{blackbabes} Topless, singing Serena sparks internet breast cancer stir

 

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Sydney (AFP) - Tennis superstar Serena Williams caused an internet sensation Sunday by posing topless for a video while singing "I Touch Myself" to raise awareness for breast cancer.

In the Instagram video, Williams covers her breasts with her hands while singing a version of Australian band The Divinyls' 1991 hit in support of Breast Cancer Network Australia.

"This Breast Cancer Awareness Month I've recorded a version of The Divinyls global hit 'I Touch Myself' to remind women to self-check regularly," wrote Williams on the post.

"Yes, this put me out of my comfort zone, but I wanted to do it because it's an issue that affects all women of all colors, all around the world. Early detection is key -- it saves so many lives."

The song was co-written by Divinyls Australian vocalist Chrissy Amphlett who died of breast cancer five years ago aged 53.

"The music video is part of the I Touch Myself Project which was created in honor of celebrated diva, Chrissy Amphlett, who passed away from breast cancer, and who gave us her hit song to remind women to put their health first," said the 23-time Grand Slam champion.

The video was viewed more than 1.3 million times in the first 10 hours after it was posted early Sunday with fans lauding the tennis superstar for her bravery in performing the song.

"Amazing Serena, important message and such a beautiful voice!" wrote one under the username deedpaula.

Another alshaze47 commented: "This is powerful!! I'm a Breast cancer survivor!!"

The video appeared less than three weeks after her tempestuous US Open final defeat to Naomi Osaka, where Williams smashed a racquet and accused an umpire of sexism.

Williams, who celebrated her 37th birthday four days ago, pulled out of this week's China Open in Beijing to bring a premature end to her 2018 season, her first back on tour since giving birth to a daughter a year ago.

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{blackbabes} ‘The Fix’: Erik Palladino, Skye P. Marshall & Taylor Kalupa To Recur On ABC Drama Series

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Erik Palladino (NCIS: Los Angeles), Skye P. Marshall (Black Lightning) and Taylor Kalupa (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders) are set for recurring roles on on ABC's new legal drama The Fix, from Liz Craft, Sarah Fain, Marcia Clark, Mandeville TV and ABC Studios.

Co-written by Clark, The Fix centers on Maya Travis (Robin Tunney), an L.A. district attorney who suffers a devastating defeat when prosecuting an A-list actor for double murder. With her high-profile career derailed, she flees for a quieter life in Washington. Eight years later when this same celebrity is under suspicion for another murder, Maya is lured back to the DA's office for another chance at justice.

Palladino will play Leo Foster, a deputy at the D.A.'s office. Marshall will portray Angela Ashley, an ambitious young lawyer who becomes involved in the case. Kalupa is Jessica Meyer, the murder victim for whom Sevvy is under suspicion.

Clark executive produces with Liz Craft and Sarah Fain.

Palladino will also be reprising his role as Vostanik Sabatino in NCIS: Los Angeles' tenth season. He's repped by Greene & Associates Talent Agency & The Coronel Group.

Marshall will be seen in a guest-starring role this fall on ABC's new drama series The Rookie and will reprise her recurring role as Mrs. Fowdy on DC's Black Lightning for the CW. She'll also be seen in indie feature Indivisible opposite Sarah Drew and Justin Bruenig, which will be released October 26. Marshall is repped by Affirmative Entertainment and Meyer and Downs.

Kalupa's previous credits include Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, I'm Not Ashamed and Modern Family. She is repped by Metropolitan Talent Agency and Eileen O'Farrell Talent Management.

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{blackbabes} Jennifer Beals Joins Swamp Thing

 

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Jennifer Beals will serve and protect Swamp Thing: The Taken and L Word actress is set to recur in DC Universe's upcoming series as Sheriff Lucilia Cable.

The show follows Abby Arcane (Gotham's Crystal Reed), a CDC researcher who returns to her Louisiana stomping grounds in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus — only to discover that the swamp holds horrifying and wondrous secrets. Beals' character is described as tough-as-nails, pragmatic and fiercely devoted to her son. When her town is overcome by strange forces, she must protect everyone she holds dear.

Swamp Thing is expected to debut on the streaming platform in 2019.

