SEE QUINTA BRUNSON AS OPRAH IN ‘WEIRD’ MOVIE SNAPSHOT: On Tuesday (July 19th), a first-look photo was revealed showing Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson starring as Oprah in the upcoming biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Brunson retweeted the image from @FilmUpdates and wrote, “Let’s get #weird.”
KEKE PALMER COMMENTS ON BILL MURRAY’S ‘BEING MORTAL’ ALLEGATIONS: Keke Palmer talked to Deadline on Monday night (July 18th), sharing what she knows about the allegations against Bill Murray on the set of Being Mortal. “I had a wonderful time filming. Aziz Ansari is one of the coolest people that I ever met. That was the coolest experience, but I don’t know anything more than that,” she said. This comes three months after the film was shut down due to a complaint against Murray.
MO’NIQUE WILL SHOOT HER FIRST NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL: On Tuesday (July 19th), Netflix posted a video announcing that Mo’Nique will have her first comedy special on the streaming platform. “put it on a shirt, write it in the sky, LEGENDARY QUEEN OF COMEDY MO'NIQUE IS COMING TO NETFLIX,” Strong Black Lead captioned the post. In the video, Mo’Nique also shares that she will be reuniting with Lee Daniels in the Netflix film The Deliverance.