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*NBC has released first clips from NBC‘s new update of “Ironside,” part of the just-unveiled 2013-2014 line-up. As previously reported, Underwood stars as sexy and acerbic police detective who is relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting. This remake of the ‘60s series will find his character pushing and prodding his hand-picked team to solve [...]
*With all this talk of Terrence Howard retiring from acting, it’s hard to believe he’s got yet another project in line, this time co-starring Sanaa Lathan and Blair Underwood. The group of fine Black actors is going to give Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” a facelift and tan. Terrence will take the role of ‘General Macbett’ (not a [...]
*With her plush dog-shaped purse in tow, 9-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis rubbed shoulders with Oprah Winfrey, Alfre Woodard and other celebs Thursday at Essence magazine’s sixth annual Black Women in Hollywood awards luncheon. Wallis, who stars in best-picture contender “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” was among the magazine’s six honorees along with Gabrielle Union, [...]
*NBC has given a pilot order to a reboot of the 1967 detective drama “Ironside” to star Blair Underwood, reports Deadline.com. The new version, written by Mike Caleo and produced by Universal TV, centers on a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective (Underwood) relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by [...]
*Over the years, Blair Underwood has earned the respect of movie watchers, Broadway audiences and plenty of women, because of his great acting skills of course. His most recent film production, “Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day,” is another reputable notch in his belt. But working with T.D. Jakes has been particularly insightful, [...]
*There’s more talk about Aretha Franklin’s biopic, again. This time around Jennifer Hudson says she wants to be the star. She was actually among the list of celebrities the Queen of Soul picked to be in her big production. Others included Nia Long, as her older sister, Kerry Washington as her younger sister, and Blair [...]
*Blair Underwood stars in the the dramatic thriller Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day which was released on DVD September 4th. The film is directed by award-winning filmmaker Neema Barnette, produced and distributed by Codeblack Enterprises and executive produced by T.D. Jakes for T.D.J Enterprises. Surpassing industry expectations opening weekend, April 13, 2012, the film earned [...]
*Actor Blair Underwood is taking matters concerning his career into his own hands. Later for waiting on a casting director to reach out to him for a role; or some director leaning back in an easy chair with a cigar between his fingers blowing out smoke circles as he recalls “that Blair Underwood guy.” According [...]
*With “Good Morning America” in a ratings dead heat with NBC’s “Today” show, ABC on Monday launches “Good Afternoon America,” a one-hour program anchored by Lara Spencer and Josh Elliott. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] D.L. Hughley, Blair Underwood and Donald Faison are among the guests announced today for its premiere week, July 9-13. The [...]
*One of Hollywood’s most consistent actors of the last two decades is Blair Underwood. From the movie screen, to TV screens and the theaters of Broadway, Underwood has had one of the most versatile careers of any actor of any color. Now, he is starring in the Broadway play “A Streetcar Named Desire” which is [...]
*Here’s your first look at Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker as Stanley and Blanche in Broadway’s revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” It’s is the first time the 65-year-old Tennessee Williams’ play has been produced on Broadway with an all non-white main cast. Daphne Rubin-Vega plays Blanche’s sister Stella and Wood Harris stars as [...]
*TD Jakes’ “Woman Thou Art Loosed: On The 7th Day” was a surprise hit among specialty releases over the weekend, averaging a solid $6,376 in 102 locations, and managing a higher per theater average than any other movie among the top 15 grossers, according to Deadline.com. As previously reported, the faith-based psychological thriller stars Blair [...]
*Blair Underwood and Sharon Leal tiptoe into movie theaters this weekend in the latest T.D. Jakes production, “Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day.” Not to be confused with Jakes’ 2004 film “Woman Thou Art Loosed,” this faith-based psychological thriller has Underwood and Leal as a married couple in New Orleans (David and Kari [...]
*The much anticipated multi-cultural production of “Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway on Sunday, April 22nd 2012 with a stellar cast led by Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin Vega and Wood Harris. Front Row Productions brings a diverse cast to a Tennessee Williams classic for the second time in the past five years. 2008 [...]
*In casting news, actress Cassandra Freeman, best known for her role on the CBS series “Numbers,” has been added to VH1′s hourlong series “Single Ladies,” while Lisa Vidal, who played Blair Underwood’s wife in NBC’s “The Event,” joins Gabrielle Union in BET’s hourlong pilot “Being Mary Jane,” formerly known as “Single Black Female.” Freeman, who [...]
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