{blackbabes} ‘Cobra Kai’: Vanessa Rubio & Peyton List Upped To Series Regulars For Season 4; Two Cast As Recurring

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

After recurring on Cobra Kai, Vanessa Rubio and Peyton List have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming Season 4 of the popular Netflix series starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. Additionally, Dallas Dupree Young (Cousins for Life) and newcomer Oona O'Brien have been tapped for recurring roles on the fourth season of the Karate Kid sequel series.

Rubio has portrayed Carmen Diaz since Season 1, appearing in 16 episodes. Carmen is Miguel's (Xolo Maridueña) hard-working mother who would do anything to protect her son.

List has played Tory Nichols, since Season 2, appearing in 15 episodes. Tory is a vtroubled teen who speaks her mind and is willing to take on anyone in a fight. The third season recently premiered in January, hitting No. 1 worldwide on Netflix. The first three seasons of
Cobra Kai are now streaming on Netflix with the fourth season production underway in Atlanta.

Cobra Kai takes place over 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament with the continuation of the inescapable conflict between Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (Zabka).

Young will recur as Kenny, a bullied new kid in school who turns to karate as a way to defend himself. O'Brien will play Devon, a potential new karate student who is relentlessly competitive, a quick study, and equally quick-tempered when she's provoked.

Cobra Kai is written and executive produced by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg via their production company, Counterbalance Entertainment. Will Smith, James Lassiter and Caleeb Pinkett executive produce for Westbrook Entertainment along with Susan Ekins in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka also serve as executive producers.

In addition to Cobra Kai, Rubio recently appeared in the second season of Netflix's Bonding. Her other previous TV credits include Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Dolly Parton's Heartstrings and Master of None, WGN's Gone and NBC's Deception. Her film work includes How To Be Single, The Hudson Tribes and The Girl is in Trouble.Rubion is repped by Buchwald and JWS Entertainment.

List is known for her portrayal of Emma Ross on Disney's Jessie and spinoff Bunk'd. Her other previous credits include Hulu's Light As A Feather and CBS' Happy Together. On the film side, she has appeared in Fox's The Diary of A Wimpy Kid franchise; Departures, opposite Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams, and Nina Dobrev; Anthem and MGM's Valley Girl remake. List is repped by CAA.

Young starred as Stuart on Nickelodeon's live-action comedy series, Cousins For Life, and also had roles on Showtime's Shameless, NBC's The Good Place, ABC's Mixed-ish, Freeform's The Fosters and Good Trouble, Fox's 9-1-1 and Netflix's The Big Show Show, among others. On the film front, his credits include Netflix's The Main Event and Warner Bros' Ready Player One. He's repped by Osbrink Talent Agency, Treadwell Entertainment Group and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light.

The 14-year-old O'Brien was one of 11 young actors selected by Nickelodeon to study at the renowned Second City Training Center in Chicago in 2019, and went on to become a member of Second City's Youth House Ensemble. Previously, O'Brien played Pepper in Rising Stars Theatre's production of Annie, and Tomika in UAC Theatre's School of Rock, among other productions.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Golden Globes Adds Presenters Angela Bassett, Laura Dern, Salma Hayek & Jamie Lee Curtis

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Angela Bassett, Laura Dern, Salma Hayek and Jamie Lee Curtis are the latest stars set to present trophies during the 78th annual Golden Globes on Sunday.

 

NBC will air the ceremony live coast-to-coast starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. It will stream the following day on Peacock.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Titans First Look: Blackfire Suits Up!

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Blackfire is looking lit for Titans Season 3.

The DC Universe-turned-HBO Max series on Thursday revealed a first look at the Tamaranean baddie's new supersuit, months after her sister Koriand'r aka Starfire (played by Anna Diop) got her own slick new look.

Damaris Lewis, who appeared in a pair of Season 2 episodes as Blackfire, was upped to series regular for Season 3 back in December 2019 — no surprise given how the DC series' sophomore run ended: As seen in the finale's bonus scene, a mom had just tucked her kids into the car outside a store when a glob of space goo splatted on the side of her neck. Moments later, said mom transformed into a smirking Blackfire — akin to how Tamaran's not-so-beloved queen used royal guardsman Faddei (Robbie Jones) as her host during an earlier visit to Earth.

