{blackbabes} Beyoncé storage units robbed of $1 million in luxury goods

 

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They need to put a better lock on it.

Thieves who recently hit Beyoncé's storage units in Los Angeles walked away with luxury handbags and dresses worth more than $1 million, according to a report.

Three storage units rented by the singer's Parkwood Entertainment production company were burglarized twice by thieves earlier this month, Los Angeles police said, according to TMZ.

Authorities told the entertainment news site most of the items in the lockers were owned by Beyoncé, who is the latest celebrity to have her storage units robbed. A storage space belonging to Miley Cyrus was hit in January. Thieves made away with clothes, photographs and other personal items, according to the LAPD. In 2018, a storage unit belonging to Cyrus in the San Fernando Valley was also hit and thieves made off with valuable guitars.

No arrests have been made in the Beyoncé burglary, according to TMZ.

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{blackbabes} Essence Atkins, Tisha Campbell To Star In ‘Black Don’t Crack’ ABC Comedy Pilot; Tahj Mowry, Beth Grant & Isaiah Mustafa Also Cast

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ABC is rounding out cast for multi-camera comedy pilot Black Don't Crack (fka Untitled Regina Hicks). Essence Atkins (Marlon) and Tisha Campbell (My Wife and Kids) are set as the two remaining leads opposite Sherri Shepherd, and Tahj Mowry (Baby Daddy), Beth Grant (Words on Bathroom Walls) and Isaiah Mustafa (It: Chapter Two) join as series regulars in the pilot from writer/executive producer Regina Hicks and exec producers Viola Davis & Julius Tennon and Larry Wilmore.

Black Don't Crack (fka Untitled Regina Hicks) follows three former sorority sisters, played by Shepherd, Atkins and Campbell, who lost touch after college and reunite during a pivotal point in their lives. They realize sometimes it's okay to crack and when you do, no one will be there for you like your friends.

Atkins will play Nia Hillis Davis. A bougie, conservative politician's wife who has lost touch with her more fun-loving college self. Though she may have many cracks in her perfect facade that she goes to great pains to cover up. While she may be perceived as uptight and snobbish, she's ultimately a lovable neurotic who is our voice of positivity, even if a lot of the times, she's not sure what's going on.

Campbell will portray Tasha Marks, a hip and fabulous Atlanta restaurateur who starts trends instead of following them. She holds nothing back and is brutally honest (sometimes to a fault) with her friends, but has been avoiding a truth in her own life. She's achieved the perfect professional life and insists that she needs no man in her life to interfere with the career she's worked so hard to create.

Mowry is Khalil Grant, Angela's (Shepard) 20 something son. He is a recent college grad who is full of big ideas and big dreams, but has yet to get any of his start-up companies off the ground. A bit of slow starter at life, he lives in his mother's basement and still relies on her to do his laundry and front him rent money. He is fiercely protective of his family and is gradually growing into a responsible adult.

Grant plays Nancy, Angela's (Shepard) sharp-tongued mother-in-law. She adores her grandson but is tougher on her daughter-in-law – she can be abrasive, demanding, and unaware of her prejudices. While Nancy can be a thorn in Angela's side, the truth is they need each other. At the end of the day, the things they share — the loss of a husband, their love for Khalil – keep them from killing each other.

Mustafa is Charles Daniels, co-owner with Tasha of a restaurant and bar in Atlanta. Charles is a former pro-football player who is handsome and oozes charm and swagger. He's full of stories from back in his glory days and is comfortable being the center of attention. He could be perceived as cocky, but he's ultimately the kind of dependable, good guy you want in your corner.

Shepherd plays Angela Wright, a native New Yorker somewhere between 45 and death, but it's hard to tell because "black don't crack." She's a single mom who put aside her musical dreams to raise her son after her husband died. She's been holding it down alone for years, taking care of her family instead of herself. When she is confronted with a personal crisis, she reunites with her sorority sisters to recapture the passion, ambition and sisterhood of their college glory days.

Kelly Parks directs the pilot. Shepard will produce. ABC Signature is the studio.

Atkins can next be seen in the BET+ series, First Wives Club, opposite Jill Scott. She can also be seen on Will Packer's OWN series Ambitions. She previously starred for two seasons opposite Marlon Wayans in NBC's Marlon. Additionally, she was a series regular on TBS' Are We There Yet? opposite Terry Crews. On the feature side, Atkins can recently be seen in a lead role in the independent feature, Same Difference. She's repped by Buchwald and manager Kathy McComb.

