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All The Queen’s Men

Release Date:   9/9/21; BET+ (all episodes)
Genre:  Drama
Director: Kim Fields Morgan
Studio(s):  Tyler Perry Studios, Pitch Black Development, LLC, BET+

Story:   All the Queen’s Men is a drama series being developed by Tyler Perry Studios for the BET+ streaming service.  The series is based on the book Ladies Night and centers around the life of Marilyn ‘Madam’ DeVille. Madam is a fierce businesswoman who is at the top of her game in the nightclub industry and surrounded by a band of trusted employees who are down to make sure that she is successful. But Madam, a self-proclaimed boss, soon discovers that more money and more power mean more problems. Will Madam retain reign as she navigates this dangerous and sexy society?  Will the sensuous world of exotic dancing cost Madam her queendom and potentially her life?

Cast/Characters

Eva Marcille as Marilyn ‘Madam’ Deville, a savvy, powerful, uncompromising businesswoman who owns a high-class male strip club that she runs fairly but with a firm hand; she’s unafraid to do whatever it is she has to do to keep her business going.

Skyh Alvester Black as AMP ‘Addiction’ Anthony, a dancer with a hidden past who has found difficulty getting hired after being released from prison, so he goes to work as a bouncer/ doorman in Madam’s club, Eden.

Candace Maxwell as DJ Dime, the resident DJ at Club Eden. She is ambitious and looks to Madam as a mentor.

Racquel Palmer as Blue, Madam’s chief of security. Blue is frequently seen at Madam’s side when things get a little dicey.

Michael ‘Bolo’ Bolwaire as Doc, one of the male strippers at Club Eden. Doc gets along well with his fellow dancers and a little too well with one of Eden’s patrons.

Keith ‘Fatal Attraction’ Swift as Babyface, is the oldest dancer of the group, though he doesn’t look it. He’s questioning the number of days he has left at the club and his many client entanglements cause him plenty of drama.

Dion Rome as El Fuego, one of the dancers at Madam’s Club Eden who is a bit flirtatious with Madam. He loves who he loves and is quite the techy.

Jeremy ‘Masterpiece’ Williams as Midnight, a confident and tough male stripper who sparks a different vibe in Madam than the other strippers. She enjoys him though it’s hard to say how personal their relationship is.

Christian Keyes as The Concierge is a calmly intense hitman, and member of the Damascus family, hired to blackmail Madam.

Sources:  Deadline; The Wrap; urbanhollywood411.com.  Photo Sources:  Yahoo News; entornointeligente.com; Tylerperry.com.

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Genius:  Aretha

Release Date:  3/21/21; National Geographic
Genre:   Biography
Rating:  TV-14
Director:  Anthony Hemingway

Studio(s):  EUE / Sokolow, Fox 21 Television Studios, Imagine Television, MWM Studios, National Geographic Channel

Cast:  Cynthia Erivo (Aretha Franklin), Shaian Jordan (Little Re, young Aretha), Courtney B. Vance (C. L. Franklin), David Cross (Jerry Wexler), Malcolm Barrett (Ted White), Patrice Covington (Erma Franklin), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Ruth Bowen), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Carolyn Franklin), T.I. (Ken Cunningham).

Story:  National Geographic’s Genius is an anthology series focusing on the untold stories of the world’s most brilliant innovators.  Season 3 of the series will explore Aretha Franklin’s musical genius, her incomparable career, and the immeasurable impact she has had on music and culture.  The four-night broadcast event will culminate on March 25th, which will mark the late Aretha Franklin’s 79th birthday.  Source(s):  nationalgeographic.com; yahoo.com; slashfilm.com; IMDB.

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Them: Covenant

Release Date:  3/18/21; SXSW & 4/9/21; Amazon Prime – Series premiere
Genre:  Drama/Horror (Limited TV Series)
Studio(s):  Hillman Grad, Sony Pictures Television, Vertigo Entertainment, Amazon Studios

Cast:  Deborah Ayorinde (Lucky Emory), Ashley Thomas (Henry Emory), Shahadi Wright Joseph (Ruby Emory), Melody Hurd (Gracie Emory), Ryan Kwanten (George Bell).

Story:  Them is a limited anthology series that explores terror in America. The first season, subtitled “Covenant,” centers on a Black family in the 1950s who moves from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration. The family’s idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces — next-door and otherworldly — threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.  Source:  MSN.

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Don’t Waste Your Pretty

Release Date:  2/28/21; TV One
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  Tamara Bass
Studio(s):  Swirl Films, TV One
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:  Keri Hilson (Mykah), Deborah Joy Winans (Jeanné), Redaric Williams (Michael), Jasmine Burke (Aisha), Kaye Singleton (Amma) and Rainey Branch (Lisa).

Story:  Based on the eponymous book penned by award-winning author and media personality Demetria L. Lucas, the film tells the story of tightly knit friends as they sort out their turbulent life and love issues.  After years of extreme career focus, Mykah (Hilson) finally stops making excuses and starts looking for love. Encouraged by her best friends, Mykah embraces the dating scene by taking their suggestions on speed dating, making online connections, and hitting the nightlife. But she soon discovers love might be right in front of her. The recent divorcée Jeanné (Wynans) has put the idea of love on ice but has to decide if the burning flame from Mykah’s twin brother Michael (Williams) is warm enough to melt her heart again. Fun-loving, married couple Amma (Singleton) and Aisha (Burke) are #couplegoals of the group but struggle to strike a balance as they embark on their parenthood journey. When jobs, romance, and family interactions prove more complicated than they had ever anticipated, the group of friends knows they can always turn to one another to figure out their next move.  Source(s):  TV One.

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Death Saved My Life

Release Date:   2/13/20; Lifetime
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Seth Jarrett
Studio(s):  Lifetime
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Meagan Good (Jade), Chiké Okonkwo (Ed), La’Myia Good (Leigh)

Story:  On the surface it seems Jade (Meagan Good) has it all, a successful marketing career, a husband admired and respected in the community, and a young daughter they both dote on. But behind closed doors, her life is far from idyllic. Her husband Ed (Chiké Okonkwo) is a controlling man who is physically and psychologically abusive. When Jade decides to leave Ed, he tells her “If I can’t have you, nobody will,” a threat which becomes very real when she discovers he has hired someone to kill her.  Knowing no one will believe her, Jade realizes the only way to escape Ed is to make him believe the hitman completed the job and that she is dead.  La’Myia Good plays Jade’s sister Leigh.  Source:  mylifetime.com.

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Passing

Release Date:   11/10/21; Netflix
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  PG-13
Director:  Rebecca Hall
Studio(s):  AUM Group, Film4, Flat Five Productions, Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, Gamechanger Films, Picture Films, Sweet Tomato Films, TGCK Partners, XRM Media.
Running Time:  98 mins.

Cast:  Tessa Thompson as Irene Redfield, Ruth Negga as Clare Kendry, André Holland as Brian Redfield, Alexander Skarsgård as John, Bill Camp as Hugh.

Story:  Two African-American women who can “pass” as white choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York in an exploration of racial and gender identity, performance, obsession and repression. Based on the novella by Nella Larsen.  Source(s):  Sundance.org; Wikipedia; IMDB.  Photo Source:  Justjared.com.

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