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While 'United States vs. Billie Holiday' has some issues, Lee Daniels' drama tells an important story and singer Andra Day stuns in the title role.

Ms. Pat at BET+, and discovered its writer, Brooklyn playwright Jordan E. Cooper, at a show at New Yorks Public Theater. "With the success of Empire, he has a seat at the table now and wants to open that door for up-and-coming diverse voices," says Marc Velez, president of television at Lee Daniels Entertainment. "Hes got great taste, and he can tap into the zeitgeist before all of us see it." Daniels found time to direct a feature for the first time since The Butler in 2013, he says, partly ...

While United States vs. Billie Holiday has some issues, Lee Daniels drama tells an important story and singer Andra Day stuns in the title role.

It’s case closed on the finale of the Victorian-era mystery drama “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” on “Masterpiece.” With Kate Phillips and Stuart Martin. 8 p.m. KOCE Systemic racism, police brutality and other issues affecting the Africa American community are explored in the current-events series “Boiling Point” and The documentary “The Vaccine: Conquering Covid” spotlights the race to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. 8 p.m. Discovery Channel; anytime, Discovery+ Ad...

Photo: Hulu Harry Jacob Anslinger, who started as a railroad bull, spent more than 30 years as the commissioner of the Treasury Department’s Federal Bureau Of Narcotics, running the first war on drugs, which was largely a war against jazz, Black people, and the Mexican border. Much of the lurid sensationalism attributed to him (but mostly written by others) has passed into stoner legend. But the historical record tells us that these scare tactics—stories of white teenagers driven to madness...

Skip to main content Currently Reading The United States vs. Billie Holiday Review: Scattered but Scorching, and a Must-See for Andra Days Performance Lee Daniels biopic showcases Billie Holiday as a searing political artist, persecuted for singing "Strange Fruit." Owen Gleiberman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Lee Daniels With: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Adriane Lenox, Rob Morgan, Natasha Lyonne, Da’vine Joy Randolph, Tone Bell, E...

Alexandra Grey to Play Recurring Role on CBSs MacGyver Out cover star Alexandra Grey has landed her next big recurring role. MacGyver, about a war hero who uses his unconventional brain and problem solving skills to save the world.  Grey’s character, Parker, is described as a trans engineer at the Phoenix Foundation, the secret, privately funded, fourth arm of the U.S. intelligence network where MacGyver and his crew work. She’s been chosen by Matty Webber, the director of the foundation, ...

Giddy diva worship. TWITTER 2/26/2021 Andra Day burns up the screen in her first leading role in Lee Daniels bio-drama chronicling the FBIs unabated persecution of the immortal jazz singer. In an uncanny instance of art mirroring life, two major Hollywood movies will premiere just weeks apart, both of which depict relentless campaigns by American government intelligence agencies to silence influential Black voices. They follow closely after an impeachment trial in which the majority of GOP sena...

How Andra Day Transformed Herself Into Billie Holiday for Lee Daniels Film Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Singer-turned-actor Andra Day brought versatility to Lee Daniels’ biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” She performs the Golden Globes-nominated song “Tigress & Tweed,” which she co-wrote with soul and R&B singer Raphael Saadiq, and she sizzles in the title role as the jazz legend, portraying her as a significant civil rights activist. Below, she shares w...

As Andra Day relaxes in San Diego, California, she muses over how hard she fought not to be Billie Holiday.