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{blackbabes} BET Casts Gladys Knight

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Singer Kelly Rowland will channel legendary songstress Gladys Knight in BET's American Soul, a '70s period drama about the rise of the music-dance program Soul Train.

In portraying Knight for a multiple-episode arc, Rowland will record an original cover of the soul icon's song "Midnight Train to Georgia." (Knight was one of the first performers Soul Train creator Don Cornelius booked for the show.)

Rowland showed off her acting chops as Lucious Lyon's mother on Empire (via flashbacks) and served as a judge on Fox's The X Factor.

Additionally, singer/actress Kelly Price (Saints & Sinners) has joined American Soul as a series regular, playing a mother whose children are rising stars in Los Angeles.

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{blackbabes} Serena Williams withdraws from China Open, ending 2018 season in familiar fashion

 

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Serena Williams has officially wrapped up her 2018 season.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion has withdrawn from the China Open in Beijing next week, which was set to be her final tournament of the year.

The decision to withdraw, though, likely has little to do with the ending to her controversial match at the U.S. Open earlier this month. This year marks the fourth-straight that the 37-year-old has declined to play in a tournament following the U.S. Open, making it almost a routine move for her at this point.

Williams has not played since her controversial match against Naomi Osaka in the U.S. Open Final earlier this month in New York. Williams fell to Osaka 6-2, 6-4, and was assessed three code of conduct violations in the match. Williams repeatedly argued with the umpire who assessed the penalties, and later said that they were unfair and only assessed because she is a woman.

Williams has won the China Open twice in her career — once at the inaugural event in 2004 and again in 2013. She has not competed there since 2014, when she reached the semifinals.

Williams, who is currently ranked No. 16 in the world, will likely take the court next at the Australian Open in January. She missed the event last year, declining to defend her 2017 title there shortly after giving birth to her child just months prior to the tournament.

She compiled a 18-6 record in 2018, reaching the final round at both the U.S. Open and at Wimbledon.

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{blackbabes} ‘Unbelievable’: Vanessa Bell Calloway To Recur On Netflix Drama Series

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Vanessa Bell Calloway is set for a recurring role in Unbelievable, an eight-episode Netflix limited series from Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant, CBS TV Studios, studio-based producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Masters of Sex, Elementary) and Katie Couric.

Co-written by Grant, who will serve as showrunner, Michael Chabon (John Carter) & Ayelet Waldman (Applebaum), Unbelievable is based on The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning December 2015 article, "An Unbelievable Story of Rape," written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, and the "This American Life" radio episode about the same case, "Anatomy of Doubt." It tells the true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two female detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.

As with all characters on Unbelievable, details of Calloway's role are not being disclosed.

Grant, Chabon, Waldman, Timberman, Beverly and Couric executive produce.

Calloway plays the lead role of Lady Ella Johnson on Bounce's Saints & Sinners and also directs. On the film side she was most recently seen in a starring role opposite Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson in Dragged Across Concrete, which screened at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, and in Unbroken: Path to Redemption. She's repped by Zero Gravity Management.

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{blackbabes} ‘Birds Of Prey’ Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Wins Role Of Huntress; Jurnee Smollett-Bell Is Black Canary

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Warner Bros. has made their decision on the roles of Huntress and Black Canary in their next anticipated DC movie Birds of Prey, coming out on Feb. 7, 2020: Fargo and 10 Cloverfield Lane actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead has won the role of Huntress while Underground actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell will play Black Canary. They join Margot Robbie who reprises her Suicide Squad role of Harley Quinn in a Gotham that isn't protected by Batman. The femmes will battle a crime lord who has yet to be announced.

Black Canary aka Dinah Lance is a street fighter known for her shrieking cry. Huntress has taken different forms in the DC Universe, though in the WB series Birds of Prey, she was the daughter of Batman, who disappeared after the death of her mother, Catwoman. The Huntress in this series worked with Oracle and Black Canary's daughter as the primary crimefighters in Gotham City. In the movie, Huntress is a former mafia princess, who like Batman, saw her family killed at a young age, hence why she became a vigilante. Buzz is that Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl isn't in the feature; she appeared in the WB early aughts series.

