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The CAA Amplify summit will make its in-person return on June 22 featuring speakers across entertainment, sports, media, technology, and social justice. The summit brings together a diverse group of key influencers and industry decision-makers to explore the role business plays in advancing culture and justice for…

Yara Shahidi (Black-ish, Grown-ish) has signed on to exec produce and star in Amazon Studios’ rom-com Sitting in Bars with Cake, Deadline has confirmed. The feature, based on the blog and book of the same name by Audrey Shulman, will be directed by Pitch Perfect 3‘s Trish Sie. Based on a true story, Sitting in Bars wit…

EXCLUSIVE: Daniella Perkins (Knight Squad) and newcomer Warren Egpyt Franklin (Hamilton) have joined the fourth season of Freeform’s Grown-ish in recurring roles. In Season 4, it's senior year and the finish line is in sight. Zoey Johnson, played by Yara Shahidi, returns to Cal U from her adventures on the road as a…

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran and Yara Shahidi are leading a fictional adventure podcast for tweens. The Star Wars actor, who voiced Raya in Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon, and the Grown-ish star will host Cultureverse, a 12-part series produced by Studio Ochenta for TRAX for public media organization PRX. The…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC Signature has acquired the rights to Cole Brown's critically acclaimed debut book Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World, to develop for television. Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi and her business partner and mother Keri Shahidi will develop the series and executive produce…

EXCUSIVE: Freeform has put in development Smoakland, a single-camera comedy from writer Jewel Coronel (The Chi), Zahir McGhee (Scandal), grown-ish star Yara Shahidi and Keri Shahidi’s 7th Sun Productions and ABC Signature, where 7th Sun and McGhee are under deals. Written by Coronel, Smoakland centers around Oakland…

Co-founder and Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Patrisse Cullors is set to host her first live streaming event on YouTube for election night — which is tonight in case you didn’t know. Patrisse Cullors + BLMPAC Present: Live From Election Night will stream on Cullors’s YouTube channel starting at 6pm PT/9pm…

Spin Master Corp, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Pictures have assembled a star-studded cast for the upcoming feature adaptation to popular animated show, PAW Patrol. Kim Kardashian West, Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon), Jimmy Kimmel, Yara Shahidi (Black-ish), Dax Shepard (Bless This Mess), Marsai Martin (Black-ish)…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney continues to make strides in diversifying its classic characters and is doing it again as sources tell Deadline that Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinker Bell in David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy. This would mark the first time a person of color has filled the role that traditionally…

Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), Marc Bamuthi Joseph (We Shall Not Be Moved), Janet Mock (Pose), jazz pianist/composer Jason Moran, Wendell Pierce (Jack Ryan), Mj Rodriguez (Pose, Hollywood), Kendrick Sampson (Insecure), Yara Shahidi (Black-ish, Grown-ish) and Michelle Wilson (Sweat) have joined the cast of Between t…

Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi is expanding her relationship with ABC Studios. Shahidi and her business partner and mother, Keri Shahidi, have signed an exclusive overall deal with the studio behind the hit series to develop and produce scripted and alternative television projects for cable, streaming and broadcast via…

ATX Television Festival-goers were treated to a never-before-seen upcoming episode from Season 2B of Freeform’s Grown-ish series, followed by a Q&A session with executive producer Craig Doyle and stars Yara Shahidi, Francia Raisa, Jordan Buhat, and Trevor Jackson. The second half of the season will continue to follow…