May 21, 2013

Director Kasi Lemmons to Adapt Zadie Smith’s ‘On Beauty’

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*”Eve’s Bayou” helmer Kasi Lemmons will adapt and direct “On Beauty,” based on the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Zadie Smith. The book has been described as an academic comedy of manners, focusing on the story of two families with different but increasingly intertwined lives, race and sexual politics. It’s also been called a modern day [...]




Jurnee Smollett on ‘Defenders’ Role: ‘Definitely a Stretch’

(L-R) Top Row: Kevin Kennedy Executive Producer/Creator/Writer; Carol Mendelsohn Executive Producer; Greg Walker Executive Producer/Showrunner; Bottom Row - Jurnee Smollett; Jerry O'Connell at a TCA panel for "The Defenders" in Los Angeles ( July 28, 2010)

*At the pre-pubescent age of 11, actress Jurnee Smollet was already receiving critical acclaim for her breakout appearance in “Eve’s Bayou,” where she played the title character and held her own opposite screen veterans Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield and Debbi Morgan. Thirteen years and dozens of child roles later, the soon-to-be 24-year-old will debut [...]