{blackbabes} ‘Yellowjackets’: Tawny Cypress & Jasmin Savoy Brown Join Showtime Drama Pilot

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Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers) have been cast as series regulars in Showtime's drama pilot Yellowjackets, from writers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Narcos), Entertainment One and studio-based producer Drew Comins. The pilot, co-produced by eOne and Showtime, goes into production in Los Angeles this fall.

Written by Lyle and Nickerson, Yellowjackets is equal parts survival epic, horror story and coming-of-age drama and relates the narrative of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to warring, cannibalistic clans, while also tracking the lives they've attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.

Cypress and Brown will play the adult and teen versions of Taissa. In her youth, Taissa was the star player on the Yellowjackets squad; now, 25 years later, her political ambitions threaten to derail the survivors' pact of secrecy.

Melanie Lynskey (I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore) will play Shauna Sheridan.

Karyn Kusama (Destroyer) will executive produce and direct the pilot. Lyle, Nickerson and Kusama executive produce with Drew Comins of Creative Engine.

Cypress has appeared in such film and television projects as The Blacklist and The Blacklist: Redemption, Supergirl, House of Cards, Rescue Me, Army Wives, K-Ville, Heroes, Third Watch, Brooklyn's Finest and Autumn in New York. She is repped by Abrams Artists Agency.

Best known for her role as Evie Murphy in The Leftovers, Brown was recently seen starring on For the People. Her other credits include Love, Will, Stitchers and Grey's Anatomy. She is repped by ICM Partners, Cinterra and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

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{blackbabes} Mariah Carey performs impromptu set at the Carlyle

 

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Mariah Carey gave an impromptu performance at the swanky Carlyle on the Upper East Side Tuesday — so she was a surprise singer, though she's skirted rumors she'll appear on "The Masked Singer."

We're told that Carey — dressed in a floor-length red sequinned dress — was with two pals and a "large bodyguard" at the hotel's venerable Bemelmans Bar, when she spontaneously decided to get up and sing with the pianist.

A gobsmacked witness told us, "I was saying, 'I think that's Mariah Carey' to a friend." When the diva overheard the guy, she replied, "It's because I am Mariah Carey.' " The audience member added, "She was very nice."

Carey is a fan of the famed uptown spot: She posted a picture of herself and some friends there online in 2012, with the comment, "During an impromptu visit to the Carlyle, singing jazz standards I've loved since childhood."

Carey has recently deflected rumors that she'll appear on "The Masked Singer," coyly telling "Entertainment Tonight" when asked if she will be on the show, "Bye, girl, bye." She's teased an upcoming memoir and will celebrate the 25th anniversary of her "Merry Christmas" album with a re-release and an accompanying holiday tour.

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{blackbabes} Serena Williams Wrecked Racket From '05 Wimbledon ... Hits Auction Block

 

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Remember when Serena Williams absolutely obliterated her racket at a Wimbledon match in 2005??

That piece of history is now up for grabs, 'cause the destroyed racket has hit the auction block ... and the starting bid is $8,000!!!

According to Nate D Sanders Auctions, Serena signed and gifted the busted racket to a fan after losing the first set of her first-round match against longtime friend Angela Haynes.

In true badass fashion, Williams came back and won the match ... after she replaced her busted racket, of course. She went on to place 3rd in the tourney. Her sister, Venus Williams, went on to win Wimbledon that year!

Don't feel too bad for Serena, she's won the tourney 7 TIMES in her storied career -- and racked up more Grand Slam titles than any other woman in tennis history. So yeah, she eventually got over the smashed racket incident.

Bidding on the item kicks off on Thursday with an $8,000 starting bid -- but since people are CRAZY for Serena memorabilia, this thing could skyrocket in price real quick.

Good luck rich people!!!

