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EXCLUSIVE: "This is a beautiful piece of art that I had no idea was going to resonate so deeply with me," Regina King declared at last night's overflowing tastemaker screening of Ava DuVernay's Origin. "It's a film about connectivity," the Oscar winner added to the heavy hitter crowd. "I believe this is a…

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing from sources that Origin, the new movie from Oscar nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, is not only the highest tested movie in her career, but for Neon, the pic’s distributor too. Origin landed a 91 total positive in the top two boxes with an 81 definite recommend in its…

Ava DuVernay’s feature adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents has just added Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Connie Nielsen to the movie, which is shooting in Georgia. The group joins King Rich…

Aunjanue Ellis has been cast as the lead in Ava DuVernay's adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson's Caste. The addition of the King Richard veteran and Academy Award nominee to the film is a When They See Us reunion of sorts between the director and the actress. Ellis portrayed Sharonne Salaam, the…

Niecy Nash has heard it all before — people acknowledging her good reviews in Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story without actually seeing it because they didn't want to stomach a Netflix limited series about a serial killer. Fortunately, Nash has a ready answer for those ambivalent fans. "I feel…

EXCLUSIVE: The Rookie: Feds has locked up a strong audience. The premiere episode for the spinoff of the long-running police procedural is now ABC‘s strongest series debut since November 2020 in both the 18-49 demographic and total viewers. After 35 days of multi-platform viewing, the September…

In his second appearance in two days to talk about Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, creator Ryan Murphy said his goal for the Netflix limited series was to tell a “complicated human story.” “We weren’t really interested in Dahmer the monster,” Murphy said at a quasi-press conference…

Niecy Nash-Betts makes her debut as Simone Clark in the first trailer for ABC’s The Rookie: Feds (above) ahead of the show’s premiere on September 27. Simone is a former guidance counselor living her dream of becoming an FBI agent in The Rookie spinoff—making her the oldest rookie in the agency. Taking on the role…

EXCLUSIVE: Niecy Nash, star of ABC's upcoming series The Rookie: Feds, is cementing her relationship with the company behind the spinoff. Nash has struck a first-look deal with eOne, which produces the series, set to launch this fall. It reunites the actor with Michael Lombardo, President, Global Television, eOne, who…

ABC has set Sunday, April 24, for Part 1 of a two-part event that will serve as a backdoor pilot for a potential spinoff of The Rookie. Part 2 will follow on May 1. You can watch a trailer above. The potential spinoff follows the premise of The Rookie, which stars Nathan Fillion as John Nolan, the oldest rookie in…

EXCLUSIVE: Frankie Faison rounds out the quartet of actors set to anchor ABC's proposed spinoff from The Rookie set at the FBI. Along with previously cast Niecy Nash, Kat Foster and Felix Solis, Faison will guest star in a two-episode arc in the current fourth season of The Rookie, which serves as a backdoor pilot for…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC is looking to recruit another Rookie. The network is exploring a spinoff of its popular police procedural starring Nathan Fillon with another bonafide TV star, Niecy Nash, and a new setting, the FBI. The potential new series for next season will be introduced in a two-episode arc of the current fourth…