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Just four years after winning an Academy Award for his illustrated book turned short film, Hair Love, creator Matthew A. Cherry has styled up a 12-episode expansion that further beautifies the world of the animated six-minute short. Set two months after the events of Hair Love, Young Love shines light and…

Loretta Devine will step in for her old Dreamgirls co-star Jennifer Holliday in the upcoming New York City Center gala presentation of Pal Joey starring Ephraim Sykes. Holliday had been previously announced for the role of nightclub owner Lucille Wallace but bowed out due to scheduling conflicts…

Eileen Davidson (The Young and the Restless), Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy) and Vince Van Patten (7 Days to Vegas) are among the latest actors to join second chapter of Peacock’s original series Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem. Christopher Sean (You), Tanner Stine (Impulse), Abigail Klein (Code Black), Colton Little…

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ is gearing up for the holiday season with the release of eight new original films that’ll begin rolling out in November. The slate includes a variety of genres including family comedies, yuletide romances, and a little musical magic featuring Amber Riley, Bill Bellamy, Loretta Devine, among others. The…

The combined age of the key cast of the new comedy Queen Bees is so astronomical I can’t count that high. Ellen Burstyn is 88, James Caan is 81, Ann-Margret is 80(!), Loretta Devine is 71, Jane Curtin is 73 and Christopher Lloyd is 82. All of these actors have had stellar, awards-laden careers, and this new film…

EXCLUSIVE: The Katie Aselton directed romantic comedy Mack & Rita has rounded out the cast which has already set Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige and Elizabeth Lail. As we already told you Keaton is playing Rita, Lail is playing Mack, and Paige is playing Rita’s best friend Carla from when the protagonist was young. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Production for the short films chosen for the AT&T Filmmaker Mentorship Program are underway and Rob Morgan (This Is Us, Just Mercy), Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black, When They See Us) and Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy, Family Reunion) have joined two of the films. With Emmy winner Lena Waithe as…

Emmy winner Loretta Devine has been tapped for a recurring role opposite Laurence Fishburne on the upcoming sixth season of ABC’s praised comedy series black-ish. Season 6 picks up following a season of change for the Johnson family and Pops (Fishburne) will be surprising everyone when he introduces Lynette, played by…

EXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy alumna Loretta Devine is set to recur opposite Brandee Evans and Nicco Annan in Starz's P-Valley, Katori Hall's strip club drama based on her play Pussy Valley. Created by Hall, who also showruns, the drama is set down deep in the Mississippi Delta, where lies an oasis of grit and glitter in…

Meg DeLoatch (Fuller House, Austin & Ally, Eve), creator and executive producer of Family Reunion, has assembled an all-black writers rooms to bring authenticity to the multi-generational McKellan family in the new Netflix comedy series starring Tia Mowry (Sister Sister, Instant Mom), Emmy-winning acting legend…

Tia Mowry (Sister, Sister, Instant Mom) and Loretta Devine (Grey's Anatomy, The Carmichael Show) are set to headline Family Reunion, a new multi-generational, multi-camera comedy series for Netflix. The streaming network has given a 20-episode order to the project, created and executive produced by Meg DeLoatch (Fuller…

The Carmichael Show‘s Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Deon Cole (ABC’s Black-ish), are set to co-star in the upcoming indie comedy Headshop, directed by Kim Bass. Michael Jai White, Reno Wilson, Marla Gibbs, Tony Plana, Kris Marshall, Donis Leonard Jr., and Claudia Zevallos round out the cast of the film, which is…