• Robin Givens will not figure into Jamie Foxx’s Mike Tyson biopic

    Robin Givens will not figure into Jamie Foxx’s Mike Tyson biopic

    While Jamie Foxx has been bulking up to play Mike Tyson on the silver screen, Tyson’s first wife, Robin Givens, was prepping to potentially go toe-to-toe in court over her portrayal in the film. But Givens may have already won a TKO — as Tyson’s camp told us that there are no plans for their …
  • ‘I Am Woman’ review: Helen Reddy biopic stars stellar leading lady

    ‘I Am Woman’ review: Helen Reddy biopic stars stellar leading lady

    Watching this biopic about the creator of an iconic feminist anthem, I wondered what singer Helen Reddy makes of the one we’re loving in 2020: Cardi B’s “WAP.” If Tilda Cobham-Hervey’s lively-eyed portrayal of Reddy is accurate, I bet the 78-year-old entertainer is getting a kick out of the raunchy ode to women’s pleasure. What …
  • Zoe Saldana apologizes for playing Nina Simone in biopic

    Zoe Saldana apologizes for playing Nina Simone in biopic

    Zoe Saldana has tearfully apologized for portraying Nina Simone in a widely criticized 2016 biopic. “I should have never played Nina,” Saldana — who wore a prosthetic nose and darkened her skin for the role — admitted during an interview with “Pose” creator Steven Canals on Instagram Live on Tuesday. “I should have done everything …
  • Dave Franco set to play rapper Vanilla Ice in an ‘Extreme’ biopic

    Dave Franco set to play rapper Vanilla Ice in an ‘Extreme’ biopic

    Dave Franco confirmed he will portray Vanilla Ice in an upcoming biopic that puts a “Disaster Artist”-like spin on the story of the “Ice Ice Baby” rapper. The film “To the Extreme” was originally revealed via casting notice in January 2019, but the biopic has not yet started production. However, Franco spoke for the first …
  • Billy Eichner to play Paul Lynde in ‘Man in the Box’ biopic

    Billy Eichner to play Paul Lynde in ‘Man in the Box’ biopic

    EXCLUSIVE: Actor-comedian Billy Eichner and producer Tom McNulty are developing “Man in the Box,” a biopic based on the life of groundbreaking TV icon Paul Lynde. Eichner plans to star. They’ve optioned a script by Edwin Cannistraci, and Eichner and McNulty are currently meeting with creatives to round out the rest of the production team. …
  • Jamie Foxx puts on massive muscle for Mike Tyson biopic

    Jamie Foxx puts on massive muscle for Mike Tyson biopic

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  • ‘I always wanted to be a singer’: Tracee Ellis Ross on singing in ‘The High Note’

    ‘I always wanted to be a singer’: Tracee Ellis Ross on singing in ‘The High Note’

    Forty years ago, Motown legend Diana Ross sang “I’m Coming Out,” which would become one of her signature songs and a gay anthem. Now her daughter, “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross, is coming out in her own way — as a singer — in the new film “The High Note,” which opens at home on …
  • Biopic of the late Whitney Houston reportedly in the works

    Biopic of the late Whitney Houston reportedly in the works

    LOS ANGELES — A feature film about Whitney Houston’s life is in the works from the screenwriter of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The biopic is being shepherded by the Whitney Houston Estate, music producer Clive Davis and Primary Wave Music, the partners said Wednesday. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” will follow Houston from obscurity to pop stardom …
  • ‘Tiger King’s’ Carole Baskin begs Kate McKinnon not to use big cats in biopic

    ‘Tiger King’s’ Carole Baskin begs Kate McKinnon not to use big cats in biopic

    There’s still a lot we don’t know about Carole Baskin, the foil to “Tiger King” subject and would-be proxy murderer Joe Exotic. And while armchair detectives such as Kim Kardashian have speculated Baskin could be a murderess herself, what we do know about the notorious animal rights activist at the heart of the wildly popular …