Campbell worked on Broadway from the age of 7 until she made her feature film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze opposite Lawrence Fishburne and Giancarlo Esposito. Her television series credits include Martin, My Wife and Kids for which she won a NAACP Award, and Last Man Standing. She's repped by TCA and Anthony Mulrain of Mintz, Levin Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.

Mowry starred on all six seasons of Freeform's hit series Baby Daddy. His other previous TV credits a recurring role on Full House, along with Friends, Sister, Sister, Disney animated series Aladdin and the Lion King, Desperate Housewives, The Game, Kim Possible and The Suite Life of Zach and Cody. He next will be seen starring in the title role in the upcoming comedy feature Welcome Matt. He's repped by Gilbertson Entertainment and Meyer & Downs

Grant recently co-starred with Charlie Plummer, Andy Garcia, Molly Parker and Walton Goggins in the romantic drama feature Words on Bathroom Walls. Upcoming Grant has a multi-episode arc on Amazon's Goliath. She also co-stars with Josh Leonard and Jess Weixler in Fully Realized Humans, premiering at Tribeca in April. Grant is repped by Buchwald.

Mustafa most recently played the lead role of Mike Hanlon in It: Chapter Two, and starred in Freeform's hit cult series Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments. He's repped by Paradigm, Megan Silverman Management, and Morris, Yorn, Barnes, Levine, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner & Gellman.

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{blackbabes} Whitney Houston was ‘conflicted’ by her sexuality: Rosie O’Donnell

 

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Houston, she had a problem.

Rosie O'Donnell is speaking out about the tortured relationship songstress Whitney Houston had with her sexuality.

"Whitney was troubled by, I think, the gay part of her life and didn't want it exposed," O'Donnell said of the late music icon's rumored same-sex orientation.

In a wide-ranging discussion on the "Hot Takes & Deep Dives" podcast Monday, O'Donnell, 59, claimed the six-time Grammy Award-winning powerhouse was "conflicted" by her conservative cultural values and much-storied bisexuality.

"It's hard in black culture to accept gayness. It's culturally more difficult, I think," the openly gay actress said of Houston — who died in a drug-related accidental drowning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in February 2012. She was 48.

"And the church … the Baptist Church weighed heavily on her," O'Donnell added, noting the rigid dichotomy between religion and homosexuality. "Growing up in the church and singing gospel, [for Houston] I think that there was a lot of conflict about that."

O'Donnell recalled meeting the "I Will Always Love You" chanteuse and her purported girlfriend, Robyn Crawford, at a party in New York.

She said that at the time, it was understood that Crawford, who was couched as Houston's childhood friend and personal assistant, was actually the megastar's "partner."

Crawford, 60, confirmed long-standing rumors of her hush-hush romance with the "Saving All My Love for You" singer in her 2019 memoir "A Song for You: My Life With Whitney Houston."

In the book, she said the pop diva ended their love affair to move forward as platonic gal pals when she signed a music deal with Arista Records in 1983.

Houston later married and divorced R&B musician Bobby Brown, who confessed that he knew his wife of 14 years was bisexual in his 2016 autobiography "Every Little Step: My Story."

Prior to her cocaine-linked death, Houston never confirmed her alleged queerness.

O'Donnell — who the "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" vocalist once endearingly referred to as her "Irish sister" — went on to discuss Houston's well-documented battle with addiction.

The Emmy Award-winning talk show host also talked about Houston pulling a no-show 45 minutes before the singer was to sit for an exclusive interview on her live daytime television program "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" back in the late 1990s.

"[Houston] was, at that time, really in a downward spiral with drugs, and it was obvious to anyone who was watching her," O'Donnell said on the podcast.

At the time, the troubled singer was set to promote her centerpiece portrayal of the Fairy Godmother in the 1997 television adaptation of "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," starring Brandy Norwood. The film was rereleased on the Disney+ streaming platform last month.

"She didn't show up," O'Donnell said of Houston's last-minute cancellation, an infraction she attributed to the celeb's drug use. "So I said to her crew, 'This is all on all of you. Because when she dies, everyone is going to ask why you didn't do something.' "

O'Donnell said that later on, "Robyn … had written me and told me that was a very big day for them ― the crew around her ― to think that they had to make inroads to try to help her, and sadly, they didn't. Or couldn't."

O'Donnell will star in Season 2 of Showtime's "The L Word: Generation Q," set to air later this year.

