Signaling the end of a media business ritual, Paramount Global has indicated it will not host an upfront presentation for ad buyers at Carnegie Hall next May, instead planning “intimate gatherings” with advertisers in April.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Real Housewife is joining The Other Black Girl.
Garcelle Beauvais — who stars in Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — is joining the cast of the Hulu Original from Onyx, based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
Beauvais will recur as Diana Gordon, a world renowned author who has been best friends with Kendra Rae Phillips, the former Black editor at Wagner. They lived in the same neighborhood and remained besties all throughout college, and Kendra Rae even edited the book that launched her into stardom. Since the book came out, the pair have grown apart.
Beauvais joins previously announced series regulars Sinclair Daniel, Ashleigh Murray, Brittany Adebumola, Hunter Parrish, Bellamy Young and Eric McCormack. Beauvais’ recent credits, besides her work on Real Housewives since 2020, include Coming 2 America, Tell Me a Story, The Magicians, Power, and Spider-Man: Homecoming. She is repped by Gilbertson Entertainment, Innovative Artists and Behr Abramson Levy Johnson.
Hulu announced the straight-to-series order in August for The Other Black Girl. It follows Nella (Daniel), an editorial assistant who is tired of being the only Black girl at her company. She’s excited when Hazel (Murray) is hired, but as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
Executive producers are Rashida Jones, Temple Hill (Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey), Adam Fishbach, Harris, Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey.
Signaling the end of a media business ritual, Paramount Global has indicated it will not host an upfront presentation for ad buyers at Carnegie Hall next May, instead planning “intimate gatherings” with advertisers in April.
The Specials’ Terry Hall has died, aged 63, following a short illness.In a statement, the band tweeted: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced”.“Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls. His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the joy, the pain, the humour, the fight for justice, but mostly the love”, they continued.“He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him and leaves behind the gift of his remarkable music and profound humanity.
UPDATED, 1:04 p.m.: Disney’s Onyx Collective has announced that its first narrative feature Bruiser, starring Jalyn Hall (Till) and Trevante Rhodes (Mike), will premiere on Hulu on February 24, 2023, having hit theaters on December 2nd, streaming exclusively on Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
EXCLUSIVE: Documentary+, the free streaming service launched by non-fiction studio XTR, is moving into original series for the first time.
EXCLUSIVE: Josué Guerra (Somos) has been cast as a series regular opposite E.J. Bonilla in FX pilot The Border, a drama based on the third book in Don Winslow’s bestselling Cartel Trilogy, from Daniel Zelman, (Damages, Bloodline), Shane Salerno (Salinger, Avatar) sequels and FX Productions.
Falkirk Council says is looking to buy a site on the High Street to build a new town hall, after concern over what will happen when the existing facility closes next year.
A beautiful love story. Natalie Portman and her husband, Benjamin Millepied, met on the set of her film Black Swan in 2009.
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu’s We Were the Lucky Ones continues to expand its already impressive ensemble.
Another heating failure in Falkirk Town Hall has meant "more cancelled shows and more disappointed Falkirk kids", according to the show's star.
When everyone in the world has superpowers, there’s a deeply awkward moment when everyone has them except you. That’s the premise of the new comedy series “Extraordinary,” a hilarious new spin on superpowers from debut writer Emma Moran and the producers of “Killing Eve.” Today, Hulu released the official trailer for the series.
CNN unveiled its slate of series and films planned for 2023, as the original projects unit prepares to scale back and take production in house.
Jalyn Hall, the young star who portrays Emmett Till in the film Till, will unveil a new Investigative Journalism Scholarship at the Washington Association of Black Journalists‘ inaugural Special Honors AwardsGala on Saturday, December 10, 2022 in Washington, DC.
EXCLUSIVE: Emily Furutani — who served as Director of Comedy Development for Universal Television -has joined Hulu Originals as Vice President, Comedy. She will report into Billy Rosenberg, the Head of Comedy for Hulu Originals.
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu’s We Were the Lucky Ones is adding Amit Rahav, Eva Feiler and Hadas Yaron in series regular roles.