As Deadline previously reported, Winstead was up against Sofia Boutella, Cristin Milioti, and Margaret Qualley for the part of Huntress. For Black Canary it was between Smollett-Bell and Belle's Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

The role of Rene Montoya has yet to be decided and One Day at a Time's Justina Machado and Vida's Roberta Colindrez are in the mix. Montoya is a lesbian detective on the Gotham City police force.

Winstead is repped by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein while Smollet-Bell is repped by ICM and Management 360 and attorney Nina Shaw.

Robbie is producing, with Sue Kroll, and Bryan Unkeless of Clubhouse Pictures. Christina Hodson (Bumblebee) wrote the script. Cathy Yan is directing, which Deadline exclusively reported back in April.  Yan becomes the third female filmmaker to join the DC club after Wonder Woman's Patty Jenkins and Ava DuVernay (for upcoming The New Gods), and the first female Asian director ever tapped to direct a superhero film. Much like Wonder Woman which won women over as the first title female superhero to hit the big screen, Birds of Prey looks to be another tentpole poised to stoke that fanbase once again. Wonder Women set records as the biggest live-action feature from a female filmmaker grossing $821.8M at the WW box office and becoming stateside with north of $412.5M, the highest grossing movie of summer 2017.

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{blackbabes} Nicki Minaj Pays 'Cosby' Actor Geoffrey Owens $25k, He Gives it to Charity

 

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Nicki Minaj has paid up her promised $25,000 to former 'Cosby Show' actor Geoffrey Owens, and he's taking the money ... and paying it forward.

Sources tell us Nicki's team recently reached out and sent a check to Owens. You'll remember, Nicki vowed on her 'Queen Radio' show to give him $25k in response to someone attempting to shame him with a pic of him working at Trader Joe's.

Owens made the decision to donate the money, in full, to a cause near and dear to his heart and acting career.

Geoffrey tells us, "I would like to give this donation of 25k to the Actor's Fund in memory of the late, great Earle Hyman -- who played Cosby's father, 'Russell', on "The Cosby Show" -- who lived his last many years and died at the Actors' Home, (funded and run by the Actor's Fund). I am extremely grateful to Nicki Minaj for enabling struggling actors to continue pursuing their dreams."

Nicki seems to share Owens' appreciation, telling us, "I'm happy to be a part of a great cause. I wish Geoffrey much success and want him to know how loved he is. Rest in Peace to Earle Hyman."

TMZ broke the story ... Owens has gotten a wave of job offers since the photo surfaced, the most significant being a 10-episode gig on Tyler Perry's "The Haves and the Have Nots."

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{blackbabes} Tamron Hall Daytime Talk Show Set For Fall 2019 Launch With ABC Stations Deal

 

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Former Today co-host Tamron Hall is officially heading to daytime TV. Disney ABC has cleared the new syndicated daytime talk show hosted by Hall on the ABC Owned Television Stations Group for fall 2019. The project had been in the works at Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International for the past few months.

This is the second new first-tun syndicated series cleared for next fall, joining NBCU's The Kelly Clarkson Show. Both are talk shows, a genre that has been hard to crack for newcomers lately, leading to a slew of high-profile casualties, and both have been picked up by stations affiliated with the production and distribution company.

It is unclear where the Tamron Hall show will air the ABC stations. Depending on the market, I hear it may replace veteran Rachel Ray, which currently airs on three of the eight ABC stations, or Right This Minute.

The ABC Owned Television Stations Group includes WABC-TV in New York; KABC-TV in Los Angeles; WLS-TV in Chicago; WPVI-TV in Philadelphia; KGO-TV in San Francisco; KTRK-TV in Houston; WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and KFSN-TV in Fresno, California. The eight stations represent 23% of the country's television households and will serve as the show's launch group.

"We're excited to bring Tamron Hall to our ABC Owned Stations next fall and are confident she'll be a unique and welcome voice in daytime," said Wendy McMahon, president, ABC Owned Television Stations Group. "Tamron is refreshingly authentic and approachable. She genuinely cares about people, their struggles and their triumphs. We know she'll connect with our audiences in a personal and positive way."