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{blackbabes} ‘All The Queen’s Men’: BET+ Reveals Cast, Sets Summer Premiere For Tyler Perry Studios’ Male Exotic Dancer Drama

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BET+ has revealed the cast for its male exotic dancer series All The Queen's Men, based off Christian Keye's book, Ladies Night, from Tyler Perry Studios. Eva Marcille, Skyh Alvester Black and Candace Maxwell are among the cast members who will bring Club Eden, the fictional home to the hottest and most sensual male exotic dancers in the country, to life. Raquel Palmer, Michael 'Bolo' Bolwaire, Keith Swift, Dion Rome, Jeremy Williams and Keyes round out the cast.

Set to drop exclusively on BET+ this summer, All The Queen's Men is a one-hour 10-episode drama that centers around the life of "Marilyn 'Madam' DeVille," played by Marcille. Madam is a fierce businesswoman who is at the top of her game in the nightclub industry and surrounded by a band of trusted employees who are down to make sure that she is successful. But Madam, a self-proclaimed boss, soon discovers that more money and more power means more problems. Will Madam retain reign as she navigates this dangerous and sexy society? Will the sensuous world of exotic dancing cost Madam her queendom and potentially her life?

Created by Keyes, who writes for and appears in the series, All The Queen's Men is one of the first shows from Tyler Perry Studios' scripted development arm, Pitch Black Development LLC, Headed by the studio's President of Production & Development, Michelle Sneed. The series received an episode order increase by BET+ from eight half-hour episodes to ten one-hour episodes with additional filming set to begin later this month at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.

Marcille's Madam (Marilyn Deville) is a savvy, powerful uncompromising businesswoman who owns a high-class male strip club that she runs fairly but with a firm hand; she's unafraid to do whatever it is she has to do to keep her business going.

Black stars as AMP "Addition Anthony", a dancer with a hidden past who has found difficulty getting hired after being released from prison, so he goes to work as a bouncer/doorman in Madam's club, Eden.

Maxwell will appear as  "DJ Dime" the resident DJ at Club Eden. She is ambitious and looks to Madam as a mentor.

Racquel Palmer acts as "Blue" Madam's chief of security. Blue is frequently seen at Madam's side when things get a little dicey.

Michael 'Bolo' Bolwaire Plays "Doc" one of the male strippers at Club Eden. Doc gets along well with his fellow dancers and a little too well with one of Eden's patrons.

Keith 'Fatal Attraction' Swift joins the cast as "Babyface", is the oldest dancer of the group, though he doesn't look it. He's questioning the number of days he has left at the club and his many client entanglements cause him plenty of drama.

Dion Rome is "El Fuego," one of the dancers at Madam's Club Eden who is a bit flirtatious with Madam. He loves who he loves and is quite the techy.

Jeremy 'Masterpiece' Williams joins as "Midnight" a confident and tough male stripper who sparks a different vibe in Madam than the other strippers. She enjoys him though it's hard to say how personal their relationship is.

Lastly, Keyes is "The Concierge", a calmly intense hitman, and member of the Damascus family, hired to blackmail Madam.

All The Queen's Men is executive produced by Michelle Sneed and Christian Keyes. Elon D. Johnson serves as co-executive producer for Tyler Perry Studios. Kim Fields Morgan directed the first four episodes of the series and also serves as consulting producer.

Marcille is represented by Pantheon and attorney Michael Sterling. Palmer is repped by Pantheon. Rome is repped by Pantheon and Gill Talent.

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{blackbabes} ‘All American’ Casts Kyanna Simone; Daniel Di Tomasso Joins ‘The Republic Of Sarah’

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Kyanna Simone (Chambers) is joining the Season 3 cast of the CW's All American as recurring. She'll play Nhani Rivers, a confident, fun, and energetic student at South Crenshaw High. Season 2 found Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), now a football state champion, with a tough decision to make. Does he stay in Beverly Hills and play for Coach Billy Baker (Taye Diggs)? Or does he move back home to South L.A., reunite with his mother, Grace (Karimah Westbrook), brother, Dillon (Jalyn Hall), and play for his father, Corey (Chad Coleman), the new head coach for the South Crenshaw Chargers? Simone can currently be seen in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's Power Power opposite Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Previously, she starred opposite Uma Thurman in the Netflix series Chambers, and was seen in MA opposite Octavia Spencer. She was most recently a series regular on the HBO Max pilot, Vegas High, directed by Gillian Robespierre. Her previous credits include the recurring role of Kiesha in the CW's Black Lightning and Sony's feature crime drama White Boy Rick. She's repped by CAA, Link and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.