As announced at September's DC FanDome event, "circumstances draw our heroes to Gotham City" in Titans Season 3, "where they will reunite with old friends and face new threats." Jason Todd (played by Curran Walters) will don the Red Hood identity "in his obsession to take down his old team" (see first photo), while the truly new faces include Barbara Gordon (to be played by actress/singer Savannah Welch) Tim Drake (I May Destroy You's Jay Lycurgo) and the yet-to-be-cast Dr. Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow, an Arkham Asylum inmate who offers his services as a profiler for the GCPD.

Besides Walters' Jason and Diop's Kory, returning characters include Brenton Thwaites' Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Teagan Croft's Rachel Roth/Raven, Ryan Potter's Gar Logan/Beast Boy, Conor Leslie's Donna Troy/Wondergirl, Joshua Orpin's Conner Kent/Superboy, Alan Ritchson's Hank Hall/Hawk and Minka Kelly's Dawn Granger/Dove.

Titans Seasons 1 and 2 — which originally debuted on the since-reconfigured DC Universe streaming service — are now available to stream on the HBO Max, with Season 3's premiere date still TBA.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Naturi Naughton To Star In ABC’s Hip-Hop Drama Pilot ‘Queens’

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Power star Naturi Naughton has been tapped as a co-lead opposite Eve in Queens, ABC's hourlong pilot from Zahir McGhee, Sabrina Wind and ABC Signature.

In Queens, written by McGhee, four estranged and out-of-touch women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their '90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.

Naughton plays Jill, aka Da Thrill, a founding member of the Nasty Bitches — the group she formed with her high school friends. Da Thrill lived fast, had rugged rhymes and a troubling drug habit. Today, Jill couldn't be more put together. She's a devout Catholic living a quiet life in Montana with her husband. But everything isn't as idyllic as it seems. Jill is haunted by past secrets.

The Nasty Bitches reuniting allows Jill to escape her issues at home, but returning to her persona as Da Thrill conjures up difficult memories. But a friendship with a young rapper that she has almost nothing in common with will hilariously help Jill figure out the person she needs to be.

Naughton brings personal experience to the project — before her transition into film and television, she was a member of the Platinum selling pop trio 3LW.

Eve plays another of the four women, Brianna. McGhee and Wind executive produce.

Naughton opted to do Queens having been sought for multiple TV projects coming off six seasons of Starz's flagship drama Power and a season of the successful offshoot Power Book II: Ghost, playing Tasha St. Patrick. While Naughton is no longer a series regular on Power Book II: Ghost after Tasha went into Witness Protection in the Season 1 finale, Naughton is set to reprise her role in some fashion down the road.

A singer, songwriter and actress, Naughton is a two-time NAACP Image Award winner for her work on Power. In 2020, Naturi starred in the film Emperor, about an escaped slave who travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown.

Naughton's credits also include Fox Searchlight's movie Notorious and MGM's remake of Fame and appearances on Mad Men and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She also appeared on Broadway in the Tony-winning musical Hairspray for three years.

Naughton, who has been awarded by the Women in Entertainment Executive Network, The 2019 Triumph Awards, Black Women in Film Summit and The National Urban League of New York for Outstanding works in TV & Film, is repped by Gersh and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver & Thompson.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Steven Soderbergh To Direct New Line’s ‘KIMI’ For HBO Max With Zoë Kravitz Set To Star; David Koepp Penned The Script

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

After signing an overall deal with HBO Max, Steven Soderbergh looks to have found his next feature film with the studio. He has come aboard to direct the New Line Max Original feature KIMI with Zoë Kravitz on board to star. The film will premiere exclusively on HBO Max. David Koepp penned the script and will produce along with Michael Polaire.

The film follows an agoraphobic tech worker who discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime during an ordinary data stream review and tries reporting it up the chain of command at her company. Meeting with resistance and bureaucracy, she realizes that in order to get involved, she will have to do the thing she fears the most — leave her apartment.

The film would mark the second collaboration between Warner Bros. Pictures Group, HBO Max and Soderbergh since the recent restructuring of the studio and the third between Soderbergh and HBO Max. It follows No Sudden Move, the upcoming starry Max Original ensemble crime thriller from Warner Bros. Pictures that features Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Brendan Fraser, Noah Jupe, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox. His most recent pic Let Them All Talk, with Meryl Streep, premiered on HBO Max in December.

Kravitz has been on a roll as of late after landing the coveted role of Catwoman in Matt Reeve's The Batman, where she stars opposite Robert Pattinson, who will play the Caped Crusader. On top of that she has received strong reviews as the star of the Hulu series High Fidelity and HBO's Big Little Lies.

