Playwright turned Oscar winning storyteller Tarell Alvin McCraney, has joined forces with Michael B. Jordan and Oprah Winfrey to produce and debut his first television series “David Makes Man” which will premiere on Winfrey’s OWN network.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and AT&T Kickoff Revolt Summit in New York
Media mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs who is CEO of Revolt joined forces with AT&T to kick off the first of three events in different US cities featuring moderated discussions with prominent hip hop industry figures deemed Revolt Summit on Wednesday (July 24th) in Brooklyn, New York at the Kings Theatre.
Exclusive: Chasity Saunders Talks Making Acting Debut on BET’s ‘Tales’
Tonight (July 16th), BET’s “Tales” which is in its second season, will premiere their latest episode inspired by Mary J Blige’s “My Life” song, in which The Knockturnal’s own Chasity Saunders will star on the episode as the character Ashley. After years of interviewing a who’s who of Hollywood A listers, Saunders is ready to show that she can stand toe to toe in the same spotlight as the greats on screen.
In 2017, Murder Inc head Irv Gotti premiered a new television series concept on BET, an anthology series called Tales in which each episode story line was based upon lyrics from popular hip hop and R&B songs such as Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen. On July 2nd the series will return to BET for season two with premiere of the episode “Brothers”, which stars Elijah Kelly, and is inspired by a new track by Kanye West of the same name.
Exclusive: Alexandra Shipp Talks Working with Samuel L. Jackson and Jessie T. Usher in ‘Shaft’
Alexandra Shipp is set to have her second film this month debut at the box office when “Shaft” arrives on June 14th. Shipp who currently stars as Storm in the recently released “Dark Phoenix” film, is playing the role of Sasha in the latest installment in the Shaft film series. Shipp chatted with The Knockturnal at New York City’s red Rooster about working with Samuel L. Jackson, and Jessie T. Usher as well as about her upcoming projects.
Queen Sugar, one of OWN’s hit family drama series which is helmed by Ava DuVernay will return for season 4 on June 12th. The Knockturnal sat down with the series three leading cast members Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Kofi Siriboe during an intimate press luncheon in New York City, where the cast discussed how themes, storylines and more from the previous seasons will be explored when the show returns.