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HBCU Students Interning For BET Show ‘The Quad’
Anika Nona Rose is a FAMU alum.
Motion Filed For Appeal Of Jail Term And Probation Termination For Meek Mill
HBCU drama The Quad on BET will be back for Season 2, but not without new staff members on board.
Earlier this year, Executive Producers Felicia D. Hen- derson and Rob Hardy sought to give back to next generation of Black leaders and excellence in the enter- tainment industry. They formed The Quad Internship Program, selecting 8 students out of 250 applications.
The selected students all hail from local Atlanta and Florida HBCUs including Florida A&M University, of which both Hardy and lead character, Anika Noni Rose are alums.
"We're starting with colleges and universities in the Atlanta University Center because The Quad is shot on their cam-
puses.
It's only fair that the stu-
dents here get first opportu- nity. They have been gracious and understanding as we in- convenience their lives in our efforts to add authenticity to our show," said Ms. Hender- son.
The students selected for the internship are: Maya Eaddy (Spelman College); Brandon Gilpin (Morehouse College); Nia Jones (Clark Atlanta University); Tr- ishunda Mooney (Clark At- lanta University); Kirsten Danielle Owens (Clark At- lanta University); Quenten McNair (Clark Atlanta Uni- versity); Denard Thomas (Florida A&M University); and Mykayla Williamson (Spel- man College).
rapper had shown progress. In addition to his release from prison, Meek Mill is also asking that his probation
be completely terminated. Meek is currently stuck in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. His lawyers say
that prison officials are keep- ing him separate from the rest of the inmates for his safety, but they argue that he’ll be fine in gen pop. Meek’s lawyers also say being cooped up in solitary for so long is hindering his creativity.
Girls Trip Breakout Star
In a sneak peek of Yara Shahidi's black-ish spin- off, grown-ish, Shahidi and her castmates have recreated the notable "whistling scene" from the classic 1980s movie.
The homage-paying video was choreographed by Fonz- worth Bentley.
The new show will kick things off January 3 at 9 p.m on Freeform, anchoring a Wednesday comedy night for the network with new com- edy, Alone Together.
grown-ish follows Zoey (Shahidi), Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) popular, entitled, stylish and socially ac-
Tiffany Haddish Is Super
Yara Shahidi and her co-star Tevor Jackson.
Busy; Added 2 More Movies
tive 17-year-old daughter from black-ish, as she heads
into her freshman year of col- lege.
Tiffany Haddish is BUSY. The Girls Trip breakout is al- ready starring in the comedy series ‘The Last O.G.’ (set for TBS in January), she's starring in Kevin Hart's upcoming film ‘Night School’, as well as a female-driven comedy film, ‘Limited Part-
ners’ set at Paramount.
Now, multiple industry pub-
lications are reporting that she has two more films in the works, one at New Line Cin- ema and one at Paramount.
One is called The Kitchen, and the other is called The Temp.
The Kitchen is based on the Vertigo/DC Entertainment comic of the same name and centers on the wives of Irish mobsters who take over their husband's businesses after they are arrested by the FBI. Kitchen is the feature di- rectorial debut of Andrea
Chance The Rapper And Jeremih Are Doing A Christmas Album
Meek Mill is appealing his prison sentence and request- ing his probation to be termi- nated.
The new documents – which were filed in his home state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday (November 15) – Meek’s legal team argues that his two-to-four-year prison sentence is the result of a vendetta against him by Judge Genece Brinkley.
Meek Mill’s lawyers also argue that the two incidents Brinkley says constituted his probation violation – misde- meanor assault and driving recklessly – were dismissed charges and had already been dropped. The documents also reportedly cite Meek’s proba- tion officer testifying that the
Meek Mill is presently in solitary confinement.
grown-ish Cast Recreates Classic Whistling Scene From 1980s Movie In First Episode
Girls Trip star Tiffany Had- dish is super busy since her breakout role.
Berloff (Straight Outta Compton) .
From Dana Fox, ‘The Temp’, said to be a "female- driven" comedy, will be pro- duced by Will Packer and James Lopez. Haddish will also be an executive producer on this.
Chance the Rapper is teaming up with Jeremih.
Chance The Rap- p e r and Jeremih are cook- ing up some more holiday music.
Chance teamed with Je- remih last December for a holiday mixtape titled Merry Christmas Lil Mama. The nine-track project featured production by Bongo, Zay- toven and C-Sick among oth- ers.
According to Bongo, the Chicago duo’s new Christmas album will feature a mix of re- makes and original songs.
Chance The Rapper and Jeremih
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