Hall previously hosted Investigation Discovery's Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall. She also was responsible for the Guns On Campus: Tamron Hall Investigates special and was a co-host of the NBC News team's Today and the anchor of MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall. Prior to joining MSNBC in July 2007, Hall spent 10 years at WFLD in Chicago, where she held a number of positions including general assignment reporter, consumer reporter and host of the three-hour Fox News in the Morning program.

"I'm thrilled to partner with the ABC Owned Television Stations Group to bring our show – which will aim to showcase real joy and laughter, as well as inspiration in the face of adversity – to audiences across the country," said Tamron Hall. "Having grown up professionally as a local news reporter and anchor, I know that it's vital to tell stories that reflect local communities. I couldn't be more humbled to return to daytime television backed by such a phenomenal team at an iconic company. The best daytime TV is the kind where you listen before you talk, and with my partners at Disney|ABC, that's what we'll deliver next fall!"

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{blackbabes} Teyonah Parris, Jahi Winston To Star In ’12 O’Clock Boys’; Angel Manuel Soto Directing Film From Sony & Overbrook

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Teyonah Parris (AMC's Mad Men, Empire), Jahi Winston (Netflix's Everything Sucks!, The New Edition Story), and Will Catlett (OWN's Love Is__, Black Lightning) are attached to star in the dirt-bike drama, 12 O'Clock Boys, with Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto at the helm. Moonlight's Barry Jenkins wrote the initial draft for the script, while Sherman Payne did the rewrites.

Jada Pinkett Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, Marc Bienstock, and Clarence Hammond of Overbrook Entertainment are producing the pic with Sony serving as the studio. Filming will begin next month.

The film is based on the Lotfy Nathan-directed documentary of the same title. It follows Mouse, a young boy who wants nothing more than to be a part of the Midnight Clique, a tough group of Baltimore bike riders who rule the summertime streets. As he navigates the challenges of coming of age in a complicated world, he learns the hard way that the choices you make early on can change your life forever.

Winston, who was discovered after a nationwide casting search led by Mary Vernieu and Lindsay Graham of Betty Mae, Inc, will play the lead role of Mouse, with Parris playing his mother, Teri. The mother-son dynamic is important in the film. Catlett will portray Detective Rivers.

Parris can be seen in the upcoming Jenkins' film If Beale Street Could Talk, and recently wrapped shooting on Netflix's Point Blank remake with Anthony Mackie and Frank Grillo. Winston was just seen opposite Taraji P. Henson in Sony's Proud Mary and appears in The Upside, the remake of the 2011 French film The Intouchables with Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart. Catlett is coming off of a successful first season with Love Is___, which was recently picked up for Season 2.

Parris is repped by CAA and Fox Rothschild; Winston by Abrams Artist Agency and attorney Ryan LeVine; Catlett by CAA, KD Talent, Bold Talent, and attorney Terrence Williams.

Soto made his feature debut in 2015 with La Granja (The Farm) and recently directed Dinner Party, a VR experience that premiered at the New Frontier section of Sundance 2018. He is repped by CAA and Circle of Confusion.

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{blackbabes} Big Little Lies' Zoë Kravitz to Star in Gender-Flipped High Fidelity Series for New Disney Streaming Service

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This just in: Zoë Kravitz is the new John Cusack. The Big Little Lies actress has landed the lead role in High Fidelity, a 10-episode gender-flipped version of Nick Hornby's novel and the subsequent Cusack film, to air on Disney's forthcoming streaming service.

Kravitz, who will star and executive produce, will play the ultimate music fan, a record store owner who's obsessed with pop culture and Top Five lists.

Bull's Veronica West and Sarah Kuscerka are penning the series and they duo will serve as EPs alongside Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg.

The Disney streaming service — which is slated to launch in late 2019 — is also readying a live-action Star Wars series, a High School Musical series, a Monster's Inc.-related project and a number of standalone limited series featuring supporting characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Last February, Disney CEO Bob Iger the service will be priced "substantially below" the $10.99 that Netflix charges monthly, "because we'll have substantially less volume."

Kravitz recently wrapped production on Season 2 of Big Little Lies, which is slated to premiere this spring on HBO. Additional TV credits include Californication and Portlandia.

