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Entertainment
‘Dear White People’ Exec Producer Inks Deal With Lionsgate
Nicole Ari Parker Becomes Cast Regular On ‘Empire
Yvette Lee Bowser is the executive producer and show runner for ‘Dear White People.’
Nicole Ari Parker has been promoted to series regu- lar for Empire Season 5.
This comes after the exit of original cast member, Grace Byers, who was written out of the show last season.
Parker began recurring in Season 4 as previously re- curred as Giselle Barker, the ex-wife of Forest Whitaker's Eddie Parker.
Per Deadline, who broke the news of Parker's new status on the show, says, "Season 5 finds Giselle stepping out of the shadow of her ex in an ef- fort to seize power herself. Along the way she’ll tackle
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grudges, make unexpected al- liances and find a surprising love interest.”
Dear White People execu- tive producer and showrun- ner Yvette Lee Bowser is expanding her relationship with Lionsgate TV, the studio behind the critically praised se- ries.
will develop new television se- ries with the studio, and con- tinue her work as EP and showrunner on Dear White People, which recently was re- newed for a third season.
edy Living Single and served as writer/executive producer during its entire five-season run. She’s also known for her work as writer and consulting producer on ABC’s Emmy- nominated Black-ish, among her other credits.
Boris Kodjoe Signs Development Deal With BET
Bowser created the Emmy-nominated Fox com-
Former Real Husbands of Hollywood star Boris Kod- joe is returning to the BET fold, signing an exclusive de- velopment deal with BET Net- works.
Under the pact, Kodjoe will develop ideas and show con- cepts for all network platforms with first-look consideration.
As of now it is unclear if he will star in any of the projects. Kodjoe, who most recently co-starred in CBS’ Code Black, first joined the BET family playing himself for all five sea- sons of the network’s original hit series Real Husbands of Hollywood. Additionally, he co-created, co-hosted and ex- ecutive produced alongside his
Under the pact, Bowser
‘Atlanta’ Renewed For 3rd Season
FX is bringing the Emmy- winning Atlanta back for third season.
Whether it gets a retitling like Season 2 did as Atlanta Robbin’ Season, the third sea- son of the series created by and starring Donald Glover is aiming to be back on the air in 2019.
“Atlanta is phenomenal — achieving and exceeding what few television series have done,” said co-president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions Nick Grad today of the series co-starring Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz and Lakeith Lee Stanfield.
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wife, Nicole Ari Parker the syndicated The Boris & Nicole Show and starred in and pro- duced the series Second Time Around and Capetown.
Donald Glover, the creator of ‘Atlanta’ and co-star Brian Tyree Henry.
T. I. In Talks To Join Eddie Murphy In ‘Dolemite’ Remake
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hip-hop artist turned actor T. I. (aka Clif- ford Harris), who next ap- pears in MARVEL'S ANT-MAN and the Wasp, is in talks to join Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name!, Net- flix's biopic of envelope-push- ing comedian and film producer Rudy Ray Moore.
The film revolves around the life of Rudy Ray Moore, best known for financing and star- ring in Dolemite, which ap- peared in 1975 and has been described as "one of the great blaxploitation movies" of the 1970s.
Eddie Murphy will star in ‘Dolemite Is My Name!’ T. I., Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps and Tituss Burgess also co-star in the Rudy Ray Moore biopic.
The character was "the ulti- mate ghetto hero: a bad dude, profane, skilled at kung-
fu, DRESSED TO KILL and hell-bent on protecting the community from evil menaces.
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