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Best Black Biopics to Binge for the Holidays
When Holiday Season rolls around, there's nothing better to do than to eat and watch movies and we've got the perfect list!
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Sundance 2023: Algee Smith Takes a Convincing Turn Towards Recklessness in Young.Wild.Free.
The sweet, yet somewhat confusing film marks the feature directorial debut from Thembi Banks.
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A&E Announces New Documentary and Docuseries About the Life and Times of Bobby Brown
Biography: Bobby Brown and Bobby Brown: Every Little Step premieres this spring.
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What We Not Gon' Do Is Act Like Janet Jackson Wouldn't Be With Bobby Brown, Who Was the Absolute Man in the '80s
On the heels of the surprisingly successful The New Edition Story last fall, BET decided to ride the gravy train one more time with the Tuesday release of episode one of The Bobby Brown Story, to be followed by episode 2 on Wednesday night. Much like with New Edition, we followed along on social media with…
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I Invested a Whole Sunday Binge-Watching Everything Sucks! Only to Find Out It’s Been Canceled. Everything Sucks
I started watching the Netflix original show Everything Sucks! the way I end up watching everything, including stellar movies like My Sidepiece Hit the Lotto (potentially THE most ridiculous movie I’ve ever seen, and I own a physical copy of the movie N-Secure, which you should never see): I scrolled through the recommended movies and…
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It’s Their Prerogative: The Bobby Brown Story Finds Its Whitney
For better or worse, no story about Bobby Brown would be complete without Whitney Houston, and vice versa. Now BET has found someone to play the iconic singer opposite its Bobby in the upcoming Bobby Brown Story. BET will bring on Gabrielle Dennis, who has appeared on The Game and, most recently, the Fox medical…
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Bobby Brown Solo Biopic Coming to BET in 2018
Bobby Brown has had a life and BET—trying to re-create the magic (and ratings) of The New Edition Story—is ready to tell it. Every little step of it. The two-part biopic, set to air in fall 2018, reportedly picks up where The New Edition Story leaves off and spans Robert Barisford Brown’s 30 years in entertainment.…
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Review: BET Does Right by New Edition and All of Us
Just when you thought this television season couldn’t get any blacker, BET raises a fist and busts through the door with the ultimate “for us by us” miniseries: The New Edition Story. Often described as their generation’s Temptations and Jackson 5, New Edition—Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown and, later, Johnny…
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The Members of New Edition Made Sure BET’s Biopic Came Correct With Their Story
In one of the most poignant scenes in the BET miniseries The New Edition Story, the young Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ralph Tresvant are fresh off their first major world tour. The tour bus, painted with the group’s name in graffiti letters on the side, pulls in slowly to drop the…