Nia Long
Michael Jackson Biopic Casts Its Jackson 5
Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic has found the rest of its Jackson 5. The company announced eight new castmembers on Tuesday who are joining the biographical film Michael to fill out both the younger and older versions of Jackson’s four brothers — Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson — comprising the family band that rose to […]
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Nia Long Joins Michael Jackson Biopic as Katherine Jackson
Nia Long is joining the Jackson family. The actor will star in Michael, the biopic of late pop star Michael Jackson. Long will portray Katherine Jackson, family matriarch to the Jackson musical family, Lionsgate announced Tuesday. The film stars Jaafar Jackson, who is Michael Jackson’s nephew, as the music icon. Oscar nominee Colman Domingo is […]
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Nia Long to Be Honored at 2023 Reel Works ChangeMakers Gala (Exclusive)
Nia Long is set to be honored by Reel Works during the non-profit’s 22nd annual ChangeMakers Gala, taking place in New York later this month. The four-time NAACP Award winner and You People star will be recognized as a 2023 ChangeMaker honoree for her iconic work and legendary film and television roles spanning nearly four […]
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Nia Long Reflects on Getting Passed Over for Roles: “Why Wasn’t I Considered for ‘Avatar’?”
Nia Long has enjoyed a long and successful career, including a recent run of popular titles, but she still has questions about parts for which she wasn’t considered in the past. During an interview with The Cut that published Friday, Long was asked whether she feels that she gets overlooked for roles. Known for appearing […]
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Nia Long on Working With Eddie Murphy in ‘You People,’ Clarifies “Blackfamous” Comments
Nia Long stopped by The Daily Show, guest-hosted by Wanda Sykes, on Wednesday, to talk about her two current projects You People and Missing. The actress stars opposite Eddie Murphy in Netflix’s You People, which follows a new couple and their drastically different families, “who find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing […]
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‘Missing’ Review: Nia Long and Storm Reid in Nerve-Jangling ‘Searching’ Spinoff
A daughter embarks on a desperate search for her mother in this chilling film from the team behind 2018's 'Searching.'
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Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Awkwardly Face Off Over Interfaith Tensions in ‘You People’ Trailer
Netflix has dropped the full trailer for You People, its upcoming Kenya Barris comedy starring and co-written by Jonah Hill. The three-minute teaser for Barris’ directorial debut delivers a fuller look at Hill’s character, Ezra Cohen, and his effort to find love, and more specifically, woo Lauren London’s Amira Mohammed in Los Angeles. At the […]
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‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’ Review: Malcolm D. Lee’s Peacock Series Treads Familiar Ground
Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard and Harold Perrineau reprise their 'The Best Man' roles in a show about the friends navigating the adventures of middle age.
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Nia Long, Black Cinema’s Longtime “It” Girl, on Her Personal and Professional Renewal
Nia Long recently walked off a set for the first time in her 36-year career. “It broke my heart to have to do it because that’s not who I am, but I knew that I needed to do it because it didn’t feel good in my belly,” she tells me from across a booth at […]
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Taye Diggs Finds Unfinished Business in Trailer for ‘Best Man: The Final Chapters’
Taye Diggs faces unpredictable stages of midlife crisis in the trailer for The Best Man: The Final Chapters, which dropped on Wednesday. The Peacock limited series returns to close out the Best Man franchise when it hinges on Harper Stewart (Diggs) getting his debut novel made into a movie, which brings about the return of the […]
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Essence Black Women in Hollywood Event Honors Trailblazers and Rising Stars: “It’s Unlike Any Other Event, a Bunch of Black Women Recharging Each Other”
Essence Magazine‘s Black Women in Hollywood event, now in its 15th year, is known for eliciting plenty of emotion from its honorees, and Thursday’s event — heralding Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis, Quinta Brunson, Chanté Adams, and Nia Long — was no exception. The luncheon, which drew stars including Will Smith, Serena Williams, Lena Waithe, MJ […]
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Nia Long, Aunjanue Ellis, Quinta Brunson to Be Honored at Black Women in Hollywood Awards
Four honorees for the 2022 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards were announced Wednesday ahead of the event being held March 24 at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Nia Long (You People), 2022 Oscar nominee for best supporting actress Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) and Chanté Adams (A Journal For Jordan) […]
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