 

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{blackbabes} Syndicated ‘Dr. Oz Show’ Spinoff Series ‘The Good Dish’ Eyed For Fall 2020 Launch By Sony TV

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Sony Pictures Television is moving ahead with The Good Dish, a new syndicated daytime series from The Dr. Oz Show producers, which is on track for a fall 2020 launch.

Hosted by Daphne Oz (MasterChef Junior), Vanessa Williams, Gail Simmons (Top Chef) and Jamika Pessoa (The Next Food Star), The Good Dish spinoff grew out of weekly cooking segments featured on The Dr. Oz Show. It will provide simple shortcuts, everyday recipes and trends that will make life easier, bring families together, save money and most importantly…figure out what's for dinner, according to producers. The series hails from five-time Daytime Emmy-winning executive producers, Amy Chiaro and Stacy Rader, the team that oversees The Dr. Oz Show and ZoCo productions, Dr. Mehmet Oz's production company. This is the third new syndicated program announced for fall 2020, joining a Drew Barrymore talk show, from CBS TV Distribution, and a Nick Cannon talker from Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury. Of the three, only the Drew Barrymore show has officially secured station clearances yet.

"We have experienced overwhelming feedback from our audiences on "The Dish on Oz" cooking segments, which have been recently featured on The Dr. Oz Show," said John Weiser, President First Run Television, SPT. "When Daphne Oz and this all-star ensemble were available, we recognized the opportunity for viewers, advertisers, and local broadcast stations. We have on-air tested this format and talent for two years perfecting this show we are now bringing to market. Spinoffs have the highest success rate of converting into multi-year franchises. In fact, spinoffs gave us the great Dr. Oz straight from Oprah!"

The Good Dish is produced by ZoCo Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

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{blackbabes} ‘Little Voice’: JJ Abrams & Sara Bareilles Apple Music Series Sets Cast With Brittany O’Grady, Shalini Bathina, Sean Teale & Colton Ryan

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Apple's music dramedy series Little Voice, from J.J. Abrams and the Waitress duo of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, has set its cast.

In the main roles are emerging actors Brittany O'Grady (Star), Shalini Bathina (Undergrad), Sean Teale (The Gifted) and Colton Ryan (Homeland). Also among cast are Samrat Chakrabarti, Gopal Divan, Sakina Jaffrey and Emma Hong.

The half-hour romantic dramedy was last year given a straight-to-series 10-episode order, which will feature original music by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Bareilles. The show is currently shooting in New York. Described as a love letter to the diverse musicality of New York, Little Voice, which shares the title of Bareilles' breakthrough album, will explore the journey of finding your voice in your early 20s. It is described as a fresh, intensely romantic tale of the search to find your true voice… and then the courage to use it.

Bareilles and Nelson executive produce with Bad Robot's Abrams and Ben Stephenson. Directors include Nelson, Cherien Dabis, Bart Freundlich, Christopher Storer and Emma Westenberg. Nelson is lead writer.

Singer and actress Bareilles has sold more than one million albums and over nine million singles and downloads in the U.S. and has earned seven Grammy nominations.

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{blackbabes} UMC Renews ‘A House Divided’ For Season 2, Adds LisaRaye McCoy & Parker McKenna Posey As Recurring

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The Urban Movie Channel has renewed its original series A House Divided for a second season, with the soapy, multi-generational family drama created by Dan Garcia in production and set to return to the AMC-backed streaming service in the spring.

Demetria McKinney (Tyler Perry's House of Payne), Paula Jai Parker (Ray Donovan), Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (The Jacksons: An American Dream) and Brad James (Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse) starred in the six-episode Season 1, which debuted in July and was the most-watched original series on UMC.

A House Divided follows the Sanders clan, a wealthy, prominent family in the Los Angeles community who deal with the loss of their matriarch while uncovering and facing a slew of secrets and scandals.

For the new season, LisaRaye McCoy (All of Us, Single Ladies) and Parker McKenna Posey (My Wife and Kids, Games People Play) have come aboard for new recurring roles.

