AM PT. The service will also be available to view on Oprah.com at http://www.Oprah.com/MayaAngelou. The university in Winston-Salem, where Angelou began…

CBS Evening News closed out tonight’s report with Tyne Daly, Billy Dee Williams, Secretary of State John Kerry, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), and others reading lines from Maya Angelou’s poem Caged Bird. Watch here: Related: R.I.P. Maya…

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UPDATED: Memoirist, actress, director, activist and poet Maya Angelou has died. She was 86 and lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The cause of death was not immediately determined but she had been in poor health. Angelou’s enormously influential memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings detailed an African-American…