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Keesha Sharp is expanding her directing resume. The former Lethal Weapon star has been tapped to direct three episodes across three television series.

Kim Williams has been elected president of the Casting Society of America, and Caroline Liem has been elected vice president as part of CSA’s newly elected board of directors. Williams is the fifth woman, and the second woman of color, to helm the organization since its founding in 1982.

Our Kind of People, and Yaya DaCosta's Angela takes center stage. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham's critically acclaimed book, , the series follows the rich and powerful Black elite of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, who have ruled their community with an iron fist for over 50 years.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress/performer Nadine Ellis (Let’s Stay Together) has landed a lead role opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, and Joe Morton in the Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels.

EXCLUSIVE: L. Scott Caldwell, who has recently featured in CBS’ All Rise and HBO’s Insecure, is joining Fox drama series Our Kind of People.

Hawaii 5-0‘s Lance Gross has joined the cast of Fox’s Our Kind Of People as a series regular. The upcoming drama comes from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels and stars Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and LeToya Luckett.

Fox’s Our Kind of People expands its cast with the addition of Ginny & Georgia alum Kyle Bary. He will take on a series regular role in the series from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels and will act alongside Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and LeToya Luckett.

Pride Month, ET is once again recognizing those who had an impact in the entertainment industry, whether it was via music, film or television, and helped shape pop over the past year.

Former Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett has joined the cast of Karin Gist and Lee Daniels’ upcoming Fox drama “Our Kind of People,” the network announced Thursday.Luckett joins the show in a series regular role, set to star opposite “Chicago Med” alum Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut.Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book, “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class,” the series follows strong-willed, single mom Angela Vaughn (DaCosta) as she sets out to reclaim her family’s

Lucas Till (MacGyver), Nafessa Williams (Black Lightning), Nathan Darrow (Preacher) and Tom Irwin (The Morning Show) have joined the cast of Lee Daniels’ FX pilot The Spook Who Sat by the Door.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Alana Bright will make her professional acting debut on the Lee Daniels and Karin Gist project “Our Kind of People,” a drama headed to Fox on Tuesday nights this fall. Bright joins previously announced cast members Yaya DaCosta (“Chicago Med”) and Morris Chestnut (“The Resident”).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLee Daniels has signed a new multi-year overall deal with 20th Television.Daniels has called the studio home since 2015 when he co-created the hit Fox drama series “Empire.” He then signed another deal with 20th TV in 2018, which was set to expire in June.“I’m beyond grateful to continue my partnership with 20th, Dana Walden, Karey Burke and their amazing team, all of whom have wholeheartedly supported my vision over the past seven years,” Daniels said.

Lee Daniels is staying with the Disney family.

LOS ANGELES -- Affluent and well-connected Black families are the focus of “Our Kind of People,” a new Fox drama series from “Empire” creator Lee Daniels.Based on “Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class," a 1999 nonfiction book by Lawrence Otis Graham, the series will join the network's fall schedule, while midseason's “The Cleaning Lady” will bring the rarity of an Asian lead character to TV.Elodie Yung (“The Hitman’s Bodyguard”) stars as a Cambodian doctor who is driven by

Morris Chestnut has been tapped as the male lead opposite Yaya DaCosta in Fox’s new drama series Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist, executive producer Lee Daniels, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.

Lee Daniels’ reboot of “The Wonder Years” was among four series pickups on Friday by ABC. The other three series ordered for next season are “Abbott Elementary,” “Queens” and “Maggie.” Put into development last summer, “The Wonder Years” reboot is written and executive produced by “Dave” executive producer Saladin Patterson.

Four days before ABC’s upfront presentation, the network has made its first new scripted series pickups for the 2021-22 season with nods to music-themed drama Queens, and comedies The Wonder Years, Maggie and Abbott Elementary.

headlining Lee Daniels' upcoming straight-to-series Fox drama, . The former runner-up has yet to comment publicly.DeVitto confirmed the news on her Instagram shortly after the news broke on Wednesday, reflecting on her six-season run as Dr.

Chicago Med star Yaya DaCosta is set as the lead of of Fox’s new drama series Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist, executive producer Lee Daniels, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Tasha Smith has been tapped to direct the pilot and second episode of Fox’s drama series Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist, executive producer Lee Daniels, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.

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Christina Jackson (Outsiders) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Y’lan Noel in The Spook Who Sat by the Door, FX’s drama pilot based on Sam Greenlee’s spy novel, which is executive produced by Lee Daniels.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFortune 500 companies, A-list movie stars, filmmakers and corporate heavyweights came out swinging on April 14, condemning Georgia’s new voting restrictions in an open letter that was printed in The Washington Post and the New York Times.The hundreds of signatories included the likes of Netflix, Amazon, ViacomCBS, Starbucks, Facebook and UTA, as well as celebrities such as Rooney Mara, George Clooney, Mark Ruffalo, Larry David, Josh Gad, Lee Daniels,

“The Wonder Years” is getting the reboot treatment at ABC, and filmmaker Lee Daniels has shared the first look at the new cast. The upcoming series, which received a pilot order from the network, will star Elisha “EJ” Williams as Dean Williams, taking over for Fred Savage, who played the central character, Kevin Arnold, in the original run.

is getting the reboot treatment at ABC, and filmmaker Lee Daniels has shared the first look at the new cast.

Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (30 Rock, Law & Order SVU), Fortune Feimster (Yes Day, The Netflix Afterparty), Skai Jackson (Jessie), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), and Paris Jackson (Gringo, Lee Daniels’ Star) have rounded out the cast of Sex Appeal, the latest collaboration between Hulu and American High.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterHollywood is full of filmmaking collectives — camps of creative people who met at the bottom and carry each other, hopefully, to great heights.Particularly sacred (and occasionally fraught) is the relationship between producer and director, a delicate balance of trust and honesty.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla The Lee Daniels and Karin Gist project “Our Kind of People” has been given the straight-to-series treatment at Fox Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a series order to drama Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star). This marks the first new Fox drama series ordered for the 2021-22 season and the first series to come out of the network’s script-to-series model introduced last summer, which involves the opening of a writers room.

The Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) have announced the launch of their inaugural Laura Ziskin Visionary Award.Named after the late film producer, the award will recognize leaders in the film industry whose work exemplifies groundbreaking collaboration. This year’s recipients will be Andra Day and director Lee Daniels for their collaboration on “The United States vs.