"The first season of A House Divided performed incredibly well on UMC," said Nikki Love, VP Development & Production for the subscription streaming service dedicated to black film and television from AMC Networks' RLJ Entertainment. "The response we've seen from viewers and our subscribers has shown us that this series has developed a very dedicated and passionate audience and they are more than ready for another season of the Sanders family's antics. We look forward to delivering more juicy storylines and can't wait to showcase the new dynamic LisaRaye and Parker will bring to the show."

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{blackbabes} ‘The Underground Railroad’: Broadway’s Amber Gray Joins Amazon Limited Series

 

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Amber Gray, Broadway's Tony Award-nominated Hadestown star, has been cast in a supporting role in Amazon's upcoming limited series The Underground Railroad, now in production.

Gray will portray Gloria Valentine, described as a daughter of a slave and plantation owner/master. Gray continues her Tony-nominated role in the Anaïs Mitchell musical Hadestown at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre.

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) is directing the adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, from Jenkins' PASTEL and Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment.

The story centers on young Cora (Thuso Mbedu), a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia who learns about the Underground Railroad from Caesar (Aaron Pierre), a recent arrival from Virginia; both decide to escape.

Gray was Tony-nominated in the 2019 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical category for her performance as Hadestown's Persephone. She won New York's Outer Critics Circle Award in the same category.

The actress made her Broadway debut, opposite Josh Groban, as Hélène Kuragina in 2016's Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Other stage credits include Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' An Octoroon and Taylor Mac's Pulitzer finalist A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.

Her recent television credits include Showtime's limited series Escape at Dannemora.

She is represented by Cornerstone Talent Agency, Impression Entertainment, and ID.

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{blackbabes} The L Word: Generation Q Trailer

 

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{blackbabes} ‘Prodigal Son’: Meagan Good To Recur In Fox Drama Series

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Minority Report alumna Meagan Good has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Tom Payne, Michael Sheen and Bellamy Young in Fox's new drama series Prodigal Son, from Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros TV.

Written by Feder and Sklaver and directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Prodigal Son is described as a fresh take on a crime franchise with a provocative and outrageous lead character and darkly comedic tone. It centers on Malcolm Bright (Payne), who has a gift. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. Why? His father Martin Whitly (Sheen) was one of the worst — a notorious serial killer called "The Surgeon." That's why Bright is the best criminal psychologist around; murder is the family business. He will use his twisted genius and razor-sharp instincts as a forensic profiler to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative mother (Young), annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses.Intelligent but deeply damaged, Malcolm has a self-deprecating sense of humor and a surprising level of compassion.

Good will play Colette Swanson,  an FBI agent and criminal profiler who worked alongside Bright during his time at the Bureau where they developed a mutual distrust of each other. She now leads a prominent task force that takes over a case from Bright and his NYPD team.

Fedak and Sklaver executive produce with Krieger, Berlanti Prods' Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. Warner Bros TV produces with studio-based Berlanti Prods. Fox Entertainment is a co-producer.

Good starred as the female lead in Minority Report, which aired on Fox for one season. She'll next be seen in Monster Hunter for Sony Screen Gems opposite Milla Jovovich and Ron Perlman, set for release in September 2020. She recently starred in the Screen Gems feature The Intruder, as well as Warner Bros.' Shazam! Good is repped by Gersh, Atlas Artists and Morris Yorn Barnes.

Prodigal Son airs Mondays at 9/8c on Fox.

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{blackbabes} Facts of Life Trio Reunite

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Three Eastland alumni have been reunited for a Lifetime holiday movie.

Airing Sunday, Dec, 1 (and "inspired by true events"), You Light Up My Christmas follows Emma (played by executive producer/The Facts of Life's Kim Fields) as she returns to her hometown built around her family's Christmas light factory two weeks before Christmas. But upon her return, Emma discovers the lights have gone dim in the once-festive town (!!!), prompting her to reconnect with an old flame to set their hearts and the town ablaze with light again.