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{blackbabes} Tamron Hall’s Talk Show

 

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Tamron Hall's syndicated daytime talk show will debut on ABC-owned television stations in fall 2019.

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{blackbabes} Vivica A. Fox says #MeToo shouldn't be used 'as an excuse to take down people'

 

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Vivica A. Fox has blasted those who have used the #metoo movement "as an excuse to take down people".

Since the movement began, stars such as Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have been accused of sexual abuse or misconduct, with women using the hashtag to spread their stories. And while she has praised those who have been brave enough to come forward with their experiences,

Independence Day star Vivica told Fox News that there are also false rumours being started.

"I'm happy about the #MeToo movement for the simple fact that it brought exposure to those who were abusing their power," she said. "However, I'm not happy with those who are using the #MeToo movement to be an excuse to take down people… It takes two to tango."

Vivica first started in the film and movie industry in the late '80s and has since starred in movies such as Kill Bill: Vol 1 and TV shows like Empire. And while many other actresses found starting a career in Hollywood the point at which when they were taken advantage of, Vivica managed to avoid such situations."I've been fortunate that it hasn't happened in my career," she said. "I can't say I haven't been hit on. I just tried to make better choices. But I respect those that speak out and I'm all about women's empowerment, and not being taken advantage of.

"And it doesn't happen just in show business. It happens in a lot of different genres. You've got to do the work. If someone is trying to offer you an opportunity through the casting couch, don't do it!"

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{blackbabes} Serena Williams says she and Meghan Markle ‘are relying on each other a lot’

 

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Serena Williams knows she can always count on pal Meghan Markle to have her back.

Discussing her friendship with the Duchess of Sussex in an interview with Australia's "The Project," which took place three days after her US Open defeat, Williams, 36, said she and Markle, 37, stay in touch regularly.

"We were actually just texting each other this morning," revealed the tennis ace.

"We have known each other for a long time, but we really are relying on each other a lot recently," she added.

After reportedly meeting in 2010, Williams' bond with Markle continued to grow over the years. In May, the athlete and husband Alexis Ohanian attended the former "Suits" star's wedding to Prince Harry, a moment Williams believes will have a lasting impact.

"To have such a monumental moment in England, nonetheless of all the places, I felt like we were literally watching history," Williams said of the royal nuptials. "I feel like in a few years we are going to look back at that moment and it's going to be so historic. It's going to be something that people never forget. The whole service was really wonderful, and most of all I just wanted to see my friend be happy. And I think that's what happened."

While Markle supported Williams at Wimbledon over the summer, the newest member of the royal family missed her friend's outburst on the court at the Open earlier this month.

Williams exploded on chair umpire Carlos Ramos after being penalized for getting coached on the side by her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. She believes she was unfairly treated because of her sex.

"I just don't understand … if you're a female, you should be able to do even half of what a guy can do," she said.

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{blackbabes} ‘Black Lightning’: Kearran Giovanni To Recur On Season 2 Of CW Series

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Major Crimes alumna Kearran Giovanni is set for recurring role on the upcoming second season of the CW's Black Lightning.

The series, based on the characters from DC created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden, focuses on Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), a father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school, who is pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend Black Lightning.

Giovanni will play Cutter, a smart, proud, tough and beautiful woman more than able to best a man in combat — a mercenary trained by British intelligence.

Produced by Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, the DC Comics-based Black Lightning is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil and Sarah Schechter. Season 2 launches October 9 on the CW.

Giovanni played the lead role of Amy Sykes on TNT's Major Crimes, which wrapped its sixth and final season earlier this year. She'll soon be seen in a guest role on CBS' Bull. Her previous credits include CW's Dynasty, a recurring on NBC's Designated Survivor, a starring role alongside Hugh Jackman in Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway, and guest spots on Royal Pains and Beauty and the Beast. She is repped by APA and Vanguard Management Group.

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{blackbabes} ‘Chicago Fire’: Annie Ilonzeh Cast As New Series Regular For Season 7

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Annie Ilonzeh has joined NBC's Chicago Fire as a new series regular for Season 7.

