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In a new HBO biopic, Queen Latifah—both star and executive producer—tackles Smith’s trailblazing career and tumultuous personal life with a confident performance she says has been more than two decades in the making. Here, Emmy- and Oscar- nominated actress and hip-hop legend discusses taking on her most daring role yet.
Release. December 14, 2016. ( 2016-12-14) –. May 8, 2019. ( 2019-05-08) Star is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It revolves around three talented young singers who navigate the music business on their road to success and stars Jude Demorest, Brittany O'Grady ...
May 8, 2015 · By Melena Ryzik. May 8, 2015. Within the first 10 minutes of “Bessie,” HBO’s new biopic of Bessie Smith, we see the blues legend sing, cry, dance, cut a man and kiss, lustily, both men and...
May 14, 2015 · Queen Latifah plays the blues singer Bessie Smith in the biopic, which has its premiere on HBO Saturday night.
May 15, 2015 · Roughly 23 years ago the producing team of Richard and Lili Zanuck came across the story of Bessie Smith, one of the pre-eminent blues artists of the 1920s and ’30s. A script by legendary writer Horton Foote in hand, they were looking around for “who in the world could play her,” says producer Shelby Stone.
Star: Created by Lee Daniels, Tom Donaghy. With Jude Demorest, Brittany O'Grady, Ryan Destiny, Amiyah Scott. A trio of women form a musical group in Atlanta.
Apr 3, 2015 · Directed by Dee Rees, the film also stars Michael Kenneth Williams as Bessie’s husband, Oscar winner Mo’Nique as Ma Rainy, also known as the “Mother of the Blues,” and Mike Epps, who plays a...
