Noa Cohen plays Mary in the film. Christopher Raphael/Netflix
by Meredith Warren, University of Sheffield
I wish I could say that Mary, mother of God, riding a...
Anticipation is building on Grammy-winning songstress Toni Braxton's biopic on Lifetime.
Entitled "Un-Break My Heart," which is her biggest blockbuster solo hit, Braxton is serving...
*As we reported earlier, director F. Gary Gray has officially become the highest-grossing black director of a single film in domestic sales, with his...
*Yolanda Ross may have logged in time on the big and small screen, but those roles probably didn’t get as much exposure as the one she plays in Lifetime’s highly-anticipated biopic “I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story.” Ross will play plays Robyn Crawford, Houston’s longtime assistant, best friend and rumored lover. The […]
*Former En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson says she will sue the Lifetime network if it airs a holiday-themed movie about the group that doesn’t include her character. The cable channel is scheduled to premiere “An En Vogue Christmas” this weekend. The fictional movie follows a family that convinces the quartet to reunite to save a […]
*Alexandra Shipp stopped by theGrio right before the premiere of “Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B” on Lifetime to talk about her portrayal and her critics. Many of those critics have been coming for Shipp’s casting on social media ever since she took the part after Zendaya dropped out of the project. The insults Shipp received […]
*Everyone seems to be against the Aaliyah biopic — especially since Aaliyah‘s family isn’t involved with the film. But Lifetime made it anyways. And Alexandra Shipp who stars as the late singer is speaking out about the film’s controversy and how she’s proud to have taken the role. In an “Entertainment Tonight” interview with Kevin […]