Ilonzeh's Emily is an intelligent, easy-going and confident new paramedic. New to the Chicago Fire Department, but a quick and effective worker. She may have a chip on her shoulder from the previous bumps in the road, but she takes everything in stride. Ilonzeh was initially set as a recurring, but was upped to series regular after production began. She'll first appear in the Season 7 premiere on September 26.

Ilonzeh joins the paramedic unit following the exit of Monica Raymund, who played Paramedic in Charge/Firefighter Candidate Gabriela "Gabby" Dawson in the first six seasons of the series.

From Emmy-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and co-creator Derek Haas, Chicago Fire looks into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. The firefighters, rescue squad, and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51 risk their lives week in and week out to save and protect the citizens of their incredible city.

Todd Arnow, Andrea Newman, Michael Gilvary, Michael Brandt, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski also executive produce.

Chicago Fire is produced by Universal Television and Wolf Entertainment.

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{blackbabes} ‘Godfather Of Harlem’: Antoinette Crowe-Legacy Joins Forest Whitaker Epix Series

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Newcomer Antoinette Crowe-Legacy has been cast in a major role opposite Forest Whitaker in Godfather of Harlem, Epix's straight-to-series crime drama, starring and executive produced by Whitaker. The series hails from Narcos co-creator Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and ABC Signature Studios. Vincent D'Onofrio and Ilfenesh Hadera also star.

Written and executive produced by Brancato and Eckstein, Godfather of Harlem tells the true story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X – catching Malcolm's political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart.

Crowe-Legacy will play Elise, Bumpy's (Whitaker) mixed-race, drug-addicted daughter. A lost soul who suffered for her father's neglect and will forever be his Achilles' heel. She has many gifts – an agile mind, a lithe beauty – and just as many defects – dishonesty and selfishness that grip her to the core. Bumpy is raising Elise's daughter Margaret as his own, but one day Elise will want Margaret back. More than anything, she wants a family. And she will find one… in Malcolm X's Nation of Islam.

Newcomer Crowe-Legacy is a graduate of Yale School of Drama's 2018 MFA program. She was the recipient of Yale's prestigious 2018 Carol Finch Dye Award, whose previous recipients include Frances McDormand and Meryl Streep. Crowe-Legacy is repped by Gersh and Anonymous Content.

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{blackbabes} Online petitions decry USTA's 'sexism,' 'racism' following Serena Williams controversy

 

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A pair of online petitions supporting Serena Williams in her fight against sexism have gained more than 20,000 supporters following the controversial rulings that cost her in last week's U.S. Open final.

A Care2 petition with U.S. Open CEO and United States Tennis Association president Katrina Adams listed as its recipient had surpassed its original goal and reached nearly 20,000 supporters on its own by Monday morning. The petition calls for Adams to revoke the $17,000 in fines issued to Williams after chair umpire Carlos Ramos cited her for three contentious rules violations in the U.S. Open final.

"Enough is enough," read the petition, uncovered by USA Today. "Sign my petition to fight back against sexism in tennis. Tell the U.S. Open to apologize to Serena Williams and drop her unjust $17,000 fine!"

What did Serena Williams do?

With Williams trailing Naomi Osaka 1-0 in the second set of her eventual 6-2, 6-4 loss, Ramos issued the six-time U.S. Open champion a warning for allegedly receiving signals from her coach. Later in the same set, Ramos cited her for breaking her racket in frustration, and when she called him a "thief" for the resulting penalty that cost her a point, he issued a third violation that cost her a game.

calling the treatment sexist.' data-reactid="27">The Care2 petition makes the same case Williams did after her loss to Osaka — that umpires are far more lenient with male competitors who similarly violate the rules. Tennis icon Billie Jean King and the Women's Tennis Association CEO Steve Simon joined Williams in calling the treatment sexist.

A second online petition supporting Williams

a second petition on Color of Change's website called it racist. That petition calls for "commitments from the USTA that they will ensure this never happens again," including "implicit bias trainings, audits and fair hiring practices." The Color of Change petition cites the firing of Tony Nimmons — a black chair umpire who sued the USTA for discrimination earlier this year — as evidence of systemic racism in American tennis by the sport's governing body.' data-reactid="29">In addition to describing Williams' treatment as sexist, a second petition on Color of Change's website called it racist. That petition calls for "commitments from the USTA that they will ensure this never happens again," including "implicit bias trainings, audits and fair hiring practices." The Color of Change petition cites the firing of Tony Nimmons — a black chair umpire who sued the USTA for discrimination earlier this year — as evidence of systemic racism in American tennis by the sport's governing body.