Koepp is a veteran screenwriter whose screen credits include Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, Carlito's Way, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, and Panic Room.

Soderbergh is repped by Michael Sugar at Sugar23 and Jamie Feldman at Lichter Grossman Nichols. Kravitz is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Edelstein, Laird & Sobel. Koepp is repped by CAA and Myman Greenspan Fox.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Video: Conversations with Alan - Black History Month

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk3ydkJBa5A

An in-depth discussion about the importance of Black History Month, the Black Lives Matter movement and what it's like for a parent raising a black child in America today.

Joining me for this conversation are Amelia Marshall and her 23-year-old son Marshall Schaffer, Karla Mosley who is raising two-year old Aurora and Lawrence Saint-Victor who is raising two-year old Christian.

Amelia Marshall played Gilly Grant, Karla Mosley played Christina Moore and Lawrence Saint-Victor played Remy Boudreau on Guiding Light. Lawrence can currently be seen weekdays playing Carter Walton on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Halle Berry To Executive Produce, Star In Sci-Fi Drama ‘The Mothership’ For Netflix And MRC Film

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Oscar-winner Halle Berry has signed on to star in and executive produce The Mothership, from Netflix and MRC Film. Oscar-nominated Bridge of Spies screenwriter Matthew Charman wrote the script and will be directing the film for his feature directorial debut.

The sci-fi adventure follows Sara Morse (Berry) one year since her husband mysteriously vanished from their rural farm. When she discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home, Sara and her kids embark on a race to find their husband, father, and most importantly – the truth.

Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones are producing the film under their Automatik banner. Danny Stillman will serve as an exec producer alongside Berry.

Netflix recently picked up the rights to Berry's directorial debut film, Bruised, a mixed martial arts drama that premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. She also stars in Roland Emmerich's upcoming, space drama Moonfall.

Berry is repped by WME. Charman is repped CAA, Grandview, Independent Talent Group, and Hansen Jacobson.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Netflix Lands ‘The Bluff’, With Zoe Saldana Battling Pirates in 1800s Caribbean; Frank E. Flowers Directs

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Netflix won a hotly contested auction for The Bluff, a pitch that will be written as a star vehicle for Zoe Saldana, with Frank E. Flowers directing. Joe Ballarini will write the script with Flowers. Several streamers chased this one and the upfront commitment for those scribes is seven figures.

Project is about pirates in the Caribbean, but this is no family film. The drama is set in the Cayman Islands in the 1800s and Saldana plays Ercell, a Caribbean woman whose secret past is revealed when her island is invaded by vicious buccaneers. The intention is to blend visceral action and historical fiction to create a real action vehicle as the heroine fights against the atrocities committed by the pirates. There are strong roles for a second woman who is part of the vigilante campaign, and the nasty lead pirate. Saldana and Flowers previously teamed in the 2004 drama Haven.

The film will be produced by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca and Angela Russo-Otstot for AGBO, alongside Mariel and Cisely Saldana for Cinestar.

Flowers has been busy as a writer, scripting an untitled LeBron James biopic at Universal and teaming with Terence Winter to write a movie about reggae icon Bob Marley for Paramount. Ballarini scripted A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting for Netflix, and he's writing We Carry Kevan for Participant Media, and Skyward for 20th Century Studios. He sold his spec Cassius to Universal and is adapting the Carl Hiassen novel Chomp for Apple TV, and is developing a sports drama for Lee Daniels Television at Disney+.

Saldana has the four Avatar sequels and is filming the untitled David O Russell-directed film alongside a cast that includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Anya-Taylor Joy, Rami Malek, John David Washington and Robert De Niro.

Saldana and Cinestar are repped by LBI, CAA and Morris Yorn; Flowers by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and attorney Carlos Goodman; and Ballarini by Verve and attorney Robert Goldman.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} ‘The Hot Zone: Anthrax’: Ian Colletti, Dawn Olivieri & Denyce Lawton To Recur In Nat Geo Series

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Ian Colletti (Preacher), Dawn Olivieri (House of Lies) and Denyce Lawton (Tyler Perry's House of Payne) are set for recurring roles opposite Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn in The Hot Zone: Anthrax, the second installment of National Geographic's scripted anthology series. Filming is underway in Toronto.

The Hot Zone: Anthrax takes place in 2001, just weeks after 9/11, where another deadly act of terrorism rocked the United States. Letters containing anthrax were sent to unsuspecting victims in Florida, Washington, D.C. and New York. The anonymous assault claimed five lives and caused panic throughout the country. Despite interagency turf wars and many false leads, an unlikely team of scientists, FBI agents and government departments slowly closed in on a shocking prime suspect.

