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Kerry Washington, Alfre Woodard and Don Cheadle Nominated for 2013 Primetime...
This morning the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced this year’s nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. Among them were first-time nominee Kerry Washington for her leading role...
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‘Criminal Minds’ Executive Producer Janine Sherman Barrois Signs Overall Deal...
Criminal Minds executive producer Janine Sherman Barrois has closed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios, the studio behind the veteran CBS crime drama. Under the pact, Barrois will continue on...
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Halle Berry To Star in CBS Drama Series ‘Extant’
Halle Berry will take her first major TV series role in “Extant,” the serialized drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television and CBS Television Studios that CBS greenlit in August. In addition,...
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NBC To Reboot Detective Series “Murder, She Wrote” With Octavia Spencer Starring
According to Deadline.com, NBC is looking to remake one of the most successful female-led series in TV history – Murder, She Wrote – which ran on CBS from 1984 to 1996 and stared Angela Landsbury as...
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History, Halle Berry Developing “Hannibal” Miniseries
History and Halle Berry have teamed to develop Hannibal, a miniseries centering on famed general Hannibal Barca in the Second Punic War. Beginning in 264 BC, Hannibal takes viewers through the Second...
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Bill Whitaker Named “60 Minutes” Correspondent, 2nd African-American in Show...
Bill Whitaker, a veteran CBS News reporter, has been named a 60 Minutes correspondent, becoming only the second African-American correspondent in the show’s history, after Ed Bradley, who died in 2006....
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R.I.P. Emmy-Nominated “Designing Women” Actor Meshach Taylor
Meshach Taylor, the actor best known for playing the only male character on the popular television show “Designing Women,” died on Saturday at his home outside Los Angeles. He was 67. The cause was...
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Regina King Joins “American Crime” Cast, Returns to “Big Bang Theory” and...
We’ll be seeing a lot of Regina King during the next season, both in front of and behind the camera. King has joined the cast of John Ridley’s new ABC drama series, “American Crime,” and will return...
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New Jersey 10 Year-Old Cory Nieves Builds Delicious Cookie Empire From The...
Cory Nieves wants to become a household name because of his decadent cookies. CBS News reports that every Saturday, Nieves can be found along with his wagon cart of treats, selling homemade cookies to...
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ABC Gives Full-Season Orders to ‘Black-ish’ and ‘How to Get Away with...
According to Variety.com, television projects featuring African-American leads have fared extremely well this season. ABC has given full-season orders to the Anthony Anderson/Tracee Ellis Ross comedy...
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Musician and Improvisational Comedian Reggie Watts named “Late Late Show”...
The new “Late Late Show with James Corden” has tapped musician and comedian Reggie Watts as its bandleader. Watts — who is known for his improvised musical sets — currently serves in that role on the...
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THEATER: “Alive: 55 and Kickin'”, a Show in Harlem with Cast of Singers 55...
After airing last Sunday, GBN contributor Becky Schonbrun forwarded me links from “60 Minutes” that were labeled as inspiring “must-watch” material. So I finally did, and they most definitely are....
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Usher, Willie Nelson and Janelle Monae Set for Stevie Wonder “All-Star Grammy...
Stevie Wonder will get the all-star treatment next month during a tribute concert in his honor. The Associated Press reports that Usher, Willie Nelson and Janelle Monae will be among the performers...
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Mehcad Brooks Cast in CBS’ “Supergirl” as Jimmy Olsen
Days after CBS found its “Supergirl” in actress Melissa Benoist, she has found her love interest. Mehcad Brooks has joined the cast as James “Jimmy” Olsen, Variety has confirmed.Jimmy, based on the DC...
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‘Selma’ Director Ava DuVernay To Direct CBS Pilot ‘For Justice’
Ava DuVernay has signed on to direct CBS’s “For Justice” drama pilot, Variety has learned. From “Law & Order” veteran Rene Balcer, who’s serving as writer and executive producer, the pilot follows...
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“Orange Is The New Black”‘s Laverne Cox Cast as Transgender Attorney in CBS...
According to Variety, “Orange Is The New Black” co-star Laverne Cox has been cast in CBS’s legal drama pilot “Doubt” from “Grey’s Anatomy” producers Joan Rater and Tony Phelan. The project from CBS TV...
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Phylicia Rashad to Star in CBS’ “For Justice” Drama Pilot
Phylicia Rashad has been cast as a series regular in CBS’ drama “For Justice.” “The Cosby Show” co-star will play a gay woman by the name of Georgina Howe in the pilot, set to be directed by “Selma’s”...
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Actor Justin Hires Cast in Chris Tucker Role for CBS’“Rush Hour” Series Pilot
Actor Justin Hires has been cast in the Chris Tucker role in CBS’ drama pilot adaptation of the “Rush Hour” film franchise. Hires had a small part in 2012’s “21 Jump Street” and more recently has made...
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Cicely Tyson and Rita Moreno Among 2015 Kennedy Center Honorees
Cicely Tyson, Rita Moreno, George Lucas, singer-songwriter Carole King, conductor Seiji Ozawa and the Eagles have been selected to receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, the center said Wednesday....
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Antoine Fuqua and Jerry Bruckheimer Team to Bring “Training Day” TV Series to...
According to Variety.com, CBS is producing a pilot based on the 2001 movie “Training Day,” which starred Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, and for which Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor....
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