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  Queen Latifah will be playing Bessie Smith in a biopic, and Dee Rees, director of the movie Pariah, is slated to write and direct the film, which will air on HBO.

  Perri “Pebbles” Reid, former manager of the girl group TLC, is suing Viacom for $40 million over the movie “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.” Reid claims that the movie, which was released late last year, portrays her “as a conniving and dishonest business woman who hoodwinked three innocent girls and exploited their talent for her […]

Director Oliver Stone was slated to spear-head a biopic on slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But the movie creator recently announced that he will no longer sit at the helm of the production because producers wouldn’t approve his script that showed King’s flaws. 

Although TLC’s money issues have been well-documented, this was the first time we saw a dramatization of what happened. Former R&B singer Perry “Pebbles” Reid, who discovered and managed the group when they first started out, was not portrayed positively, and as a result, viewers attacked Reid on social media. As might be expected, Reid took to Twitter to defend herself and is now threatening to sue.

The highly-anticipated biopic on the Grammy award-winning R & B group TLC airs tonight. The two-hour movie stars Drew Sidora, KeKe Palmer and Lil Mama as T-Boz, Chilli and Lisa “LeftEye” Lopes respectively.

It’s been 17 years since the world lost one of the most talented rappers of all-time. Now, producers may be set to release a biopic on Tupac Shakur. Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films is partnering with Morgan Creek Productions to co-produce Tupac.

Winnie Mandela, the film based on the life of Nelson Mandela’s long-time wife, will finally hit theaters after 9 years of delays. The biopic stars Jennifer Hudson in the lead role and Terrence Howard as Nelson Mandela.

Gabby Douglas has accomplished a lot in her short, yet very exciting life. The Olympic gold medalist has two books out based on her life, and soon she’ll have a film under her belt.

A forthcoming James Brown biopic will reportedly star Chadwick Boseman as the soul legend.

A trailer has been released for the upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic “Long Walk to Freedom,” starring Idris Elba.

Idris Elba will play Nelson Mandela in the upcoming biopic ‘Long Walk to Freedom,” set for a November release. According to Elba, the role was an inspiring and rewarding experience: “Mandela spent 27 years in jail to fight for a nation of people and I learned a lot about sacrifice in that sense”

A biopic based on the life of famed playwright Lorraine Hansberry is in the works. Details are a bit scarce, a few interesting ones have emerged. Jaleel White has been cast as the legendary James Baldwin. And Awkward Black Girl creator Issa Rae is set to play Nina Simone.