Anika Noni Rose

  • EntertainmentEntertainment Weekly

    Forest Whitaker gets festive in first trailer for 'Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey'

    The first trailer for Netflix's holiday musical 'Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey' is here to spread a little holiday cheer.

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Anika Noni Rose Joins Netflix Series ‘Maid’ Produced By John Wells & Margot Robbie

    EXCLUSIVE: Anika Noni Rose (Power) is set as a lead opposite Margaret Qualley and Nick Robinson in Maid, Netflix’s dramedy series from writer Molly Smith Metzler, John Wells Productions, Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. Written by Metzler, Maid is inspired by Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a […]

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  • EntertainmentYahoo Movies

    Disney's Splash Mountain, criticized for racist roots, getting 'Princess and the Frog' makeover

    Disney’s Splash Mountain will be getting a much-needed makeover after criticism of its racist roots.

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  • EntertainmentDeadline

    Anika Noni Rose To Star In TNT Pilot ‘Beast Mode’, Tina Mabry To Direct

    Anika Noni Rose has been cast as the lead in TNT’s drama pilot, <em> Beast Mode</em> (working title),  inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe. Tina Mabry ( <em>Pose</em>) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Ann Wolfe and MACRO in association with Studio T. Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness, and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a…

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    The Disney Princesses Assemble: See the Actresses Reveal How They All Came Together for Upcoming 'Wreck-It Ralph' Sequel

    Disney broke the Internet Friday at the D23 Expo when it showed footage for the upcoming film Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 that revealed the sequel would unite many of its most famous animated princesses. Backstage, Yahoo Movies talked to a handful of the women behind the famous voices — Mandy Moore (Rapunzel in Tangled), Paige O’Hara (Belle in Beauty and the Beast), Anika Noni Rose (Tiana in The Princess and the Frog), Kelly Macdonald (Merida in Brave), Auli’i Cravalho (Moana),

  • NewsYahoo TV

    ‘The Quad’ and Its College Soap Opera

    Coming on the heels of the exciting New Edition Story, BET is launching another ambitious, very different piece of programming: The Quad, a weekly drama set in the world of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Starring Anika Noni Rose (The Good Wife, Dreamgirls), The Quad features some strong performances and isn’t afraid to plunge enthusiastically into the genre of nighttime soap opera.

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    ‘The Quad’: Anika Noni Rose Takes Us Inside BET’s New HBCU Drama

    Anika Noni Rose has had a big television year (Power, Roots), and it’s about to get even bigger with The Quad, BET’s new drama about campus life at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Tony Award-winning actress (Caroline, or Change) plays Dr. Eva Fletcher, the newly hired president of fictional Georgia A&M University who quickly finds out the prestigious school, while rich in history, has more problems than she originally thought. “I thought it was a story that hadn’t been told o