Daniel di Tomasso (French Exit) has booked a key recurring role in the upcoming CW series The Republic of Sarah, starring Stella Baker, from Jeffrey Paul King, Marc Webb, CBS Studios and studio-based Fulwell 73. Written by King, in the series, faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper (Baker) utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch. Di Tomasso will play Weston, a reporter who arrives in Greylock, New Hamphsire to chronicle the life and times of the new nation. Di Tomosso will resume his role of Fletcher Myers in season 4 of Dynasty, also on the CW. He was most recently seen on the big screen in Azazel Jacbos' French Exit, alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Boots and Danielle Macdonald. He is repped by A3 and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.

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{blackbabes} ‘The Family Business’: KJ Smith Upped To Series Regular, Sheila E., Stan Shaw, Denise Boutte, Jasper Cole Among 10 To Recur

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BET+ is rounding out its cast for Season 3 of Carl Weber's The Family Business. KJ Smith, who recurred in the first two seasons as Sasha Duncan, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3. Additionally, Stan Shaw (Rocky), Sheila E., Denise Boutte (Meet the Browns, Young Justice), Jasper Cole (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Rookie), Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), Horace Dodd (Narcos: Mexico), Ben Stephens, Jasmin Brown (A Miami Love Story), Kearia Schroeder (Dear Frank) and Desiree Mitchell (Loyalty) have joined the recurring cast.

Based on Weber's bestselling crime drama book series, The Family Business follows the Duncans, an upstanding, tight-knit family that by day owns and operates an exotic car dealership in New York. By night, their business activities are more illicit in nature.

Ernie Hudson, Valarie Pettiford, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Javicia Leslie, Sean Ringgold, Tami Roman, Miguel A. Nunez, Arrington Foster, KJ Smith, Dylan Weber, Yadi Valerio and Emilio Rivera star.

Smith's Sasha is is the niece of L.C. Duncan and and a former hired hitwoman who now works exclusively with her family.

Shaw will play Larry Duncan, L.C.'s older brother who is presently being held at a mental institution. Larry blames L.C. and his family for his hospitalization and has plotted his escape and revenge for years. There is a rumor that he's behind their other brother Lou's death.

Sheila E will portray Maude. She's the owner of one of the nation's most exclusive Manicure Spas which fronts for a money laundering operation. However, to the community she is beloved and revered for doing what she has to do to survive and thrive.

Boutte is Raven Sinclair, the cunning and gorgeous baby momma of a high-ranking Duncan Family Associate. She's decided to make her presence felt by revealing secrets from the past.

Cole will play Cory Black, the leader of the Philly Disciples motorcycle club and a member of the Duncans' Underworld Table. He's a true snake and will do business with anyone to make a buck.

Temple is Billy Bob, a local drug dealer who creates problems for the Duncans after their distributor goes missing.

Dodd  will play Aires Cora. Educated at the best schools in Europe, he is the son of billionaire Alexander Cora; like his father, he has a tendency to get whatever he wants by any means necessary.

Stephens is Curtis Duncan, bounty hunter and handsome nephew of L.C. Duncan who has been called in to help the Duncan's capture Brother X.

Brown will portray Charmaine. The sassy no-nonsense sister of Brother X who is so smitten with Curtis Duncan, she may reveal key information on X's whereabouts.

Schroeder will play Nefertiti, the daughter of Brother Minister who is the quintessential stereotype of a preacher's daughter… good by day, naughty by night.

Mitchell will play Melanie Grant. She is a college student who happens to be a secret child to someone within the Duncan family.

Nikaya D. Brown Jones serves as showrunner and executive producer and Trey Haley as co-executive producer and director. Weber serves as showrunner and executive producer for Urban Books Media. Hudson also serves as executive producer.

Smith is repped by A3 Artists Agency. Shaw is repped by BRS/Gage. Sheila E. is with ICM Partners. Boutte is repped by Newman-Thomas Mgmt. Cole is repped by Artists United Agency, Inc. Temple is repped by Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa. Dodd is repped by LoveStone Agency and KD Talent Management. Stephens is repped by Nancy Chaidez Agency. Brown is repped by Innovative Artists. Schroeder is repped by Zero Gravity Management. Mitchell is repped by Knight Team Management.