Colletti will play Agent Chris Moore, a newbie to the bureau with a dry sense of humor. A graduate of Quantico and is eager to learn under a seasoned agent, although a microbiologist wouldn't have been his top choice as a mentor.

Olivieri portrays Dani Toretti (fka Dani Toscano), goes by "Dani." Loves it whenever she walks in a door and everyone is expecting a man. She's among the first agents on the ground at the 2001 Capitol Hill anthrax attack. With a Masters in psychology, she's an FBI Special Agent who gets pulled onto the Counterterrorism Unit after 9/11. And, as a behaviorist, she's tough enough to maneuver the boys club in the bureau, but grounded enough that her instincts point her in the right direction.

Lawton is Sheila Willis. Graduated top three out of Texas, and is a pharmaceutical rep who lobbies on Capitol Hill. She has put more into her career than personal life, and has dated FBI Agent Ryker off-and-on. After 9/11, everything feels a little stronger, deeper, and more unsettled, which has her rethinking her priorities.

Cast also includes Harry Hamlin and Dylan Baker.

Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson serve as executive producers and showrunners. Scott Free Production's Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker and Jordan Sheehan are executive producers. Lynda Obst is an executive producer. Richard Preston is a co-executive producer. The Hot Zone: Anthrax is produced by 20th Television and Scott Free Productions.

Colletti is coming off four seasons on AMC's Preacher. He recently recurred on Showtime's Billions, and guest starred on Lincoln Rhyme for NBC. On the film side, he has starred in numerous indie projects over the last several years, most recently in Netflix's Mohawk. Colletti is repped by CESD, Industry Entertainment and the Nord Group.

Olivieri is best known for her work opposite Don Cheadle in House of Lies and David Duchovny in Californication both for Showtime. She recently recurred on CBS' SEAL Team, and prior to that, played opposite Will Smith in David Ayer's Bright. Olivieri is repped by Thruline and Talentworks.

Lawton is known for her role as Dana on Tyler Perry's House of Payne. She recently guest-starred on Chicago PD. Lawton is repped by Jacqueline Kim at Innovative Artists.

Kim posted a pic today on Instagram, the first day on-set in Toronto.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Conversations with Alan - Black History Month 2/24/21

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk3ydkJBa5A

Please join The Locher Room on Wednesday, February 24th at 7 p.m. EST / 4 p.m. PST for an in-depth discussion about the importance of Black History Month, the Black Lives Matter movement and what it's like for a parent raising a black child in America today.

Joining me for this conversation are Amelia Marshall and her 23-year-old son Marshall Schaffer, Karla Mosley who is raising two-year old Aurora and Lawrence Saint-Victor who is raising two-year old Christian.

Amelia Marshall played Gilly Grant, Karla Mosley played Christina Moore and Lawrence Saint-Victor played Remy Boudreau on Guiding Light. Lawrence can currently be seen weekdays playing Carter Walton on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Kerry Washington And Charlize Theron Join Netflix’s ‘The School For Good And Evil’

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron have joined the cast of The School For Good And Evil, the Paul Feig-directed adaptation of the fantasy YA novel from Soman Chainani. The powerhouse duo join Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso who had already been set to topline the pic.

Feig made the announcement Friday on Twitter Theron is set to play Lady Lesso and Washington will portray Professor Dovey in the pic, which was adapted by screenwriters David Magee and Laura Solon.

The plot of the bestselling six-book series centers on best friends Sophie and Agatha, who discover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she'll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. Yet soon the girls find their fortunes reversed; what what if the mistake is the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?

Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Jane Startz, and Feigco's Feig and Laura Fischer are producers. Executive producers are Zack Roth, Patricia Riggen and Chainani.

The School For Good and Evil is the first book in Chainani's series, which has sold over 2.5 million copies and has been translated into 30 languages across six continents.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Eve To Star In ABC’s Hip-Hop Drama Pilot ‘Queens’ From Zahir McGhee

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Eve has been tapped as a lead in Queens, ABC's hourlong pilot from Zahir McGhee, Sabrina Wind and ABC Signature.

In Queens, written by McGhee, estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their '90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.

