Showing 76 - 89 of 89 articles tagged "Ava DuVernay"

• Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 1:17PM EDT

  Ava DuVernay to produce OWN's romance anthology series Cherish the Day

  Each season of Cherish the Day will chronicle one couple's romance, with each episode spanning a single day.

• Posted Friday 3/01/19 at 1:54PM EST

  Ava DuVernay teases her Netflix Central Park Five limited series

  DuVernay tweeted of When They See Us, her drama series about the five black teens wrongly accused of raping a...

• Posted Sunday 2/17/19 at 5:08PM EST

  Jussie Smollett denies staging attack as police say case has "shifted"

  More reports emerged Saturday night that police are investigating whether the Empire star staged his own hate attack, with CNN...

• Posted Friday 2/01/19 at 8:15AM EST

  Nancy Pelosi to receive VH1 Trailblazer Honor

  The House Speaker will be honored as one of this year's VH1 Trailblazer Honors recipients at a March 8 ceremony.

• Posted Friday 8/03/18 at 8:12PM EDT

  Niecy Nash boards Central Park Five, along with Storm Reid, Kylie Bunbury and Aunjanue Ellis

  The four actresses are joining Ava DuVernay's already star-studded Netflix cast, including Michael K.

• Posted Monday 7/09/18 at 7:23PM EDT

  Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo will star in Netflix's Central Park Five limited series from Ava DuVernay

  Filming begins next month on the four-part limited series based on the five black teens who were incorrectly convicted in...

• Posted Monday 6/25/18 at 6:21AM EDT

  Netflix airs "Strong Black Lead" commercial during BET Awards, two days after firing its PR chief for using the N-word

  The commercial that ran during the BET Awards, featuring prominent black Netflix stars and creators from Spike Lee to Ava...

• Posted Friday 5/11/18 at 4:18PM EDT

  CBS picks up four dramas, including Magnum P.I. reboot and God Friended Me

  Jay Hernandez will officially succeed Tom Selleck in the role of private investigator Thomas Magnum, in a reboot from Hawaii...

• Posted Friday 5/04/18 at 7:23PM EDT

  Ava DuVernay says "sue me" in response to men objecting to her all-female Queen Sugar director lineup

  DuVernay says there has been backlash by some male directors who feel they were being discriminated against.

• Posted Tuesday 3/06/18 at 9:38PM EST

  Noah Wyle to star in CBS' racial drama pilot Red Line from Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti

  The potential series revolving around a white Chicago cop who mistakenly shoots and kills a black doctor would mark Wyle's...

• Posted Friday 3/02/18 at 10:05AM EST

  Why Time's Up is standing down for the Oscars

  "We are not an awards show protest group.

• Posted Thursday 3/01/18 at 10:28PM EST

  Oscars will dedicate a moment to the Time's Up movement

  Shonda Rhimes, Laura Dern, Ava DuVernay and other leaders of the Time's Up movement told the media today that they've...

• Posted Saturday 2/03/18 at 12:50AM EST

  CBS' pilot pickups include an L.A. Confidential TV series and Eric Holder-inspired legal drama Main Justice

  CBS also picked up the Ava DuVernay-Greg Berlanti racial drama Red Line.

• Posted Tuesday 10/17/17 at 11:32PM EDT

  For Season 3, Queen Sugar has tapped its third showrunner

  New showrunner Kat Candler is expected to work closely with creator/executive producer Ava DuVernay.