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{blackbabes} Venus loses early at Miami Open

 

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MIAMI — It has been 20 years since Venus Williams won her home tournament, and her stay at the 2021 Miami Open was brief.

Williams was eliminated on the first day of play Tuesday by 89th-ranked Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-6 (10).

The 40-year-old Williams, ranked 79th, was making her 21st appearance in the tournament, now held 75 minutes from her residence in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Williams' most recent title in the event came in 2001, when she beat Jennifer Capriati in the final. She also won the 1998 and 1999 titles.

Crowds were small for the first day of play, and will continue to be. Because of the pandemic, only 750 fans will be allowed on the grounds per session, and the 5,000-seat grandstand will be used for showcase matches.

Seeded players have first-round byes, including No. 1 Ash Barty, who can use the extra time to adjust her body clock. She arrived in Miami after a 45-hour trip from her native Australia.

"Brisbane-Sydney, Sydney to LA, LA on to Miami is usually quite an easy trip," Barty said. "We had a flight cancellation leaving Australia, and another flight cancellation when we got to LA. It was quite a wriggle-around."

Missing from the tournament are Serena Williams and the three players who have dominated men's tennis for years — Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Djokovic decided against making the trip from Serbia, and the others cited health issues.

That creates an opening for the 20-somethings on the men's side who have long tried to break through in big tournaments.

"I won't lie — it is an opportunity," said Stefanos Tsitsipas, who is ranked fifth. "There are plenty of good guys that aren't in the top five that can play good tennis, as well. I can see them as a threat too."

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{blackbabes} Naomie Harris To Star In ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ Showtime Series

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Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight) is set to star opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in the upcoming drama series The Man Who Fell to Earth, which recently moved from CBS All Access/Paramount+ to Showtime.

Based on the Walter Tevis novel of the same name and the iconic film that starred David Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth will follow a new alien character (Ejiofor) who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.

Harris will play Justin Falls, a brilliant scientist and engineer who must conquer her own demons in the race to save two worlds.

Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet are writing and executive producing the series and, with executive producer John Hlavin, will serve as showrunners. Kurtzman will also direct multiple episodes. Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly and Heather Kadin are also executive producing, along with rights holder Studiocanal's Rola Bauer and Françoise Guyonnet. The series, produced by CBS Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Timberman/Beverly, is scheduled to begin production in London this spring and will premiere on Showtime in 2022.

"To be working with an actor of Naomie's caliber is an absolute dream," said Kurtzman, Lumet and Hlavin. "Her strength, her complexity and her bold artistic choices are an inspiration. We couldn't be more thrilled to have her on board."

Harris was nominated for Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her work in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight. She recently wrapped production on the feature Swan Song, re-teaming with her Moonlight co-star Mahershala Ali. She will next be seen in Venom 2 and reprising her role as Eve Moneypenny in the upcoming Bond film No Time to Die.

She is repped by WME, The Artists Partnership and Untitled Entertainment.

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{blackbabes} Tyler Perry Sets ‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ As Next Film At Netflix; Taps Joshua Boone And Solea Pfeiffer To Star

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After teaming with Netflix on his most recent film A Fall From Grace, Tyler Perry is making his return to the streamer for his next film and has found his two leads in the process. Sources tell Deadline that Perry will direct A Jazzman's Blues, with Joshua Boone and Solea Pfeiffer on board to star. Perry will also write and produce the pic, with Michelle Sneed executive producing.

The film is a passion project for Perry that he has been trying to make for more than two decades and was the first screenplay he ever wrote — originally penning it 26 years ago. Set from 1937-87, the story follows an investigation into an unsolved murder unveiling a story full of forbidden love, deceit and a secret that has been held for 40 years. The film primarily will shoot at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta and be released on Netflix this year.

"I have waited a quarter of a century to tell this story, and now is the perfect time and Netflix is the perfect partner," Perry said.

A Fall From Grace premiered in January 2020 and marked the first time Perry took his directing talents to the studio. Perry's films have grossed more than $1 billion at the North American box office. A Fall From Grace followed similar strong results with Netflix reporting that the film was seen by 39 million households in its first month.

For Boone and Pfeiffer, the film marks their biggest roles of their young careers. Boone's credits include IFC Films' Premature and the miniseries Seven Seconds. Pfeiffer's include Scandal and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Perry is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham; Boone is with UTA; and Pfeiffer is repped by ICM Partners, Soffer/Namoff Entertainment and Peikoff Mahan.

