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EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of their Academy Award-winning Warner Bros drama King Richard, based on their own life stories, tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams have teamed with Oscar-nominated Tár producer Alexandra Milchan to develop En Garde, a new feature to be adapted for the screen and directed by the duo known as as Bush Renz (Antebellum).

Lary Simpson, who launched a career in entertainment law at Tri-Star Pictures before leaving legal practice to join older brother Don Simpson in motion picture production, died Jan. 25 of cancer at his home in Noank, Connecticut. He was 77.

purchased by Allen in 2022 for $11 million and immediately rebranded as theGrio Television Network. Prior to the Black News Channel, Hair was senior vice president and general manager for NBC Sports Boston, where he strengthened relationships with the Boston Celtics, New England Patriots, the Major League Soccer franchise The New England Revolution, and the WNBA franchise The Connecticut Sun.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Billy Porter is preparing to portray the author and civil rights activist James Baldwin in an upcoming biopic. He will also co-write the untitled movie with Dan McCabe, which will be adapted from the 1994 book “James Baldwin: A Biography” by David Leeming. An emeritus professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Leeming was well versed in Baldwin as his friend of 25 years as well as his assistant. Porter says it has been a career-long dream to tell the story of Baldwin on film. Born in Harlem in 1924, Baldwin was a Black gay writer whose influential works include “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Notes of a Native Son” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” In addition to writing, Baldwin fought for racial justice in the U.S. civil rights movement. In Leeming’s book, he’s described as a “complex, troubled, driven, and brilliant man” who has a “gift for compassion and love.”

Billy Porter (Pose) and frequent collaborator Dan McCabe (Fruits of Thy Labor) have been tapped to script a James Baldwin biopic for Byron Allen‘s Allen Media Group Motion Pictures, with the former also to realize his longtime dream of portraying the cultural icon.

“Paper Doll” at a concert at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, on April 8, where he looked back on the song he allegedly penned about ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift.According to a video that has been making the rounds on social media, Mayer said as he played the guitar: “I wonder if people don’t like it because it sounds a little pissed off.”“I don’t really like ‘pissed off’ as a song,” he continued, adding that “there’s something about it that’s a little bitchy.”He further went on to describe how he makes an effort “not to give bitchiness” in his songs.However, the Connecticut native confessed that it does happen “sometimes,” deeming “Paper Doll” as having some “sarcastic bitch” feelings. “I guess it is sort of a little bit blah,” he said onstage.Rumors have swirled for about a decade, saying that the tune is a response to Swift’s 2010 hit “Dear John.”The “Look What You Made Me Do” songstress and Mayer dated in 2009 and it has been alleged that “Dear John” was inspired by him.There have been some comparisons between the lyrics of both songs.

according to TMZ.A source told the outlet that the former “Amanda Show” star was discharged from a facility in southern California on Monday and will begin outpatient treatment. She will be working with both doctors and different specialists to make sure that she is well going forward, the outlet claimed. The Post reached out to Bynes’ attorney, David A.

EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Crew, best known for playing Monica Hall on Silicon Valley, has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Jesse Metcalfe became a household name as a shirtless hunk on “Desperate Housewives” and a regular on Hallmark, he was a Little League slugger in the Nutmeg State idolizing Yankee great Don Mattingly.“I had a pretty idyllic childhood,” he told me on this week’s episode of “Renaissance Man,” adding, “Connecticut’s a great place to grow up. I was a public school kid, played sports.” Baseball and hoops were his passion — as were the Bronx Bombers.“My favorite baseball player growing up was Donnie Baseball. I was a big Yankees fan growing up,” he said.

Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Basketball championship matchup between Iowa and LSU was historic in more ways than one. Not only did LSU’s 102-85 victory secure its first national basketball title in school history, but the game also drew the largest audience on record for a women’s college basketball game.

Sweet baby Jesus! Sheryl Lee Ralph has received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Barbara Howard on ABC’s Abbott Elementary — but that wasn’t always the role she wanted to play.  

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Bryce Dallas Howard remembered a specific preschool incident that prompted her father Ron Howard and mother Cheryl to move their family out of Hollywood. During an interview on "In Depth with Graham Bensinger," the 42-year-old actress and the 69-year-old director explained why they left Los Angeles and moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1985. "Apparently, one day, someone — when I was at preschool — they gave me a script to bring home to my dad.

March Madness is bleeding into April, with the NCAA Men’s Final Four games set for Saturday and the championship tilt on Monday. Here’s a guide on how to watch the San Diego State-Florida Atlantic and Connecticut-Miami matchups ahead of the title game.

