Bessie

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 […]

Solange always seems to be the queen of taking chances — and usually nailing them. She recently attended HBO’s Bessie 81 tour (where she also performed!)…

  The cast for the Bessie Biopic starring Queen Latifah finally reveals cast members and one of the cast members is Indy’s very own. Queen Latifah is set to play legendary Bessie Smith who was a famous blues singer and entertainer. The TVMovie includes actors like Tika Sumpter,  Bessie’s love interests, Michael Kenneth Williams, overbearing husband […]

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 […]