Eve will play one of the women, Brianna. Twenty years ago, Brianna was Professor Sex — one fourth of the iconic 90s hip-hop group, the Nasty Bitches — rapping about money, sex and her all-around glamorous lifestyle. Today, Brianna is a proud wife and mother of five — in a stained sweatsuit who barely has a second to breathe. Not glamorous. But Brianna loves her life. The Nasty Bitches are a distant, distant memory. But when an opportunity arises for the group to reunite, Brianna will grapple with whether or not she still has the swagger and confidence that made her an icon decades ago…

Eve will record and perform songs as her character.

McGhee and Wind executive produce.

Eve is a Grammy, Daytime Emmy, BET, MTV Video Music Award winning and multi-platinum selling artist, served as the co-host of CBS The Talk for the past four years.

In October 2020, Eve launched her debut podcast, Constantly Evolving, with BBC Sound. It' has been commissioned for a second season, coming late spring. Eve is repped by CAA and Massive Management.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} Beyoncé’s Foundation Provides Relief To Winter Storm Victims In Texas

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

Houston, TX native Beyoncé is offering help to Texans impacted by the devastating winter storm Uri that left millions without power.

The singer's BeyGOOD Foundation, Adidas and Houston disaster relief organization Bread of Life have teamed up to provide assistance to storm victims.

Texas residents affected by the storm can apply for up to $1,000 in aid.

People can also donate to Bread of Life to provide further assistance to those in need.

"We send our prayers to those impacted by the winter storm," the foundation said on Twitter in announcing the relief effort.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} ‘Power Book IV: Force’: Lili Simmons, Gabrielle Ryan, Tommy Flanagan Among 8 Cast In Starz’s Series

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

z

Starz has set its main cast for Power Book IV: Force, the third installment in the Power universe. Lili Simmons (Banshee, Ray Donovan), Gabrielle Ryan (The Haves and the Have Nots, Bonding), Isaac Keys (Get Shorty, The Oath), Hightown alum Shane Harper, Kris D. Lofton (Ballers, Empire), Anthony Fleming III (Prison Break, The Beast), Lucien Cambric (Chicago P.D., The Chi) and Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) are set as series regulars opposite Joseph Sikora in the series from Courtney Kemp and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Lionsgate Television.

Power Book IV: Force centers around Tommy Egan, played by Joseph Sikora, after he cuts ties and puts New York in his rearview mirror for good.

Kemp and Jackson will executive produce alongside Mark Canton, and series creator and showrunner Robert Munic (Vital Signs, The Cleaner). Lionsgate Television produces the series for Starz.

Keys plays Diamond, a gentle giant with truthful eyes and a body made of granite with defensive precision, a trait drilled into him during a 15-year sentence. Before Diamond got locked up, he was the young head of Chicago's most promising crew that was taking over the city. In his short time at the helm, he created a tactical drug running outfit respected by all of Chicago's crime families. He spent his time in prison reading the classics, educating himself on everything from history to literature to philosophy. Now that he's out, Diamond plans on taking the reins back from his crew's interim leader — his younger brother.

Simmons portrays Claudia 'Claud' Flynn, the only daughter to the largest kingpin in Chicago. Astute doesn't begin to describe her – her intellect is a mixture of Ivy League lecture halls and Chicago street-smarts. She is as brilliant as a politician and as blunt as a pipe wrench to the face. Claud doesn't need the green light or permission to set things in motion, she is the fire starter and the one person nobody in Chicago should ever count out. In a male-dominated business, Claud is determined to carve out her own path and one that might save her family in the end.

Ryan is Gloria, a razor-sharp and stunning former Marine carving her own path in Chicago. She's passionate, fiery and beholden to no man. Out of the small kitchen in the back of her bar, she pumps out Michelin-level, Jamaican inspired dishes. Her clientele is a revolving door of Irish mobsters looking to move in on her real estate. This doesn't stop Gloria's hustle and dream of one day owning her own restaurant and being free from under the watchful eye of the crime family that she's entangled with. A chance encounter with Tommy quickly causes a seismic shift in the lives of those around her that only she can unravel.

Harper plays Vic Flynn, the heir apparent to Chicago's largest crime family – a prince who leads with his heart as much as his fists. Vic resents the fact that his father has mapped out his entire life for him – both in business and in love. Vic can roll with Chicago's wealthiest socialites just as easily as he can get down with Chicago's heaviest dealers. Realizing his father has taken a shine to Tommy, Vic will fight to regain control of his rightful position at any and all costs. Looking to move his family's business forward and bury old beefs, Vic's allegiance to his family is put to the test and where he comes out on it will impact the entire city of Chicago's POWER structure.

