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 […]

Kerry Washington Scored another role to play a young, black, female law professor. The movie is based on Anita Hill. She took on the Judiciary Committee that was made up of all white males, back in 1991. The story will be about sexual harassment while working for Supreme Court nominee ClarenceThomas for 10 years. You […]

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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/  

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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…

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