Questlove pens touching message after his father dies at age 79, and more.
During Thursday's edition of NewsOne Now, Roland Martin and his panel of guests discussed the backlash over Saldana's portrayal of Simone and the subsequent discussion of colorism within the African-American community.
At this point, we're not really sure what the film's selling point is... but maybe inquiring minds will go out to see how controversy plays out on screen.
As you already know, many people are upset about Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone in the upcoming biopic about the late singer's life, but things got taken to the next level when Zoe tweeted a Nina quote and the legendary singer's estate replied by throwing some shade at the actress.
After Saldana tried to salvage the controversy by quoting the late artist on Twitter, the estate asked her to "take Nina's name out your mouth. For the rest of your life." The estate continued to grieve over the film on Twitter, calling it "painful."
Zoe Saldana's last couple of days have been rough.
Nina Simone's legacy will be introduced to new audiences when the film, Nina, starring Zoe Saldana, is released in theaters next month. The biopic tells the story of Simone's relationship with her nurse-turned-manager Clifton Henderson and will highlight the later years of Simone's tumultuous life.
The NAACP Image Awards will air live this Friday at 9/8c on TV One and all this week on NewsOne Now, an expert panel will share our predictions on who will take home the trophies.
Taraji P. Henson is the light of many television viewer’s lives currently, and she is certainly the one to watch even off-screen. While she was…
Zoe Saldana has been a bit quiet on the acting front since giving birth to her twins last year, but she is finally coming back…
It looks like Nina starring Zoe Saldana is finally going to be released soon. The Nina Simone biopic will hit theaters in December, according to Entertainment Weekly. It’s…
BET has booked it’s headliner for the BET Awards later this month! The network announced this weekend that Nicki Minaj will take the stage (and owning the entire show, we’re sure) on June 28 at the Microsoft Theater. Since she’ll be performing to promote the Pinkprint album, it’s predicted that she’ll be performing her latest track, “Feelin’ […]
