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*Actress, director, producer and acting coach, Tasha Smith has been tapped to direct the pilot and second episode of the upcoming FOX drama, “Our Kind of People,” inspired by the book by Laurence Otis Graham. Karin Gist and Lee Daniels, the series is inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s critically praised book “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class.” Deadline writes that the show follows “strong-willed, single mom Angela Vaughn as she sets out to recl...

Yaya DaCosta and her “Chicago med” co-star Torrey DeVitto are leaving their longtime roles on the series, with both announcing their departures via Instagram.  “It has been such an honor and pure joy to bring Dr. Natalie Manning to life for all of you on Chicago Med for the past 6 seasons,” DeVitto wrote. “But it is now time for her and me to bow out and say goodbye.”  She added, “Thank you to all you loyal watchers who adored her as much as I did. I can’t wait to...

Our Kind Of People, is based on the book,  Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class, and has received a straight-to-series order. The show will reportedly take place in “the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.” Per Deadline’s official synopsis of the series, “ Our Kind of People follows strong-willed, single mom Angela Vaughn (DaCosta) as she sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary haircare line that hig...

With the casting, DaCosta will exit the NBC series “Chicago Med,” on which she has starred for six seasons.

Search Yaya DaCosta to Exit NBC’s ‘Chicago Med’ to Star on Fox’s ‘Our Kind of People’ DaCosta has starred on the Dick Wolf medical drama for six seasons Jennifer Maas | May 12, 2021 @ 9:16 AM Photo by: Elizabeth Sisson/NBC Yaya DaCosta is exiting NBC’s “Chicago Med” to star on Fox’s new Lee Daniels drama “Our Kind of People,” TheWrap has learned. “America’s Next Top Model” alum DaCosta has starred on the Dick Wolf-created medical drama for all six of its seasons,...

"George and Tammy" had been listed on the Wilmington Regional Film Commissions website as being in pre-production, but "we had to take it off last week," said film commissioner director Johnny Griffin. According to a person with knowledge of the production, "George and Tammy" will shoot in Wilmington sometime next year. According to a news release from FOX TV, "Our Kind of People" comes from executive producer Lee Daniels, known for directing such movies as "Precious" and "The Butler," and for ...

The first Black woman trustee at the Art Institute, Jones liked to 'lift others up,' a friend recalled.

Published April 21. 2021 5:00PM  The obituary of Lawrence Otis Graham started my interest, maybe for you too. His works explored Black elite society in the mid-1980s and before. Those who are shouting about Black Lives Matter (I agree) do you really know your history or just about slavery? Reginald Lewis, a Harvard Law alumnus, was the richest Black man in America, 1980s. He was worth over $2.5 billion. Evelyn Reid Syphax, also Black, came from a prominent family that owned the land where t...

Lawrence Otis Graham, author who examined prejudice and privilege in Black America, dies at 59 Emily Langer, The Washington Post March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Lawrence Otis Graham in 2015.Michael N. Meyer/Cuddy & Feder LLP Lawrence Otis Graham possessed all the qualifications for full-fledged membership in the American elite. He was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. At 30, he was a published author and earned $105,000 a year as a corporate lawyer with an office on...

Lawrence Otis Graham, lawyer and author who exposed racism, dead at 59 One of Grahams books documented his experiences working undercover at an all-white country club in the early 1990s. Prominent lawyer Lawrence Otis Graham, the eloquent activist and author who exposed racism and detailed life in the Black upper middle class in his 14 bestselling books, reportedly died last Friday. He was 59. No cause of death was released. Lawrence Otis Graham, the eloquent lawyer, activist and author who e...