As John Singleton is treated for a stroke in an intensive care unit, his friends and fans are sending prayers and positive thoughts the director’s way. Singleton has been hospitalized for three days and is receiving “great medical care,” his family said in a statement Saturday. “On Wednesday, April 17th our beloved…

EXCLUSIVE: Director George Nolfi has set Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long to star in The Banker, a fact based drama that Nolfi wrote with Niceole Levy. Romulus Entertainment is financing the film, with Brad Feinstein of Romulus (Fences, Beatriz at Dinner) producing. The drama is based on…

Remember that 1990s-set spinoff from The Goldbergs that ABC ordered to pilot last year? It’s about to air — right here right now. Well, this month. The network totally said today that the pilot, which was not picked up to series, will air at 8 PM January 24 as a regular episode of the fifth-year comedy created by Adam…

Nia Long has joined the cast of CBS’ veteran crime drama series NCIS: Los Angeles as a series regular. She will be introduced in the ninth-season premiere on Sunday, October 1. Long will play Shay Mosely, the team's new executive assistant director. The character will fill the void left by the death of NCIS Assistant…

EXCLUSIVE: On Empire this season, Nia Long plays maybe the best female foe Taraji P. Henson's Cookie Lyon has ever had. But she's now going to be Terrence Howard's wife in Life In A Year, Sony’s romantic drama starring Jaden Smith and Cara Delavigne. Howard, of course, plays Cookie’s ex-husband and music mogul Lucious…

Nia Long is set to topline ABC's untitled spinoff from comedy series The Goldbergs. She joins Bryan Callen, Tim Meadows, Rachel Crow and Summer Parker in the pilot, from The Goldbergs creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg, executive producers Marc Firek, Happy Madison and Seth Gordon and Sony TV. Written by…

EXCLUSIVE: After an all-night bidding battle, Neon is near to closing a deal for Roxanne Roxanne, the Michael Larnell-directed film that yesterday also had Amazon, Lionsgate and Miramax vying for North American rights in a deal that reached near $3 million. This would be the second Sundance title for Neon, the upstart…

We’re getting a look at the first full trailer for Beaches, Lifetime’s telefilm remake of the 1988 feature. Allison Anders directs the contemporary remake, which follows two young girls who meet by chance on the Venice Boardwalk and, though worlds apart in lifestyle, embark on a lifelong friendship. CC (Idian Menzel)…

Uncle Buck alumna Nia Long has booked a recurring role on the current third season of Fox's hit hip-hop drama series Empire, co-created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. Long will play Giuliana (Giusi), a queenpin who runs a club in Las Vegas and makes brash moves in the gangster underworld of New York to secure a deal…

Lifetime today announced a January 21 premiere date for its telefilm remake of Beaches and also released a promo and first-look photos. The pic stars Idina Menzel and Nia Long in the respective roles played by Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in the 1988 feature. Check out the new photos above and below and the promo…

Nia Long is the latest to join the cast of Dear White People, Netflix’s straight-to-series comedy based on the 2014 Sundance pic. A sendup of “post-racial” America, the Lionsgate-produced show revolves around a diverse group of students of color as they navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college where racial…

Nia Long is set to star opposite Idina Menzel in Lifetime's remake of the 1988 film Beaches. They will play the leads, portrayed in the original by Barbara Hershey and Bette Midler, respectively. Beaches follows the serendipitous meeting of two youngsters on the Venice Boardwalk, who, though worlds apart in lifestyle…