Bessie Smith

The nominations for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced in Hollywood on Thursday morning. ‘Diversity watchers’ who closely monitor entertainment industry awards were watching to see if black actors, actresses and other industry people were going to be acknowledged for their contributions during the year. Starting off with the announcements, Oscar-nominated actress Angela […]

America is about to see a whole lot of the Queen. In a new interview with Uptown magazine, Queen Latifah reveals that she strips down for a…

Mark those calendars for Sunday, May 16, because you’re going to want to witness why Queen Latifah just might score an Emmy nod for her…

QUEEN LATIFAH said she wanted to play iconic Blues singer, Bessie Smith, and her dream is now more than reality. Latifah’s dream and acting/singing chops are heading to a television set powered by HBO Films on Saturday, May 16 at 8 p.m. Eastern. “Bessie” was written by Rees and Horton Foote, focusing on Smith’s transformation from a young […]

Queen Latifah’s upcoming HBO film hasn’t premiered yet and it is already garnering buzz. The rapper/actress will portray the late blues legend Bessie Smith in the…

Queen Latifah recently started working on a new biopic as Bessie Smith. For those of you who don’t know Bessie Smith she was one of the popular blues singers back in the 1920s. Listen to Queen Latifah’s Full interview below.     SOURCE: http://www.eurweb.com/2015/01/queen-latifah-talks-about-inhabiting-bessie-smith-for-hbo-pics/  

While the HBO biopic still doesn’t have a release date, the network has let loose the first pictures of Queen Latifah as iconic Blues singer Bessie Smith in a small-screen…

As Queen Latifah covers the November Issue of Essence Magazine she also discussed her future plans in her career which includes a possible show with BET’s Centric network and how she does she maintains her life as a CEO, TV Talk Show Host, and Actress. In this upcoming Essence issue the queen talked with Essence […]

juke (of West African origin, akin to Wolof dzug, to live wickedly) – a roadside drinking establishment that offers cheap drinks, food and music for dancing, often blues music.