Lofton portrays Jenard Sampson. Not a traditional student, but a shining star who was gifted from birth, Jenard was accepted to Brown University within days of his older brother Diamond being sentenced to 15 years. Jenard parked his ambitions of academia and took the reins of one of Chicago's largest crews. Buffeted by the benefits of Diamond being his brother and keeper, he took power of the organization with an unbridled ability of a CEO along with the wild energy to end anybody that crosses him.

Flemming III plays JP Gibbs, a gifted jazz musician who toured several continents, developing a rich worldliness that comes through in his swagger and collage of diverse tattoos. JP owns and operates a blues club with his ailing father that has been the target of several attacks by local gang members. As rich as JP's life is, he still carries the pain of never having had a mother in his life and having a son he has no relationship with. JP's world is thrown off its axis when he crosses paths with Tommy.

Cambric is Darnell 'D-Mac' McDowell, a young man who has been raised by the streets of Chicago's Southside. Independent, fiercely loyal and completely unflinching when called upon to represent his crew, D-Mac is still a kid at heart looking for someone to take care of him. After a run in with Tommy proves to be more than a fluke, D-Mac looks to Tommy as he hits a crossroads in his life that can completely upend his future.

Flanagan is Walter Flynn, the head of the Irish crime family in Chicago. Despite living a life of immense prosperity in his castle on the lake, he longs for the way things used to be. Walter believes that without community and family, there is no tradition, and his deeply held code of honor bleeds into every aspect of his life. As he ushered his family into the twenty-first century, Walter quickly saw the criminal organization he built facing threats he never accounted for.

Simmons television credits include HBO's Westworld, the first season of HBO's True Detective, five seasons of Cinemax's Banshee and a major arc on Ray Donovan. Her feature credits include the independent western Bone Tomahawk, thriller Good Match, and Matthew Lillard's Fat Kid Rules the World. Simmons recently wrapped production on the independent thriller Conductor. She's repped by Paradigm, Kate Linden Management and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.

Ryan will next be seen in NBC's upcoming sci-fi series Debris, from Almost Human creator J.H. Wyman. She can currently be seen in Netflix's Bonding opposite Zoe Levin and on Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots on OWN. Ryan is repped by Buchwald, Luber Roklin and Suzy Brierley in the UK.

Harper got his start working with Rob Reiner in Flipped, before starring in God's Not Dead as well as indie drama Flock of Four on Netflix. He most recently appeared in Starz's Hightown and FX's A Teacher.Harper is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment & Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman.

Keys is a professional football player-turned-actor who was most recently a series regular on Get Shorty as Ed on Epix. He also can be seen recurring in the crime drama The Oath and on The Rookie.

Fleming III is a Chicago-based stage, film, and TV actor. He joined Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Ensemble in 2013, with credits including Moby Dick, Big Lake Big City, Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, among others. His film and television credits Divergent, Prison Break, Chicago Fire and The Beast.

Cambric's TV credits include Chicago P.D., The Chi, Shameless and Southside, and films such as Captive State and Holiday Heist.

Lofton recurred as Kisan Teague for three seasons on HBO's Ballers, and he was a series regular in the Kenya Barris-produced Freeform comedy Unrelated. Lofton also recurred on Empire and was cast in roles on Shameless, Snowfall, SMILF, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. On the film side, he appeared in the Sundance feature A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. He is repped by Stewart Talent and Cavalry Media.

Flanagan was most recently seen in an extended arc in the new season of Westworld for HBO. He also starred in Killer's Anonymous opposite Gary Oldman and Jessica Biel and was recently seen starring in Netflix's Wu Assassins.

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html

{blackbabes} ‘One Night in Miami’, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Lead Nominations For 21st Annual Black Reel Awards

 

Rakuten.ca - Amazon.com - Classmates - HideOut.tv - GameStop - SnoreX

The Black Reel Awards (BRAs), an annual event that recognizes the excellence of African-Americans, as well as the cinematic achievements of the African diaspora in the global film industry, has unveiled the nominees for its 21st annual awards ceremony. The event, hosted by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF), will take place on April 11 virtually across several media platforms.

Leading the pack with 15 nominations is Amazon's One Night in Miami, the directorial debut from Oscar and past Black Reel Award winner, Regina King, who also received a nom for Outstanding Director. The pic also picked up nominations for Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Actor (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Leslie Odom, Jr. and Aldis Hodge), and Outstanding Screenplay (Kemp Powers).