Now, as revealed in a first photo (above), two of Fields' Facts of Life costars, Lisa Whelchel and Mindy Cohn, will also appear in the made-for-TV movie.

Update: TVLine has since confirmed that Nancy McKeon will also put in an appearance, via FaceTime.

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{blackbabes} ‘For All Mankind’: Sonya Walger & Krys Marshall Upped To Series Regulars For Season 2 Of Apple Sci-Fi Drama

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Sonya Walger and Krys Marshall have been promoted to series regulars on the second season of For All Mankind, Apple's upcoming space race alt-history drama from Ron Moore, which had been quietly renewed ahead of its Nov. 1 series premiere and just started production on Season 2.

Both Walger and Marshall recurred on the first season of For All Mankind, playing Molly and Danielle Poole, respectively.

Depicting an America that lost the quest to the moon to the Soviet Union, For All Mankind, created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, aims to go very large, stars Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, The Looming Tower's Wrenn Schmidt and Jodi Balfour. It hails from Sony Pictures Television and Tall Ship Productions.

Walger, who co-starred on ABC's The Catch opposite Mireille Enos and Peter Krause, is repped by Jon Rubinstein at Authentic and Gersh.

Marshall was recently seen on The CW's Supergirl playing Purity, a sexy villainess worldkiller. Her previous seres credits include Fox's Gone: A Wayward Pines Story. She is repped by Abrams Artists and Industry Entertainment.

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{blackbabes} ‘Twist’: Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita Ora & Raff Law Lead Cast In Sky Movie Update Of Charles Dickens Classic

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Two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine, Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey and singer Rita Ora are among cast for Sky movie Twist, an update on the classic Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist.

Also starring will be David Walliams (Little Britain), Franz Drameh (Legends of Tomorrow), Sophie Simnett (Daybreak) and newcomer Raff Law — son of Jude — in the title role.

Heading into production this autumn, the UK film is a contemporary update in which the character of Oliver is reinvented as a streetwise artist living on the streets of day London. A chance encounter with a gang of grifters led by the charismatic Dodge (Ora) sees Twist (Law) caught up in a high stakes heist to steal a priceless painting for master thief, Fagin (Caine), and his psychopathic business partner, Sikes (Headey). Drameh will play Batesey, Simnett will play Red and Walliams will play Losberne.

Pic is directed by Martin Owen (Killers Anonymous) and produced by Unstoppable Film and TV, Posterity Pictures and Puregrass Films. John Wrathall (The Liability) has scripted with additional writing by Sally Collett and Owen. Producers are Matt Williams, Ben Grass, Jason Maza and Noel Clarke.

Financiers include Magna Entertainment Capital, Blue Rider and Lipsync Productions. International sales are with Arclight Films.

The film will be made available on Comcast-owned Euro broadcaster Sky's UK movie platform Sky Cinema on the same day as a planned limited theatrical release in the market via Altitude.

Caine said, "Fagin is such an infamous character, it's going to be great fun playing him.  I'm really looking forward to working with Lena, Raff and the rest of the cast in London when we start shooting."

Headey added, "I couldn't be more excited to take on the iconic character of Sikes from Oliver Twist. Flipping roles without apology or character softening is a brilliant way to breathe new life into established materials and bring it to new audiences."

Law, in his first major role, commented, "I'm excited to play such a well-loved literary character, and I'm looking forward to working with Martin Owen to bring to life his new take on the character in modern-day London."

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{blackbabes} ‘The Matrix 4’: Jada Pinkett Smith In Negotiations To Return To Franchise

 

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Several sources tell us that Jada Pinkett Smith is in current negotiations to return for Warner Bros./Village Roadshow's The Matrix 4. She played the role of Niobe in parts 2 and 3, The Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. It is not a done deal yet, we hear.

