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Nicolas Cage Is Playing Tiger King’s Joe Exotic in a New Limited Series

Nicolas Cage will play Joe Exotic in a new limited series.Yep, you read that right.E! News has confirmed Cage will play Joe Exotic aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage in the eight-episode series produced by Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios based on the Texas Monthly article “Joe Exotic: A Dark Journey Into the World of a […]

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Cynthia Erivo Is Aretha Franklin in National Geographic Channel’s Genius Series

Hold on to your Obama inauguration hats because Cynthia Erivo is playing Aretha Franklin in the National Geographic series about the legendary singer.Erivo, who has won a Grammy, Tony and Emmy for her performance in Broadway’s The Color Purple, will begin work on Genius: Aretha in November 2019 with a spring 2020 premiere date.Award-winning playwright […]

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Jussie Smollett Cut From Final 2 Empire Episodes of the Season

Update: Empire executive producers Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brett Mahoney, Brian Grazer, Sanaa Hamri, Francie Calfo and Dennis Hammer are speaking out about Jussie Smollett, one day after the actor’s arrest.”The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us,” the statement from the executive producers, released Friday, reads. “Jussie has been an important […]

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Jussie Smollett Removed From Final ‘Empire’ Season 5 Episodes Following Arrest

Jussie Smollett has been removed from the final Season 5 episodes of the Fox series “Empire” in the wake of his arrest Thursday morning.“The events of the past few weeks have been incredibly emotional for all of us” said series executives Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brett Mahoney, Brian Grazer, Sanaa Hamri, Francie Calfo and Dennis […]

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