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{blackbabes} Halle Berry To Co-Star With Mark Wahlberg In Netflix’s ‘Our Man From Jersey’

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After landing rights to her directorial debut, Netflix is looking to get back into business with Halle Berry. The streamer has set her to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the thriller Our Man From Jersey. David Guggenheim penned the script, with Wahlberg and his partner Stephen Levinson producing.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is described as a blue-collar James Bond. Insiders say the plan is to shoot the film early next year in London.

The Oscar-winning actress added the title of director to her extensive filmography when her directorial debut Bruised premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, earning rave reviews for how impressive her work was for a first-time director and for her performance that impressed the festival circuit, especially Netflix. The streamer would end up paying eight figures for the rights, one of the largest at the 2020 festival. Besides Bruised, Berry was also recently seen in John Wick 3: Parabellum and has Roland Emmerich's Moonfall bowing this year.

She is repped by WME.

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{blackbabes} ‘Epic’: Eleanor Fanyinka To Star In ABC’s Fairytale Drama Pilot From ‘Once Upon A Time’ Creators

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Eleanor Fanyinka (Holby City, Sandman) has been cast as a lead in ABC's drama pilot Epic. From the creators of Once Upon a Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, Epic is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.

Fanyinka, the first actor cast in the project, will play The Seer, a mysterious and playful figure who can lead you down the path of true love.

Epic was written by former Once Upon a Time scribe Brigitte Hales, who executive produces with Horowitz and Kitsis. ABC Signature is the studio.

Fanyinka recently completed an arc as Rachel on Netflix's upcoming series Sandman, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's popular comic books. She was a series regular on BBC's Holby City and guest-starred/recurred on ITV's Endeavour and Midsomer Murders, BBC's Shakespeare and Hathaway and Death In Paradise, and Channel' 4's Pure. She is repped by Stephanie Moy at Elevate Entertainment, Lorna Fallowfield at United Agents in the UK and Daniel Passman at Gang, Tyre, Ramer.

Following Deadline's report, Horowitz officially welcomed "the phenomenal" Fanyinka to the project.

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{blackbabes} Williams latest star to withdraw from Miami Open

 

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MIAMI — Serena Williams is the latest Grand Slam champion to withdraw from the Miami Open.

Williams pulled out Sunday, citing recent oral surgery. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer announced earlier they would skip the tournament, which begins Tuesday.

Williams, who lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, has won the event a record eight times, most recently in 2015.

"Miami is a special tournament for me because it's my home," she said in a statement. "I am sad I won't be able to see the incredible fans this year, but I look forward to coming back soon."

Williams' most recent match was a month ago at the Australian Open, where she lost to Naomi Osaka in the semifinals.

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{blackbabes} Beyoncé sends Taylor Swift flowers to celebrate Grammys 2021 win

 

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Beyoncé sent Taylor Swift flowers on Friday to congratulate the "willow" singer on her 2021 Grammy award for Album of the Year.

"Woke up to flowers from the queen of grace & greatness @beyonce and suddenly it's the best Friday EVER," Swift, 31, captioned a photo of the bouquet and a handwritten note from the "Black Parade" singer, 39.

"Taylor, Congratulations on your Grammy," the note read. "It was great seeing you on Sunday night. Thank you for always being so supportive. Sending love to you and your family. B."

Swift added that her cat, Olivia Benson, also loved the flowers.

Swift also congratulated Beyoncé — who became the most decorated woman in Grammys history over the weekend after taking home four awards.

"Thank you B and congratulations on your epic achievement Sunday night!!" Swift wrote.

Swift and Beyoncé's friendship was rumored to have blossomed back in 2014 when they celebrated the "Love Story" singer's 25th birthday.

On Sunday, Swift — who donned in a ethereal floral dress — thanked her longtime boyfriend Joe Alwyn in her acceptance speech.

"Joe, who is the first person that I play every single song that I write," she said. "I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine."

Meanwhile, Beyoncé called her historic win "overwhelming," while thanking her children and her husband Jay-Z, calling him her "rock."

"I've been working my whole life since 9 years old and I can't believe this happened. This is such a magical night," Bey said.

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{blackbabes} ‘The Girl Before’: ‘EastEnders’ Actress Jessica Plummer Joins HBO Max-BBC Series

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EastEnders actress Jessica Plummer has joined Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Oyelowo in HBO Max and BBC One's limited series The Girl Before.

Deadline revealed the adaptation of JP Delaney's bestselling psychological thriller in January, and Plummer has signed up to play Emma in the series. It represents one of her first big roles outside of her work on BBC soap opera EastEnders.

