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Niecy Nash To Host Daytime Syndicated Talk Show
Niecy Nash may be adding talk show host to her résumé.
CBS Television Distribution, the studio behind The Drew Barrymore Show, is nearing a daytime syndicated talk show set to be hosted by the Reno 911! and Claws actress.
Sources say a presentation will be filmed in the near fu- ture for the potential series, which is being produced as a co-production between CTD and Ben Winston and James Corden's Fulwell73. A showrunner has not yet been determined. Reps for CTD declined comment.
Should the show move for- ward, it would mark a return to hosting duties for the ac- tress and comedian. Nash previously hosted — and earned a Daytime Emmy — for Style Network's Clean House (2003-10). More recently, she has guest hosted series includ-
NIECY NASH
On the acting front, Nash has continued to remain in high demand with roles in- cluding Reno 911! (and its Quibi follow-up), Mrs. Amer- ica, Claws, Scream Queens, Never Have I Ever, When They See Us, The Soul Man and Getting On. She is repped by WME, Artists First and Jackoway Austen.
ing Today and Access Holly- wood Live.
Lexi Underwood To Star In Disney's ‘Sneakerella’
Lexi Underwood, the im- pressive newcomer who de- livered her own acting performance to remember next to Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon’s masterful ones in Hulu’s Lit- tle Fires Everywhere, is the latest young Black star to be tapped by Disney to play a modern-day princess.
Underwood will star in an upcoming pop/hip-hop movie adaptation of Cin- derella from Disney dubbed Sneakerella, reports Dead- line. The 17-year-old has been cast alongside NBA star-turned actor John Sal- ley, who will play her charac-
JOHN SALLEY, LEXI UNDERWOOD AND CHOSEN JACOBS
ter’s sneaker tycoon father, and Chosen Jacobs, an- other upcoming young Black actor in Hollywood.
The film will be set in New York and take some bits of
magical inspiration from the classic Cinderella story, while featuring some “incredible music and gravity-defying choreography” according to Disney.
Killer Mike And Atlanta Leaders Launch Black-Owned Online Bank
From leading initiatives designed to empower disen- franchised communities to his Netflix show Trigger Warning, rapper and activist Killer Mike has been a fierce advocate for Black eco- nomic empowerment and he is furthering his efforts through the creation of a new online financial institution. According to Tech Crunch the Atlanta native—whose real name is Michael Santi- ago Render—has teamed up with a group of business- men to launch a digital bank.
The Greenwood plat- form—whose name is derived inspired by the prosperous Tulsa, Oklahoma-based African American business district that was horrifically destroyed by white suprema- cists—was designed to sup- port small Black and Latinx-owned businesses. It was developed as an avenue to align legacy businesses with the resources needed to thrive in an everchanging economy and equip new business owners with the fi- nancial tools needed to estab- lish a solid foundation for success.
KILLER MIKE
The bank also has a phil- anthropic element. For every sign-up, meals will be do- nated to grassroots nonprofit organizations fighting food insecurity and every time a customer uses their debit card, a donation will be made to the NAACP, the United Negro College Fund or Goodr. Cognizant of the fi- nancial barriers that entre- preneurs of color have faced amid the pandemic, the bank will provide a $10,000 grant to a Black or Latinx entrepre- neur every month.
The bank was founded with a $3 million investment. Render and Greenwood’s
other founders, Bounce TV creator Ryan Glover and former Atlanta Mayor An- drew Young, believes that Greenwood will be instru- mental in the creation of gen- erational wealth within communities of color.
“Today, a dollar circulates for 20 days in the white com- munity but only six hours in the Black community,” he said in a statement, according to the news outlet. “More- over, a Black person is twice as likely as a white person to be denied a mortgage. This lack of fairness in the finan- cial system is why we created Greenwood.”
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