Warner Bros' Judas and the Messiah is not too far behind with 12 nominations including Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Actor (Lakeith Stanfield), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Dominique Fishback), Outstanding Screenplay (Will Berson and Shaka King), and Outstanding Director (King).

The late Chadwick Boseman, the second actor to receive acting nominations posthumously, is up for Outstanding Actor for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. The George C. Wolfe-directed Netflix film earned a total of ten nominations.

For the first in BRAs history, the majority of the nominated directors are women. Notedly, The Forty-Year-Old Version helmer Radha Blanks received seven nominations for her debut film, including Outstanding Director, becoming the most-nominated individual in Black Reel Awards history. In addition, Dawn Porter becomes the first director to earn multiple nominations in the Outstanding Documentary category for both John Lewis: Good Trouble and The Way I See It, while Pixar's Soul becomes the first animated film to earn a Screenplay nomination and the second animated film to earn an Outstanding Picture nom.

"Last year was a historic year in film, if for no other reason that there were more films released than ever before by Black filmmakers, featuring a tremendous amount of quality performances by a group of tireless creatives, who overcame unique challenges to create a group of memorable and indelible images," said Black Reel Awards founder Tim Gordon. "We look forward to creatives continuing to tell our stories and we congratulate all of this year's talented nominees.

See the full list of nominees below:

OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX)
Jon Kilik, Spike Lee, Beatriz Levin & Lloyd Levin, producers

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)
Charles D. King, Ryan Cooler & Shaka King, producers

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)
Denzel Washington, Todd Black & Dany Wolf, producers

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)
Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder & Jody Klein, producers

SOUL (WALT DISNEY MOTION PICTURES)
Dana Murray, producers

OUTSTANDING ACTOR

KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

CHADWICK BOSEMAN
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)

DELROY LINDO
DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX)

ROB MORGAN
BULL (SONY PICTURES WORLDWIDE)

LAKEITH STANFIELD
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS

NICOLE BEHARIE
MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)

VIOLA DAVIS
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)

ANDRA DAY
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (HULU)

TESSA THOMPSON
SYLVIE'S LOVE (AMAZON STUDIOS)

ZENDAYA
MALCOLM & MARIE (NETFLIX)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

RADHA BLANK
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (NETFLIX)

REGINA KING
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

SHAKA KING
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)

SPIKE LEE
DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX)

CHANNING GODFREY PEOPLES
MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHADWICK BOSEMAN
DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX)

COLMAN DOMINGO
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)

ALDIS HODGE
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

DANIEL KALUUYA
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)

LESLIE ODOM JR.
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ALEXIS CHIKAEZE
MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)

DOMINIQUE FISHBACK
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)

KIKI LAYNE
THE OLD GUARD (NETFLIX)

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
THE HIGH NOTE (FOCUS FEATURES)

GABOUREY SIDIBE
ANTEBELLUM (LIONSGATE)

OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
RADHA BLANK (NETFLIX)

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
WILL BERSON & SHAKA KING (WARNER BROS.)

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON (NETFLIX)

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
KEMP POWERS (AMAZON STUDIOS)

SOUL
PETE DOCTER, MIKE JONES & KEMP POWERS (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY (AMAZON STUDIOS)
LIZ GARBUS & LISA CORTES, directors

JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE (MAGNOLIA PICTURES / PARTICIPANT)
DAWN PORTER, director

MLK/FBI (IFC FILMS)
SAM POLLARD, director

TIME (AMAZON STUDIOS)
GARRETT BRADLEY, director

THE WAY I SEE IT (FOCUS FEATURES)
DAWN PORTER, director

OUTSTANDING FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

HIS HOUSE | UNITED KINGDOM
REMI WEEKES, director (NETFLIX)

NIGHT OF THE KINGS | SENEGAL
PHILIPPE LACOTE, director (NEON)

THE LIFE AHEAD | ITALY
EDOARDO PONTI, director (NETFLIX)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX)
KIM COLEMAN, casting director

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)
ALEXA L. FOGEL, casting director

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)
AVY KAUFMAN, casting director

MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)
TISHA BLOOD, CHELSEA ELLIS BLOCH, MATTHEW WEST TAYLOR, casting directors

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
KIMBERLY HARDIN, casting director

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE

ANGELA BASSETT
SOUL (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)

JAMIE FOXX
SOUL (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)

MAYA RUDOLPH
THE WILLOUGHBYS (NETFLIX)

OCTAVIA SPENCER
ONWARD (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)

PHYLICIA RASHAD
SOUL (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)

