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Jessica Chastain, Queen Latifah and More Launch Female-Empowerment Production Company

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Jessica Chastain, Queen Latifah, Juliette Binoche and Catherine Hardwicke have joined production company We Do It Together to produce films and TV that boost the empowerment of women. The nonprofit is planning to develop a slate of “inspiring” films by and about women to ensure future opportunities for known and emerging voices within the industry. The first film will be […]

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‘The View’ Renewed for Season 20

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ABC has renewed “The View” for its 20th season to start in the fall of 2016, Variety has learned. The network plans to make the announcement on Tuesday, along with naming Candi Carter as the show’s first African American executive producer effective immediately. Carter has served as the interim showrunner on “The View” since September, working with consultant […]

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Rapulana Seiphemo discharged from hospital

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Generations’ publicist Gaaratwe Mokhethi, confirmed that Seiphemo was discharged on Saturday morning. Mokhethi said “he is back at home and he is recovering well.” SABC spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago said that he has not visited Seiphemo while in hospital, but is pleased about the news. “We are wishing him well and that he fully recovers so […]

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‘Good Morning, Mr. Mandela’ Movie in the Works

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Maven Pictures and Jacqui Lewis are producing the film adaptation of Zelda la Grange’s book “Good Morning, Mr. Mandela,” based on her friendship with the former South African president. La Grange, a white Afrikaner, grew up surrounded by people who perceived Mandela as a terrorist but she eventually served as one his most devoted associates for […]

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