Nicole Beharie
‘The Morning Show’ Star Nicole Beharie on the Advice She Got From Gayle King
After Nicole Beharie joined the third season of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, as new anchor Chris Hunter, a pivotal moment in her quick preparation process happened while speaking to CBS Mornings’ Gayle King. Beharie says the veteran newscaster “told me a story about a moment when she felt like the world was on her […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Boss Says Season 4 Will Explore Consequences of Finale: “Be Careful What You Fight For”
[This story contains spoilers from the finale of The Morning Show season three, “The Overview Effect.”] The Morning Show’s season three finale is the first time a season of the Apple TV+ series didn’t end with a black screen. Both seasons one and two had wrapped with a broadcast that cut to black, delivering back-to-back […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Reacts to Roe v. Wade Overturn: “Abort the Court”
[This story contains spoilers from The Morning Show season three, episode seven, “Strict Scrutiny.”] Much of The Morning Show‘s seventh episode centers around network news host Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) joining her boss Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup) on a tense visit to his mother’s house outside of the city. Cory’s mother, played by Lindsay Duncan, […]
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‘Sleepy Hollow’ Created an “Us Against Her” Environment for Star Nicole Beharie, ‘Burn It Down’ Book Claims
The set of Fox’s Sleepy Hollow had “grueling” working conditions, confusion and “creative floundering” among its leadership, and disparate treatment between its white male and Black female lead, according to Burn It Down. The Hollywood exposé from Maureen Ryan, published by HarperCollins and which hit shelves on Tuesday, alleges that Nicole Beharie and Tom Mison […]
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How ‘Breaking’ Subverted the Heist Genre to Tell Brian Brown-Easley’s Story
[This story contains spoilers for Breaking.] On the morning of July 13, 2017, Brian Brown-Easley walked into a Wells Fargo Bank in Marietta, Georgia. He said his backpack contained C-4 explosive and, after asking customers and a handful of employees to leave, had two remaining bank workers lock all the doors. What happened next is […]
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John Boyega, ‘Breaking’ Team Remember Co-Star Michael K. Williams: “His Presence Was So Rich and So Giving”
On the set of Breaking, Michael K. Williams always showed up smelling really good according to his castmates. Prior to his death last year, Williams had just wrapped production on the thriller-drama that went on to premiere at Sundance Film Festival this year. “His clothes,” star John Boyega told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s […]
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Sterling K. Brown on Flexing Comedic Chops in ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’: “It Was Exhausting”
It’s the “ultimate comeback” story. On Monday evening, the cast and creators of Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. gathered at Regal L.A. Live for the film’s premiere. Filmed in a satirical documentary style, the comedy follows the Childs family — Trinitie (Regina Hall) and her husband Pastor Lee-Curtis (Sterling K. Brown) — who once […]
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John Boyega and Michael K. Williams in ‘892’: Film Review | Sundance 2022
Abi Damaris Corbin’s thriller is based on the true story of a desperate former Marine who tried to rob an Atlanta bank in 2017.
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“It Should Be Nationwide”: Nicole Beharie Heralds Moves to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Juneteenth, the June 19 holiday commemorating the official end of U.S. slavery in 1865, was first acknowledged by many non-Black Americans amid 2020’s racial reckoning, with Hollywood companies moving to formally recognize the date. “Acknowledging the history — and marking the sacrifice of the people who were enslaved — is essential to moving forward in […]
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Amazon’s ‘Solos’: TV Review
Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and others star in a monologue-driven sci-fi anthology drama.
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