Emily Longeretta Get your Feeny calls ready. Most of the main cast of “Boy Meets World” is set to reunite at ’90s Con in Tampa, Florida. The event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sitcom, which aired from 1993 to 2000. Confirmed cast for the “Boy Meets World” reunion include Danielle Fishel (Topanga Lawrence), Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter), Will Friedle (Eric Matthews), Trina McGee (Angela Moore), Matthew Lawrence (Jack Hunter), William Daniels (Mr. Feeny), Bonnie Bartlett Daniels (Dean Lila Bolander), Betsy Randle (Amy Matthews), William Russ (Alan Matthews) and Lee Norris (Stuart Minkus). Ben Savage, who portrayed Cory Matthews and is currently running for Congress, is not set to attend.

A post shared by Melissa Joan Hart (@melissajoanhart)“We helped all these tiny little kids cross the road and get their teachers over there, and we helped a mom reunite with her children.”The actor explained that this was the second time her family had been in close proximity to a school shooting after they moved to Nashville from Connecticut where her kids were in a school “a little ways down” from the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.“I just don’t know what to say anymore,” the actor added. “It is just, enough is enough.

Melissa Joan Hart recalled the horrific scene she witnessed in the aftermath of the most recent mass shooting, this time in Nashville, Tennessee, where three children and three adults died when a shooter opened fire at the Covenant Presbyterian School.

Melissa Joan Hart recalled the horrific scene she witnessed in the aftermath of the most recent mass shooting, this time in Nashville, Tennessee, where three children and three adults died when a shooter opened fire at the Covenant Presbyterian School.The star took to her podcast on Wednesday and explained exactly what she witnessed on Monday at the school «right next» to the one where her three children --  ages 10, 15, and 17 — attend. Hart, who previously said this was her second experience with a school mass shooting after moving from Connecticut (where 20 children were killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown), said she and her co-host, Amanda Lee, were on their way to their kids' schools for a parent conference when they saw the unthinkable unfolding, which included a teacher guiding children across a highway and away from danger. «I was driving to our conference — my husband and I — and saw a helicopter,» she said. «We're like, 'That's really weird.' Then we tried to get across the street and one cop car was just there directing traffic to turn.

Melissa Joan Hart shared a heartbreaking story about the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

Melissa Joan Hart acted as a hero to survivors escaping The Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. Hart, who lives in Nashville with husband Mark Wilkerson and their three children, explained her experience in an emotional video that she posted on Instagram Tuesday.

A heartbreaking story. Melissa Joan Hart revealed that she and husband Mark Wilkerson were in the area after the recent Nashville school shooting and helped a group of kindergarteners evacuate to safety.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Melissa Joan Hart, the actor who became a ’90s teen icon thanks to her roles on Nickelodeon’s “Clarissa Explains It All” and ABC’s “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” revealed in an emotional Instagram video that she helped young children and teachers escape the Nashville school shooting on March 27. Three adults and three 9-year-old children were killed by a 28-year-old woman at Nashville’s Covenant School. The shooter was shot and killed by police on site. “My kids go to school right next to a school where there was a shooting today,” Hart said in the Instagram video. “My husband and I were on our way to [their] school for conferences. Luckily our kids weren’t in today.”

Melissa Joan Hart posted a raw video of her experience being nearby the Nashville school shooting.

Melissa Joan Hart has shared an emotional video detailing how she helped some of the children fleeing from the school shooting in Nashville which took place on Monday. On 27 March, three children and three adults were shot dead at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, by a 28 year old former student. Sabrina The Teenage Witch star Melissa, 46, took to Instagram to share how she and husband Mark Wilkerson, also 46, had been on their way to school conferences when they encountered a group of young children who had escaped the shooting.

video on Instagram posted Tuesday, revealed in heart-wrenching detail that she and her husband ended up helping several young children who were trying to escape the deadly shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday.“Hey guys, for those of you that know, I live in Nashville, and what’s been going on here today. My kids go to school right next to a school where there was a shooting today,” Hart said in the video, which you can watch at the top of the page now. “We moved here from Connecticut where we were in a school a little ways down from Sandy Hook.

Melissa Joan Hart is reflecting on how she and her husband, Mark Wilkerson, assisted in the aftermath of the Covenant Presbyterian School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday that left six dead. On Tuesday, the actress shared a video she said she delayed posting, explaining that she and Wilkerson helped young students who fled the shooting. «Prayers today, Action tomorrow. This was too raw to post yesterday but wanted you to hear this story,» she captioned the video. Hart — who is the mother of children ages 10, 15, and 17 -- began by explaining that she is a resident of Nashville and that this is the second time her family has lived in proximity to a school involved in a mass shooting. «Hey, guys, for those of you that know, I live in Nashville and what's been going on here today,» she began the video, referencing the shooting. A post shared by Melissa Joan Hart (@melissajoanhart)«My kids go to school right next to the school where there was a shooting today.

Melissa Joan Hart believes “enough is enough.”

TMZ reported on Monday.Aaron played for the New England Patriots until he was arrested for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd. He was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In 2017, he was found dead in his cell, mere days after he was acquitted of a separate double homicide.