Niobe is from Zion, and the captain of the Logos hovercraft. She's also one of the rebels in the war against the Machines and the Matrix. In the virtual world of the Matrix, Niobe is a gifted martial artist. The character also appeared in the Enter the Matrix videogame and The Matrix Online multiplayer game.

Earlier today it was announced that Neil Patrick Harris is joining the Matrix 4 cast, which currently includes Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II; the latter is rumored to play a young Morpheus. Lana Wachowski will direct and co-write the screenplay with Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell. Grant Hill produces.

Also this afternoon, Deadline learned that Pinkett Smith signed with WME. Her filmography counts $4.5 billion at the global box office from such pics as the Madagascar franchise, Collateral, Girls Trip and Bad Moms. She is the host and executive producer of Facebook Watch's Red Table Talk, alongside her daughter Willow Smith and mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris. Pinkett Smith also is repped by Miguel Melendez at Three Six Zero Management and attorneys Jason Sloane and Mark Wetzstein.

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{blackbabes} ‘Madam C.J. Walker’: Zahra Bentham & Mouna Traoré To Recur In Netflix Limited Series

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Zahra Bentham (Spinning Out) and In Contempt alumna Mouna Traoré are set for recurring roles in Madam C.J. Walker, an eight-episode limited series starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and executive produced by LeBron James.

Written by Nicole Asher based on the book On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles, Madam C.J. Walker tells the untold and highly irreverent story of black hair-care pioneer and mogul Madam C.J. Walker (Spencer) and how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America's first self-made black female millionaire.

Bentham plays Nettie, the sweet and proper wife of Ransom (Kevin Carroll). Nettie is incredibly intelligent, a member of the National Association for Colored Women, and a great support to Sarah (Madam CJ Walker) – and her growing business.

Traoré portrays Esther a magnetic, artistic young woman who works on the makeshift assembly line for Sarah's (Madam CJ Walker's) – products. She is also a talented amateur photographer and quite avant-garde for her time.

Bentham will next be seen recurring in Netflix's upcoming series Spinning Out. Previous credits include Ransom, Private Eyes and Rookie Blue. She's repped by Amanda Rosenthal Talent and Trademark Talent.

Traoré' recently was a series regular in BET series In Contempt and recurred on the MGM/Audience series Condor, starring William Hurt and Brendan Fraser. She made her feature film debut in MGM's Carrie remake, directed by Kimberly Peirce. Her other TV credits include a series regular role on CBC series Murdoch Mysteries. She's repped by Buchwald, The Characters Talent Agency and Thruline Entertainment.

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{blackbabes} ‘Evil’: Tony Winner Renée Elise Goldsberry Joins CBS’ Supernatural Drama Series

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Renée Elise Goldsberry, a 2016 Tony Award winner for her much-lauded performance in Broadway's Hamilton, is set for a multi-episode arc in CBS' supernatural drama Evil, from The Good Wife's Robert and Michelle King.

Written and executive produced by the Kings, Evil is a series about the battle between science and religion. It focuses on a skeptical female clinical psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

Goldsberry will play Renee Harris, a dynamic, hard-driving attorney who works for the Catholic Church. She has a past connection with David: She's the sister of his late girlfriend Julia.

The Kings executive produce with Liz Glotzer, president of the Kings' King Size Prods.

The actress broke big time onto the Broadway scene when she originated the role of Angelica Schuyler, sister-in-law to the title character in Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash musical Hamilton. Goldsberry won the 2016 Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Musical, among other theater awards, and appeared on the Grammy-winning Hamilton cast album.

Goldsberry will be seen on the big screen next month with a role in Trey Edward Shults' Waves, co-starring Sterling K. Brown, Lucas Hedges, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Taylor Russell. The film had its premiere at this year's Telluride Film Festival, and then screened at both the Toronto and BFI London fests. A24 releases theatrically Nov. 15.

