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After five seasons, CBS has officially canceled The Equalizer, the crime drama led by Queen Latifah. The announcement came just days before the series finale, which aired on May 4, 2025. This marked the end of a reboot that reimagined the 1980s classic with a modern, socially conscious twist. A Bold Reinvention Comes to a Close…
Queen Latifah is making history! The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress announced that Latifah’s 1989 album, ‘All Hail The Queen’, will be joining the National Recording Registry in 2023. She is the first rapper to be included in the registry. Each year since 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) and members…
The Queen has returned! Hip-hop legend, singer, and actress Queen Latifah went back to her hometown of Newark, NJ for a groundbreaking ceremony for housing development. The “U.N.I.T.Y.” rapper partnered with local developers to build homes on block with a troubled past. “I was born here, St. Michael’s Hospital, so this is definitely my home,”…
This year at the 2021 BET Awards, Taraji P. Henson is set to host the show and Queen Latifah will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. The BET Awards will take place on Sunday, June 27th, 2021 at 8 PM E.T/PT. The show will be held in person at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles….
Another Mahalia Jackson movie is in the works, and Grammy-award winning artist Jill Scott is set to play the Queen of Gospel. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDz1uk5H5XH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link According to Deadline, Mahalia! will be on the big screen and the executive producers are: Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah and her partner Shakim Compere and Clark Sisters EP Holly Carter. The film has also secured the rights…
Award winning actress, Jennifer Hudson, is staring as beloved Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, in MetroGoldWyn biopic “Respect,” and the official trailer has been released. The film is named after #ArethaFranklin’s iconic song “Respect.” It follows Mrs. Franklin’s climb to fame “from singing in her father’s church, to becoming one of the most legendary musicians of all…
CBS announced the reboot of the “The Equalizer” starring Queen Latifah. Queen Latifah will also serve as an executive producer. The “Equalizer” is one of the first shows that is going through the normal pilot season process to get picked up for next season. Nearly all pilots were unable to complete filming before the COVID-19 pandemic…
Queen Latifah will be portraying the role of black actress Hattie McDaniel in Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming Netflix series, Hollywood. Hollywood reimagines the 1940s film industry as diverse, rewriting the story as what could have been. Characters in the series are an assortment composites and real-life figures. Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy…
David Schwimmer probably meant well when he spoke out on the lack of diversity on set but when he said, “Maybe there should be an all-black Friends sitcom,” Living Single fans and casts immediately spoke out. While talking about diversity, the Friends star fail to remember that Friends was actually an all-white version of hit…
Omar Epps is taking it waaaay back on #TBT (Throwback Thursday)! The actor shared a video clip of him performing with legendary Queen Latifah as she rapped. Omar also revealed that this moment was his first time in LA and he showed off some slick moves. Check him out! View this post on Instagram…