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Diarra Kilpatrick Inks Overall Deal With BET, Gets Straight-to-Series Order at BET+
Diarra Kilpatrick is going into business with BET. The actress, writer, and producer signed an overall deal for its BET Studios division. “As part of the deal, BET+ ordered eight episodes of...
Vivica Fox to Direct BET+ Film “The First Lady Of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story”
Vivica Fox is stepping behind the camera for BET once again. The “Kill Bill” actress directed the 2021 short “Through Her Eyes” for BET Her and will follow it up by helming...
Trailer Watch: Jill Scott Channels “Runaway Bride” in “First Wives Club” Season 3
“Friendship is about the moments we share — the ones we celebrate, and the ones we don’t expect,” we’re told in a new trailer for Season 3 of “First Wives Club.”...
Nesta Cooper and Kelley Kali Team Up For “Kemba” Drama Inspired by Kemba Smith
Nesta Cooper is bringing the story of activist and author Kemba Smith to the screen in “Kemba.” Directed by Kelley Kali for MPI Original Films and BET, “Kemba” is a drama inspired by the true...
Taraji P. Henson in Talks to Star in and Produce “Queenie” for BET Studios
The last time Taraji P. Henson played a character named Queenie, she received an Oscar nod for her portrayal. The “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” nominee is now in talks to lead and...
Quote of the Day: Queen Latifah Accepts BET Lifetime Achievement Award, Emphasizes “Black Is Beautiful”
“Be Black. Black is beautiful,” Queen Latifah emphasized while accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 BET Awards. The Grammy and Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate used her time...
Rose Rollins Will Topline Spectrum/BET Basketball Drama from Pam Veasey
Rose Rollins is taking center court. The “L Word” and “Bosch” alumna will star in “Long Slow Exhale,” a drama set in the world of women’s college basketball...
Lena Waithe Gets a Season 2 Renewal for “Twenties”
“Twenties” took years to get on the air, but it hasn’t taken nearly so long to find a devoted following. Deadline reports that BET has renewed the critically acclaimed series, which...
Trailer Watch: Lena Waithe Tells the Story of an Aspiring TV Writer in BET’s “Twenties”
Hattie (Jonica “JoJo” T. Gibbs, “Good Trouble”) is on her way to her destiny — but there are plenty of obstacles along the way. Recently evicted and desperate to avoid a...
BET+ Renews “First Wives Club” for Season 2
Ari, Bree, and Hazel’s new lives are just getting started. BET+, BET Networks’ SVOD service, has renewed “First Wives Club” for a second season. Deadline confirmed the news....
Watch: The Creator & Cast of BET+’s “The First Wives Club” on the Power of Friendship
“Girls Trip” co-writer Tracy Oliver is putting her own stamp on “The First Wives Club.” BET+’s reboot of the 1996 comedy starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Diane...
Wanda Sykes, Page Hurwitz, and Kim McKoy Developing “W.H.I.P.s” at BET
Wanda Sykes recently scored two Emmy nods for her Netflix special, “Not Normal,” and now the comedian is set to add another project to her packed slate. BET has put a half-hour...
Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” Ordered to Series at BET
We’re a step closer to getting Lena Waithe’s long-in-the-works series about a young queer black woman and her two straight BFFs. The Hollywood Reporter confirms “Twenties,”...
“Boomerang” Renewed for Season 2
Lena Waithe’s got the Midas Touch. BET has renewed “Boomerang” for a second season, Deadline reports. Created by Waithe and Ben Cory Jones (“Insecure”), the comedy is...
Lena Waithe and Halle Berry Teaming Up for BET’s “Boomerang” Series
The creative team of BET’s forthcoming “Boomerang” series has just acquired two female powerhouses. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy-winner Lena Waithe and Oscar-winner...
Melissa Harris-Perry is Heading to BET News
Melissa Harris-Perry is heading to BET News, Deadline has reported. Harris-Perry parted ways with her former network, MSNBC, after an email she wrote denouncing the network’s decision to preempt...
Tony Winner Anika Noni Rose Will Star in BET Pilot ‘The Yard’
Tony-winning actress Anika Noni Rose (“Dreamgirls”) just landed her own leading television role. Deadline has reported that Rose will play the lead in BET’s pilot “The Yard.” Rose stars as...