On TV, Goldsberry is perhaps best known for playing Quellcrist Falconer in Netflix's Altered Carbon (Season 2 is set for 2020), the sci-fi series based on Richard K. Morgan's novel. Other film credits include The House With A Clock In Its Walls, Sisters, and Every Secret Thing, among others, while TV credits include The Good Wife, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Get Down and the "Original Cast Album: Co-op" episode of Documentary Now. She was twice Daytime Emmy-nominated for her role on the ABC soap One Life to Live.

Goldsberry is repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment.

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{blackbabes} ‘The Batman’ Finds Its Catwoman In Zoë Kravitz

 

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Warner Bros. new The Batman movie has found its Selina Kyle aka Catwoman in Big Little Lies star Zoe Kravitz. Her deal is official. The film directed by Matt Reeves comes out on June 25, 2021.

Kravitz joins Robert Pattinson who has the title role, Jeffrey Wright who is playing Commissioner Gordon and Jonah Hill who is in talks for a villain role.

The actress follows in the path of such great big screen performers who've worn the Catwoman black leather suit as Michelle Pfeiffer, Anne Hathaway and Halle Berry, the latter who starred in a Warner Bros. standalone pic with the villain's name. On the Gotham TV series, Kyle was played by Cameron Bicondova, and going way back to The Batman 1960s series, those who meowed included Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt. The character, whose choice of weapon is a bullwhip, made her first appearance as "The Cat" in Batman #1 in the spring of 1940 and is known as having a complex love-hate relationship with the Dark Knight.

Kravitz boasts a big resume with feature credits that include Mad Max Fury Road, the Fantastic Beasts franchise, the Divergent franchise, X-Men: First Class, and the The Lego Batman Movie in which she played…yes, Catwoman (and all Batman fans know who Kyle is). Kravitz's TV credits include Hulu's High Fidelity, Big Little Lies as Bonnie Carlson, the woman with a guilty conscience and Showtime's Californication. Kravitz has been performing music since she was 16, most recently fronting the band Lolawolf which released the album Calm Down in 2014. Last year, she was featured on the Janelle Monae song "Screwed" on the latter's album Dirty Computer. She was also featured on "Anti-Social Smokers Club" on Rae Sremmurd's third album SR3MM.

Mattson Tomlin and Reeves co-wrote the script for The Batman. Dylan Clark and Reeves produce. Michael E. Uslan is EP. Production begins in January in London, UK.

Kravitz is repped by Paradigm, Untitled Entertainment and Edelstein, Laird & Sobel.

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{blackbabes} The Prom: Kerry Washington Joins Cast of Ryan Murphy's Netflix Musical

 

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Kerry Washington is in the market for a frilly dress and a corsage: The Scandal veteran has joined the all-star cast of the Netflix movie musical The Prom, produced by Ryan Murphy, according to our sister site Deadline.

Based on the Broadway musical, The Prom centers on four-down-and-out Broadway actors who head to Indiana to help a gay teen whose prom was cancelled when she tried to bring her girlfriend as her date. Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden and Andrew Rannells will star as the four actors; Washington's role has not yet been revealed.

The show's Broadway producers Bill Damaschke and Dori Bernstein, director Casey Nicholaw, songwriter Matthew Sklar and book writers Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin will join Murphy for the Netflix production.

Washington is set to star alongside Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere, which is set to debut next year. She is best remembered, though, for starring as crisis management expert Olivia Pope on the ABC drama Scandal, earning two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nod for the role. Her other TV roles include Confirmation, Psych and Boston Legal.

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{blackbabes} Why Rihanna Turned Down Super Bowl Halftime Show Offer: After Kaepernick, 'I Just Couldn't Be a Sellout'

 

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After nearly a full year of speculation, Rihanna has confirmed that she "absolutely" rejected the NFL's offer for her to perform during the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show.

In a new interview with Vogue, the singer says she made the decision in solidarity with former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick, whose peaceful protesting of police brutality went largely unsupported by the organization. Kaepernick even filed a grievance against the NFL, alleging that it conspired to keep him from playing in the league.