"In what should have been a match of titans, Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams were both denied the fair and dignified game they deserved," the petition said, "instead enduring the long upheld culture and casual acceptance of gender-informed racism within the United States Tennis Association."

More than 6,000 people have supported the Color of Change petition on Facebook.

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{blackbabes} Anika Noni Rose Joins Mary J. Blige & Nat Wolff In ‘Body Cam’

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Tony winner Anika Noni Rose has been cast opposite Mary J. Blige and Nat Wolff in horror thriller Body Cam for Paramount Players.

Directed by Malik Vittahl, Body Cam centers around several LAPD police officers who are haunted by a malevolent spirit that is tied to the murder of a black youth at the hands of two white cops. All of them are caught on a body cam video that was destroyed in a cover up.

Rose will play Taneesha Brand, a woman who finds out that sometimes the end is actually a beginning.

Richmon Riedel wrote Body Cam as a spec script which was rewritten by Nic McCarthy and John Ridley. Matt Kaplan will produce.

Rose can be seen in the upcoming thriller, Assassination Nation and most recently starred in the title role of Carmen Jones at off-Broadway's CSC. Rose received a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her 2004 performance in Caroline, or Change, and a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in Play for A Raisin In the Sun in 2014, co-starring Denzel Washington. She also played a key recurring role in Starz's Power and is coming off a two-season run on The Quad.

Rose is repped by Innovative, David Williams Management, Good Management and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.

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{blackbabes} Serena Williams talks fashion, not fouls at Las Vegas event

 

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Tennis star Serena Williams talked about her fashion business, not tennis fouls during an appearance before a business convention in Las Vegas.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion said not a word Friday about gender equality in sports or an argument she had last weekend with the chair umpire at her U.S. Open finals match in New York.

Williams said previously she was treated more harshly than a male player would have been after smashing her racket and arguing with match official Carlos Ramos during her finals loss to Naomi Osaka in New York.

She received three code violations and was penalized one game. She was later fined $17,000.

Williams spent 25 minutes talking onstage with Sarah Robb O'Hagan, chief executive of Flywheel Sports, at the National Retail Federation trade show.

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{blackbabes} Hold Up! Beyoncé Just Reunited With Destiny's Child's LeToya Luckett

 

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It's a reunion that could cause some Destiny's Child fans to lose their breath!

As Beyoncé continued her On the Run II tour with Jay-Z this month, the Grammy winning singer was able to meet up with a close friend.

Any guesses?! As it turns out, Beyoncé reunited with former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett.

"Congratulations LeToya you are gonna be the best mommy," Tina Knowles Lawson shared on Instagram Wednesday afternoon.  The photo captured by Raven Varona was also featured on Beyoncé's website after her tour stop in Arlington, Virginia.

As music lovers know, LeToya and Beyoncé starred in Destiny's Child together up until early 2000. While the singer was not part of the highly publicized reunion at the Coachella Music Festival, there's no ill will amongst this group.

"I think the beautiful thing about DC is none of us came into this to use it as a platform to go solo," she previously shared with Entertainment Tonight. "We were just four girls who wanted to sing. That's it. I think the best thing that you can do is be a team player and play your role."

She added, "We were supportive of each other and that's how it should be.  So that's the advice that I would give. If you're going to be in a group, be in a group. And if you're coming in with other intentions then you need to be honest about it upfront."

Music aside, LeToya recently had some big news to share with her fans. Back in June, the singer and her husband Tommicus Walker announced through an Instagram video that they were expecting. 

"We are over the moon and overjoyed by this news," she told Essence. "We feel so blessed that God has gifted us with the gift of life...This is a straight up blessing, just a blessing. So keep us in your prayers. It doesn't matter if it's a girl or boy. We just wanted to have a healthy baby."

Perhaps Beyoncé will have some helpful mommy advice when the time comes!

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