‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Star on Working With Mahershala Ali: ‘I Got Paid to Take a Master Class’
The story of ’80s Queens rapper Roxanne Shanté deals with themes of domestic violence and the unforgiving world of the New York rap game.
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40 Actresses Over 40 Who Are Still Conquering Hollywood (Photos)
From Amy Adams to scene-stealer Judi Dench, here are 40 actresses who aren’t letting four-plus decades slow down their career
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‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Film Review: Roxanne Shanté Biopic Celebrates Rapper as Artist, Survivor
Chanté Adams gives a breakout performance as the female rap legend who endured poverty and an abusive relationship
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Ex-CAA Agent Cameron Mitchell Says His Sexual Assault Accuser Is ‘Fabricating Her Story’
Mitchell was fired in November after aspiring actress Demi Mann accused him of misconduct
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‘Lemon’ Review: Brett Gelman Is Best at Playing the Worst
The comic flourishes in this biting comedy that sends up all those annoying sad-white-dude-in-an-indie tropes
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Nia Long Joins ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ for Season 9
Actress will play executive assistant director on CBS procedural
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‘Empire': Here’s Your First Look at Demi Moore and Eva Longoria in Glorious Action (Video)
Cookie’s gonna need a vacation
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‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Star Nia Long on Film’s Relationship With Hip-Hop Roots (Video)
Sundance 2017: “We shot on the same floor, in the same building” the actress tells TheWrap about the biopic of hip hop pioneer Roxanne Shante.
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Neon Acquires Sundance Hip Hop Biopic ‘Roxanne Roxanne’
Sundance 2017: Upstart distributor has also bagged “Ingrid Goes West” and “Beach Rats”
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‘Roxanne Roxanne’ Director on Shooting in Notorious Queensbridge Housing Project (Video)
Sundance 2017: “Shout out to Queensbridge, they hosted us really nicely and we were there for a while,” director Michael Larnell tells TheWrap
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‘Beaches’ Cast, Producers on Why They Remade ’80s Classic
TCA 2017: “There’s a whole young generation of kids who have not seen ‘Beaches,'” Idina Menzel says
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‘Empire’ Casts Nia Long in Recurring Role
“Best Man Holiday” alum will play Las Vegas club queenpin in Fox’s hip-hop melodrama
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‘Keanu’ Review: Key & Peele Shine in Meow-kay Comedy
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, like many sketch comics before them, score laughs and suffer lags in their big-screen outing
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Nia Long, Brian Baumgartner Join Amazon’s ‘Hand of God’ Season 2
One’s a journalist, the other’s a brain doctor
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Mike Epps Explains ‘Survivor’s Remorse’ Exit: ‘I Asked for Some More Money and They Killed Me’
TCA 2016: “Uncle Buck” panel spends a good deal of time swearing it’s not a carbon copy of John Candy movie
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‘Uncle Buck’ Gets Series Order From ABC
Mike Epps will play the fun-loving but irresponsible title character
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11 Best Lines From Ice Cube’s ‘Friday’ in Honor of Movie’s 20th Anniversary (Video)
What’s up, Big Perm? TheWrap revisits the cult classic about two unemployed slackers Craig and Smokey
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Mike Epps to Play Titular Star on ABC’s ‘Uncle Buck’ Comedy Pilot
Nia Long co-stars on the project, adapted from John Hughes’ popular 1989 film starring John Candy
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‘The Best Man Wedding’ Reunites Cast for 2016 Release
Malcolm D. Lee again writes and directs the third film in the series. Franchise stars Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Melissa De Sousa, and Regina Hall are all expected to return
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‘Single Moms Club’ Bomb Is Tyler Perry’s Worst as Director
Romantic comedy, the last that Lionsgate will distribute as mogul turns to TV, manages just $8.3 million
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‘Best Man Holiday’s’ Nia Long Joins WE TV’s First Scripted Series
She joins actor Adam Page on “The Divide,” which is executive produced by Richard LaGravenese and “Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn
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‘The Best Man Holiday’ Filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee in Sequel Talks With Universal
An impressive $30 million opening means a third installment is a priority
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‘Best Man Holiday’ Director Malcolm Lee on Sequels, Casting the White Guy and ‘SNL’ Diversity
The writer-director lauds the diversity of black films in 2013, from historical dramas to rom-coms and all points between; but calls BS on “SNL”
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‘Best Man Holiday’ Fans to Party Like It’s 1999 at Box Office, but ‘Thor’ Will Roar
Writer-director Malcolm D. Lee’s sequel has African-American moviegoers planning reunion parties around the comedy
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‘The Best Man Holiday’ Review: Yuletide Sequel Indulges Too Heavily in Plot and Preaching (Video)
An appealing ensemble cast wears out its welcome in this Christmas confection, with a script that crams too many messages and too much contrivance into its stocking
