Why ‘Abbott Elementary’ Creator & Star Quinta Brunson Made An Old-School Network Sitcom: “The Internet Was Not My Ministry Anymore”

Carolyn Hinds Black women showing confidence through their hair can be seen across the field of television shows this season. Sheryl Lee Ralph’s motherly role on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and Cassandra Freeman’s Aunt Viv coming into her own on Peacock’s “Bel-Air” are just two examples of Black hair telling a story and informing audiences about their characters. And there are more in the mix, as department heads from Netflix’s “Queen Charlotte” and Hulu’s “Unprisoned” will also vie for Emmy consideration.  “Abbott Elementary” hair department head Moira Frazier relied on decades of experience and her relationship with the cast to create signature looks for the characters that reflect growth and evolution.

Elliot Page revealed that he was once involved with a closeted female co-star.

Hallmark Channel just released all the details about the brand new movies coming to Christmas in July this year!

In a studio overlooking Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Rian Johnson is strapped to a lie detector machine. Next to him at the controls sits Natasha Lyonne, twiddling the device’s knobs with all the sinister intent of a supervillain. This photoshoot tableau is, of course, ripped right from the Meet the Parents Ben Stiller-Robert De Niro interrogation scene. Next, in an homage to the pithiest of TV detective tropes, Lyonne will pose at a typewriter, fake-talking into a rotary-dial phone. The visual nod this time goes to Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote.

Brett Goldstein channeled his Ted Lasso lovable curmudgeon character Roy Kent at the beginning and end of a farewell Instagram message marking the hit comedy’s Season 3 (and presumed — but never confirmed — series) finale.

Over just two seasons, “Abbott Elementary” has become something of a cultural tipping point. Creator and star Quinta Brunson is on her way to becoming a household name.

Paloma Faith, a singer and actress in shows like Pennyworth and Dangerous Liaisons, watched The Little Mermaid over the weekend and is calling out the storyline.

Monica Barbaro has now starred alongside two action legends — Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger — and the actress says her experience working with the two is “night and day.”

Sharon Horgan is a bigger fan of the UK TV pitching system than the U.S., to say the least.

 and  might be on two different networks, but the cast of the CBS sitcom still sees potential for a crossover!As heads into its recently renewed fifth season, co-creator Gina Yashere admitted she's been thinking about all the guest stars she'd «love» to have on the show.«I was at the Black Women's luncheon just before the Oscars, and I met Sheryl Lee Ralph, who is a wonderful actor on. And she was like, 'I want to be on your show.' So I'm gonna try and work out a way to get her on the show as a guest,» Yashere told ET during a recent chat on the set of her hit CBS sitcom.The British comedian expanded on the idea, pitching that  creator Quinta Brunson join in on the fun as well.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t initially a big fan of one of his most iconic career moments.

Diminishing returns is a term used in business quite a bit. It’s the idea that eventually, over time, a product just doesn’t perform as it did previously.

EXCLUSIVE: Dark star Louis Hofmann, one of Germany’s most in-demand young actors, is joining Bella Ramsey (The Last Of Us), Dominic West (The Crown), Ruth Negga (Loving), Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter) in period drama Monstrous Beauty, which HanWay is selling at the Cannes market ahead of a planned September shoot.

Arnold Schwarzenegger takes you through the different chapters of his life in a new documentary.

Quinta Brunson is opening up about the challenges she’s faced about finding not only a designer, but a stylist who will work with her.

Amanda Warren is heading to the stage!

The Peabody Awards revealed their 2023 winners in entertainment and for a number of programs it’s a welcome boost for their Emmy nomination prospects. Apple TV+ had three programs honored: “Bad Sisters,” “Pachinko” and “Severance.” HBO landed two winners in “We’re Here,” a rare non-fiction selection, and “Los Espookys,” a program the network disappointingly canceled in December.

yet another mass shooting, this time in Allen, Texas, Whoopi Goldberg got blunt on Monday’s episode of “The View.” According to the moderator, politicians are simply “not gonna do” anything about gun reform.After a gunman opened fire at Allen Premium Outlets in Texas on Saturday, eight people were left dead. As has become routine after mass shootings, most of the state’s major lawmakers, including Gov.

recent , British Vogue’s Sarah Harris one welcome change in particular: “She has embraced bolder colors: cue the Alexander McQueen red power suit she wore to unveil her ‘Shaping Us’ campaign, the cobalt-blue Catherine Walker coat dress for Easter this year, and the vivid blue she wore to Coach Core’s 10th-anniversary celebrations.”It’s fitting, then, that the Princess of Wales chose to re-wear said to the Coronation Concert on 7 May, accessorizing it with a necklace and earrings from Van Cleef & Arpels’ Alhambra Collection. The jewelry set has become something of a favorite for the Princess, who has been spotted in it everywhere from the BAFTAs to the Bahamas. As for the rest of the Wales family? and wore coordinating blue suits and ties—about as close as the heirs to the throne will ever get to festival dressing—while sported a dress by Self-Portrait, one of her mother’s favourite designers.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “I am Black woman; hear me roar!” The hilarity of Black women on television has been sorely missed and ignored by the Television Academy over multiple decades. However, this year’s slate of outstanding lead and supporting comedy actress seem to be the two spots preventing an #EmmysSoWhite moment from occurring. Quinta Brunson is the front-runner to win her first acting Emmy for her charming turn as Janine Teagues, the optimistic 2nd-grade teacher from ABC’s “Abbott Elementary.” With a beautiful sophomore season in the books and the added benefit of Jean Smart being out of the competition for “Hacks,” she seems perfectly aligned with the Emmy cosmos to land much-deserved recognition. The possible recognition would be long overdue for Black comedians on television.