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*Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad will star opposite Orlando Bloom in a new Broadway run of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but this time the bitter divide between the Montagues and Capulets will be underscored by their different ethnicities. Five-time Tony nominee David Leveaux will direct the staging, also set to feature Jayne Houdyshell (Follies) [...]
*The buzz on the quintessential “chick flick” has been at an all-time high since the day Lifetime announced that it was remaking an updated modern-day version of the celebrated stage play and 1989 film Steel Magnolias with an all-Black cast starring Queen Latifah, Condola Rashad, Jill Scott, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad and Adepero Oduye chronicling [...]
*Did you see it? More than 6.5 million movie watchers had the “Steel Magnolias” experience on Sunday. This was the best audience drawn telecast since “Life is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story” in 2006. But this telecast served as the most watched movie in Lifetime’s history. The new version of the movie and [...]
*Lifetime’s “Steel Magnolias” remake gets a green light to debut this Sunday after a temporary restraining order sought by a producer on the original movie was thrown out. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] A Los Angeles judge made the decision after a hearing this morning, reports Deadline.com. Victoria L. White, executive producer on the 1989 [...]
*Just days from its TV-remake debut, “Steel Magnolias” is in the midst of Drama. The woman who produced the original “Steel Magnolias” is suing over the upcoming Lifetime TV remake of the film. She says she’s not getting the credit or the cash she deserves, reports TMZ. Victoria L. White — executive producer of the [...]
*The 1989 classic, Steel Magnolias, that included, Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Shirley McClaine and Olympia Dukakis. But now their roles are being reprised in a 2012 version that we reported in the EUR back in August. And as reported, the cast has been changed just a little bit. The new cast includes M’Lynn (Queen Latifah), Ouiser (Alfre Woodard), [...]
*Lifetime has announced that is all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias,” led by Queen Latifah and Phylicia Rashad, will debut on the network Sunday, Oct. 7, at 9 p.m. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The adaptation of the 1989 film centers on the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Adepero Oduye, Condola Rashad, Jill [...]
*A two-minute preview of Lifetime’s “Steel Magnolias” remake featuring an African American cast hit the Internet this week. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The original 1989 feature film, which follows the friendship of six women in Louisiana, starred Sally Field, Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts. Queen Latifah stars and executive produces the Lifetime remake. She’s joined [...]
*Queen Latifah has just been added to the star-studded cast of Lifetime’s all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias.” She’ll play M’Lynn, the character portrayed by Sally Field in the 1989 feature film of the same name. Condola Rashad will play her diabetes-stricken daughter, Shelby, played previously by Julia Roberts, and Rashad’s mother Phylicia will take on [...]
*The cable network Lifetime is not just developing an update of the 1989 Julia Roberts film “Steel Magnolias,” but it’s changing its racial makeup as well. Deadline.com is reporting that the original movie, also starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton and Olympia Dukakis in the story of a group of Louisiana women, will be remade with [...]
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