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Craig “Mums” Grant, an actor and poet who appeared in all six seasons of HBO’s prison drama Oz among dozens of film, TV and stage credits, died Thursday, apparently of natural causes, according to his representatives. He was 52. Billed as muMs da Schemer, the name he used during his early slam-poetry years, Grant…

There will be no third season for Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It. Netflix has opted not to renew the series based on Lee’s first movie for a third go-round. “Spike Lee is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and we're thrilled he brought the series She's Gotta Have It (1986, based on his first feature film) to…

“I don’t want to be known as just a painter, I want to be multi-disciplinary,” says DeWanda Wise’s Nola Darling in the Season 2 trailer for Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It. In season 2 of the Netflix series, described as “a seriously sexy comedy and rousing celebration of female empowerment,” Nola (Wise) grapples with…

Spike Lee’s had a pretty good couple of weeks — Green Book winning the Best Picture Oscar notwithstanding — and today Netflix has revealed the Season 2 premiere date for its series based on his first movie. The streamer said today that the updated take on She’s Gotta Have It, which the BlacKkKlansman filmmaker created…

Before DeWanda Wise took the lead role of Nola Darling in Spike Lee’s Netflix revival of his 1986 film She’s Gotta Have It, she had a storied career which ranged from cutting her teeth on the theater scene in New York to auditioning for roles in Avatar and Children of Men. Wise stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast…

Making a name for herself over the last several years with films including How to Tell You’re a Douchebag and plays like LAByrinth Theater’s Sunset Baby, actress DeWanda Wise found she made a strong impression in particular with the executives at Netflix, who suggested her to Spike Lee for his television adaptation of…

DeWanda Wise is no longer attached to Disney’s Captain Marvel, the MCU superhero tentpole that stars Brie Larson. Scheduling conflicts with her Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It are the culprit here, we’re told by sources close to the production. She’s Gotta Have It, based on Spike Lee’s 1986 film and starring Wise…

Chyna Layne (Precious), who recurred in the first season of Spike Lee’s Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2. Layne plays Shemekka Epps, a friend of Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise). The series, a contemporary update of Lee's groundbreaking 1986 indie film, centers on Nola…

"It makes good business sense for your product and your workforce to reflect what this country looks like," Spike Lee said of Hollywood's need for change both in front of and behind the camera. "But there are people still today that think that these are motherf*cking Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, Leave It to Be…

She’s Gotta Have It is about to get some more. The show’s creator Spike Lee and star DeWanda Wise, who plays Nola Darling in the TV adaptation of Lee’s 1986 indie film, made the announcement that the series has been renewed for a second season. Lee rang in the new year by making the announcement via an Instagram video…

Launching on November 23 on Netflix, Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It the TV series is something you've gotta watch. Hell, between turkey or whatever you'll be binging next week, you should also binge the fully Lee-directed and DeWanda Wise-starring show based on Lee’s first feature film, as I say in my video review…

Netflix has released the official trailer for Spike Lee’s upcoming Netflix series She’s Gotta Have It, a contemporary update of his groundbreaking 1986 indie film. It opens with Spike himself as the original Mars Blackmon before he introduces the new Nola Darling (DeWanda Wise) and her three lovers: Greer Childs…