The Girl Before follows Jane (Mbatha-Raw), a traumatized woman who falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect (Oyelowo) who originally designed it. But when she discovers that another damaged woman died in the same One Folgate Street property three years earlier, she starts to wonder if her own story is just a rerun of the girl before.

Here's Emma's logline: "Fun loving and confident, Emma is stuck working at an unfulfilling marketing job, and is less than satisfied with her partner. For her, One Folgate Street's stone walls represent security, safety and renewal. But Emma is hiding a dark secret and, living in the pressure cooker that is One Folgate Street, the truth will out in the end."

42, the UK production outfit behind Netflix's The English Game and the Emmy-winning BBC-Netflix animation Watership Down, is behind the four-part series. Delaney himself is overseeing the adaptation of his 2016 novel, which has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. Marissa Lestrade, a relative newcomer, is co-writing episodes after securing credits on shows including Fox's Deep State and BBC medical drama Casualty.

Emmy-nominated Killing Eve director Lisa Brühlmann will helm the series, while Rhonda Smith is the producer. ITV Studios is distributing. Executive producers include Eleanor Moran, Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh for 42, Ben Irving for the BBC, and Brühlmann.

Plummer was a contestant on the UK version of I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! last year.

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{blackbabes} Angela Bassett To Narrate Wildlife Special ‘Malika The Lion Queen’ For Fox As Network Moves Into Natural History

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Fox is roaming into natural history with a two-hour special narrated by 9-1-1 star Angela Bassett. The network has ordered Malika the Lion Queen, a documentary about the lionesses of a pride in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

The special, which is produced by British production company Plimsoll Productions, the business behind Apple TV+'s Tiny World, will launch April 4 at 8 p.m. and will be available on Fox's AVOD streamer Tubi beginning April 18.

It marks the network's first move into the natural history genre – an area dominated by the BBC and cable networks such as Discovery and Nat Geo as well as increased moves by streamers such as Netflix and Apple. It comes as Fox is no longer a sister company to Nat Geo following the Disney deal and after NBC also dipped its toe into the genre with a 10-part series from BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the producers of Planet Earth and Blue Planet, due to air in 2024.

Malika the Lion Queen is exec produced by Tom Hugh-Jones, Martha Holmes and Grant Mansfield.

"We've long been exploring premium wildlife specials that present an entirely new world full of emotional and aspirational stories that appeal to all viewers. In Malika the Lion Queen, we've found everything we were seeking," said Rob Wade, Fox president of Alternative Entertainment & Specials, on Tuesday. "With Angela Bassett guiding viewers along with her hallmark grace and gravitas, coupled with mesmerizing footage captured by the Plimsoll team, Malika the Lion Queen is perfect evening entertainment for the whole family."

Bassett is repped by Gersh and Lighthouse Entertainment.

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{blackbabes} Oscar Nominations: ‘Mank’ Tops List With 10 Including Best Picture; Six Other Films With Six; Female Directors Record Set – The Complete List

 

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its nominations Monday morning for the 93rd Oscars, through Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas. AMPAS's David Rubin started the pandemic-delayed Oscars by validating Deadline's scoop that most of the event will be held in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, with some of the event being held in the Dolby Theatre, its usual locale.

The nominations for the Oscars, which will hold its ceremony April 25 live on ABC, had its share of surprises, and the most noticeable thing is the diversity that is reflected in the Academy's efforts over several years to broaden the perspective of its voting members. Coming off the recent scandalous showing by the scandal-mocked HFPA for not even having a single voting Black member, it seems a step in the right direction.

As a result, this marked the first year that two women were nominated for Best Director – Nomadland's Chloé Zhao and Promising Young Woman's Emerald Fennell – alongside Another Round's Thomas Vinterberg, Mank's David Fincher and Minari's Lee Isaac Chung.

Zhao, who becomes the first woman of color to score a Director nom, also scored in the Adapted Screenplay and Editing categories, giving her a chance to win four total Oscars.

In Best Picture, Oscar chose eight aspirants: Sony Classics' The Father, Warner Bros' Judas and the Black Messiah, Netflix's Mank which led all nominees today with 10, A24's Minari, Searchlight Pictures' Nomadland, Focus Features' Promising Young Woman, Amazon's Sound of Metal and Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7.