"I couldn't dare do that," Rihanna says. "For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn't be a sellout. I couldn't be an enabler. There's things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way." The gig ultimately went to Maroon 5, with an assist from Travis Scott and Big Boi. When asked why he accepted the NFL's offer, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine said, "No one thought about it more than I did. No one put more thought and love into this than I did. … I spoke to many people. Most importantly, though, I silenced all the noise and listened to myself, and made my decision about how I felt."

While there's no way of knowing whether Rihanna will eventually take the Super Bowl stage in the future, we do know which stars will be performing in 2020: The NFL recently announced that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will co-headline the big show in February.

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{blackbabes} Photo: Serena Williams and Yetunde Price Resource Center celebrate Home Bridge Partnership with Apartment List

 

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{blackbabes} The Good Doctor's Antonia Thomas Tees Up Claire's First Surgery: Will Mom Prove to Be Her Achilles Heel?

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The Good Doctor this week will turn its attention to another good doctor: Antonia Thomas' Claire Browne. Monday's episode (ABC, 10/9c) spends a day in the life of the third-year resident, who recently was chosen to be the first of Melendez's protégés to lead a surgical procedure.

"[Executive producer David Shore and I] talked about it a little bit ahead of time — like, an episode ahead of time," Antonia Thomas tells TVLine. "Well, maybe two episodes ahead of time, and he says, 'You know, I have this idea.' It was real exciting and real terrifying, because it felt like a big responsibility." But Thomas was excited for the opportunity to delve deeper into Claire's life at such an important moment in her journey. "I think it's really cool for Claire as a resident to get this accolade to be the first [resident] to lead surgery. And as a bit of character development, it's super fun to play."

In the episode, Claire faces complications at home and at work as she prepares for a gallbladder removal. The patient is a teenage girl whose relationship with her mom (9-1-1's Tracie Thoms) and her siblings has started to wear on her. Soon enough, Claire takes notice and tries to help.

"Claire is such an empathetic person," Thomas says. "She's always trying to dig deep in terms of finding ways to connect, and I think— I don't know that she necessarily sees a bit of herself [in this patient], but Claire is always trying to use her own experiences to empathize and help in whatever way that she can."

Meanwhile, the doctor has her own set of familial issues, now that she has allowed Breeze (returning guest star Sharon Leal) to crash on her couch. "In the lead-up to her big surgery, that's on her mind," Thomas says. "With Claire's mom, there's a lot of guilt, a lot of worry and a lot of stress, so to have that kind of playing alongside this massive thing for her [is overwhelming]. She's just trying to juggle the two… and as the day progresses, and the surgery progresses, that whole situation culminates in something a little bit shocking."

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{blackbabes} Dynasty's Diahann Carroll Dead at 84

 

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Diahann Carroll, who as Dynasty's Dominique Deveraux played one of the first major black characters on a primetime soap, died Friday. She was 84.

Carroll passed at home after a long illness with cancer, per The Hollywood Reporter.

She was featured prominently on the original Dynasty and its offshoot The Colbys in the 1980s, playing the deliciously wicked half-sister of John Forsythe's Blake Carrington. The role allowed Carroll to fulfill a dream she voiced to People in 1984: "I want to be the first black bitch on television."

Another signature part for the Tony-winning actress was the title role in Julia, a 1970s comedy about a widowed nurse raising her young son. The show ran three seasons on NBC and was groundbreaking in that its protagonist was a black character whose profession was not that of maid, butler or servant.

Carroll's career spanned six decades and included TV appearances on A Different World, Lonesome Dove: The Series, Soul Food, Grey's Anatomy and White Collar. She joined the Television Hall of Fame in 2011.

She wed four times (to manager Monte Kay, clothier Freddie Glusman, editor Robert DeLeon and singer Vic Damone), and she is survived by her daughter, Suzanne Kay, and grandchildren August and Sydney.