OUTSTANDING SCORE

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (NETFLIX)
GUY C. ROUTTE, composer

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY (NETFLIX)
JOHN DEBNEY, composer

THE PHOTOGRAPH (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)
ROBERT GLASPER, composer

SOUL (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES)
TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS & JON BATISTE, composers

SYLVIE'S LOVE (AMAZON STUDIOS)
FABRICE LECOMTE, composer

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG

FIGHT FOR YOU (JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH)
H.E.R, performer; H.E.R, DERNST EMILE II & TIARA THOMAS, writers

MAKE IT WORK (JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY)
ANIKA NONI ROSE & FOREST WHITAKER, PERFORMERS; JOHN LEGEND; writer

POVERTY PORN (THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION)
RADHAMUSPRIME, performer; RADHA BLANK, writer

SPEAK NOW (ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI)
LESLIE ODOM JR., performer; LESLIE ODOM JR. & SAM ASHWORTH, writers

TIGRESS & TWEED (THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY)
ANDRA DAY, perfomer; ANDRA DAY & RAPHAEL SAADIQ, writers

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FEATURE

AMERICAN SKIN (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)
NATE PARKER, director

FAREWELL AMOR (IFC MIDNIGHT)
EKWA MSANGI, director

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (NETFLIX)
RADHA BLANK, director

MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)
CHANNING GODFREY PEOPLES, director

SYLVIE'S LOVE (AMAZON STUDIOS)
EUGENE ASHE, director

OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM

BROTHER
YA'KE SMITH, director

CANVAS (NETFLIX)
FRANK E. ABNEY III, director

THE CYPHER
LETIA SOLOMON, director

GRAB MY HAND: A LETTER TO MY DAD
CAMRUS JOHNSON, director

THE PANDEMIC CHRONICLES
YA'KE SMITH, director

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY

MR. SOUL! (SHOES IN THE BED PRODUCTIONS)
MELISSA HAIZLIP, director

THE SIT-IN: HARRY BELAFONTE HOSTS THE TONIGHT SHOW (PEACOCK)
YORUBA RICHEN, director

WITH DRAWN ARMS (STARZ!)
GLENN KAINO & AFSHIN SHAHIDI, directors

OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR

EUGENE ASHE
SYLVIE'S LOVE (AMAZON STUDIOS)

RADHA BLANK
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (NETFLIX)

REGINA KING
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

SHAKA KING
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)

CHANNING GODFREY PEOPLES
MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, MALE

YAHYA ABDUL-MANTEEN II
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (NETFLIX)

KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

DUSAN BROWN
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)

ELI GOREE
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)

NTARE MWINE
FAREWELL AMOR (IFC MIDNIGHT)

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

RADHA BLANK
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (NETFLIX)

ALEXIS CHIKAEZE
MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)

ANDRA DAY
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (HULU)

DOMINIQUE FISHBACK
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)

ZENDAYA
MALCOLM & MARIE (NETFLIX)

OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (NETFLIX)
RADHA BLANK

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)
RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON

MISS JUNETEENTH (VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)
CHANNING PEOPLES GODFREY

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)
KEMP POWERS

SYLVIE'S LOVE (AMAZON STUDIOS)
EUGENE ASHE

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY

DA 5 BLOODS (NETFLIX)
NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL, cinematographer

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)
SEAN BOBBITT, cinematographer

MALCOLM & MARIE (NETFLIX)
MARCELL REV, cinematographer

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)
TAMI REIKER, cinematographer

TENET (WARNER BROS.)
HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, cinematographer

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY (NETFLIX)
MICHAEL WILKINSON, costume designer

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)
ANN ROTH, costume designer

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)
FRANCINE JAMISON-TANCHUCK, costume designer

SYLVIE'S LOVE (AMAZON STUDIOS)
PHOENIX MELLOW, costume designer

THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY (HULU)
PAOLO NIEDDU, costume designer

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN

JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY (NETFLIX)
GAVIN BOCQUET, production designer

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (WARNER BROS.)
SAM LISENCO, production designer

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (NETFLIX)
MARK RICKER, production designer

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (AMAZON STUDIOS)
BARRY ROBISON, production designer

TENET (WARNER BROS.)
NATHAN CROWLEY, production designer

Entertainment Plaza - TV, Movies, Sports, Music, Soaps
http://almosthuman99.com

Babe Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/babes/babeofthemonth.html

Hunk Of The Month - Vote Now!
http://almosthuman99.com/polls/hunks/hunkofthemonth.html