The nominations reflected a year when theaters were mostly closed down by the pandemic and films viewed at home on streaming services, but they also reflect a trend that might well continue: an emphasis on diversity, and almost no chance that filmmakers, actors, writers and others of color will be ignored by a crusty, ancient voting body that once controlled who got recognized.

Check out the list of nominees below and stay with Deadline all day for analysis and reactions.

Best Picture

The Father
David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers

Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers

Mank
Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers

Minari
Christina Oh, Producer

Nomadland
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers

Promising Young Woman
Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers

Sound of Metal
Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Riz Ahmed
Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins
The Father

Gary Oldman
Mank

Steven Yeun
Minari

Actress in a Leading Role

Viola Davis
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby
Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand
Nomadland

Carey Mulligan
Promising Young Woman

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sacha Baron Cohen
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah

Leslie Odom, Jr
One Night in Miami

Paul Raci
Sound of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield
Judas and the Black Messiah

Actress in a Supporting Role

Maria Bakalova
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close
Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman
The Father

Amanda Seyfried
Mank

Yuh-Jung Youn
Minari

Directing

Another Round
Thomas Vinterberg

Mank
David Fincher

Minari
Lee Isaac Chung

Nomadland
Chloé Zhao

Promising Young Woman
Emerald Fennell

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad

The Father
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller

Nomadland
Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao

One Night in Miami
Screenplay by Kemp Powers

The White Tiger
Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Judas and the Black Messiah
Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas

Minari
Written by Lee Isaac Chung

Promising Young Woman
Written by Emerald Fennell

Sound of Metal
Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Written by Aaron Sorkin

Costume Design

Emma
Alexandra Byrne

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ann Roth

Mank
Trish Summerville

Mulan
Bina Daigeler

Pinocchio
Massimo Cantini Parrini

Music (Original Score)

Da 5 Bloods
Terence Blanchard

Mank
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Minari
Emile Mosseri

News of the World
James Newton Howard

Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

Music (Original Song)

"Fight For You" from Judas and the Black Messiah
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7
Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite

"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson

"Io Sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini

"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami
Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

Documentary Feature

Collective
Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana

Crip Camp
Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder

The Mole Agent
Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez

My Octopus Teacher
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster

Time
Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Documentary Short Subject

Colette
Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

A Concerto Is a Conversation
Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Do Not Split
Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook

Hunger Ward
Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman

A Love Song for Latasha
Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

Animated Feature Film

Onward
Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

Over the Moon
Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley

Soul
Pete Docter and Dana Murray

Wolfwalkers
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

Animated Short Film

Burrow
Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat

Genius Loci
Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise

If Anything Happens I Love You
Will McCormack and Michael Govier

Opera
Erick Oh

Yes-People
Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

Live Action Short Film

Feeling Through
Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski

The Letter Room
Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan

The Present
Farah Nabulsi

Two Distant Strangers
Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

White Eye
Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

International Feature Film

Another Round
Denmark

Better Days
Hong Kong

Collective
Romania

The Man Who Sold His Skin
Tunisia

Quo Vadis, Aida?
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cinematography

Judas and the Black Messiah
Sean Bobbitt

Mank
Erik Messerschmidt

News of the World
Dariusz Wolski

Nomadland
Joshua James Richards

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Phedon Papamichael

Film Editing

The Father
Yorgos Lamprinos

Nomadland
Chloé Zhao

Promising Young Woman
Frédéric Thoraval

Sound of Metal
Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

The Trial of the Chicago 7
Alan Baumgarten

Production Design

The Father
Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton

Mank
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

News of the World
Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

Tenet
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Makeup and Hairstyling

Emma
Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze

Hillbilly Elegy
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson

Mank
Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff

Pinocchio
Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

Sound

Greyhound
Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman

Mank
Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin

News of the World
Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett

Soul
Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

Sound of Metal
Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

Visual Effects

Love and Monsters
Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox

The Midnight Sky
Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins

Mulan
Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram

The One and Only Ivan
Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Tenet
Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

NOMINATIONS BY FILM
Two or more noms; does not include shorts categories

Mank" (Netflix) – 10
The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) – 6
Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros) – 6
Minari (A24) – 6
Nomadland (Searchlight) – 6
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) – 6
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) – 6
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix) – 5
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) – 5
News of the World (Universal) – 4
One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) – 3
Soul (Disney) – 3
Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films) – 2
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios) – 2
Collective (Magnolia Pictures/Participant) – 2
Emma (Focus Features) – 2
Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix) – 2
Mulan (Disney) – 2
Pinocchio (Roadside Attractions) – 2
Tenet (Warner Bros) – 2

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