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{blackbabes} Nicole Ari Parker To Star In Family Music Drama ‘Opus’ From Felicia D. Henderson In the Works At Fox

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With Empire coming to an end, Fox is looking to keep co-star Nicole Ari Parker in the fold with a new series. The network has given a script commitment with penalty to Opus, a one-hour family music drama starring and executive produced by Empire's Parker, from writer Felicia D. Henderson (Empire), producer Darryl Taja and Empire studio 20th Century Fox TV, where Henderson is under a deal.

Written by Henderson, in Opus, classical and urban music will clash when Willie Mae Gray (Parker), Europe's most celebrated and only African American conductor, suddenly returns to Baltimore to reinvent her hometown's crumbling symphony orchestra, while attempting to rebuild the relationship with her teenage son, an underground MC on the rise.

Parker and Henderson executive produce with Darryl Taja (The Perfect Guy), Stephen Endelman and Kara Feifer. Opus is a co-production of 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Entertainment.

Parker began as a recurring on Empire and was promoted to series regular beginning in season 5. She previously recurred on I'm Dying Up Here and Younger and guest-starred in Star and The Romanoffs, among other credits. She's repped by LINK Entertainment and Gersh.

Henderson recently served as a consulting producer on Empire. She co-created and executive produced the BET series The Quad and spent two years as a co-executive producer on Netflix's Marvel drama The Punisher. She also developed and executive produced the Showtime series Soul Food and worked on Gossip Girl and Fringe. Henderson started out in comedy with stints on Everybody Hates Chris, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Family Matters and Moesha.

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{blackbabes} Nia Long To Produce & Star Alongside Omar Epps And Stephen Bishop In Netflix Film ‘Fatal Affair’

 

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Nia Long, known for her roles in movies including Boyz n the Hood, Love Jones, Soul Food and The Best Man, has set her first producing project with Netflix. Long will produce and star in Fatal Affair, with Omar Epps (House, Shooter) and Stephen Bishop (Moneyball) co-starring.

Peter Sullivan is directing the feature from a script he co-wrote with Rasheeda Garner. The plot follows a woman who tries to mend her marriage after a brief encounter with an old friend, only to find that he is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.

Barry Barnholtz, Brian Nolan and Jeffrey Schenck will produce alongside Long. Filming is slated to begin this month in Los Angeles.

Long most recently appeared on the big screen in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and next co-stars in The Banker, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult, as well as Life in a Year, the Sony drama starring Cara Delevingne and Jaden Smith.

Epps, who co-starred alongside Long in the 1999 crime thriller In Too Deep, currently recurs on This Is Us, while Bishop starred in the short-lived Bravo series Imposters.

Long is repped by Untitled Entertainment; Epps by Anonymous Content and CAA; and Bishop by Greene & Associates Talent Agency and Margie Weiner Management.

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{blackbabes} The Rookie Adds Once Upon a Time's Mekia Cox as Nolan's New TO

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Once Upon a Time princess Mekia Cox is returning to ABC, as a series regular on The Rookie.

Cox — whose TV credits also include Chicago Med, Secrets and Lies Season 2, Undercovers and 90210 — will play Nyla Harper, an LAPD detective who after four years of undercover work nearly lost herself, our sister site Deadline reports. Now, Nyla is hoping to find normalcy again as she takes on the role of John Nolan's new training officer.

The announcement of Cox's casting comes one week into the light procedural's sophomore run — which is airing Sundays at 10/9c and somewhat remarkably held steady in the ratings with its premiere — and on the heels of a third-party investigation that found no merit to assorted allegations made by exited cast member Afton Williamson, who in Season 1 played the title character's TO, Talia Bishop.

Bishop's abrupt absence was explained away in the season opener, when John and DHS agent Jessica made reference to her joining the ATF, now that her career at the LAPD had been stymied by the discovery of an omission from her application.

Cox will debut in the fourth episode of Season 2, set to air Oct. 20.

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