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Set amid the sexual revolution and the rise of second-wave feminism, American Woman follows Bonnie, an unconventional mother struggling to raise her two daughters after leaving her husband. She and her two best friends, Kathleen and Diana, each will discover their own brand of independence in a world reluctant to give it.

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VIDEO: Paramount Network Shares Official Trailer for AMERICAN WOMAN Starring Alicia S Photo VIDEO: Paramount Network Shares Official Trailer for AMERICAN WOMAN Starring Alicia Silverstone
by Tori Hartshorn - May 03, 2018

Watch the official trailer for 'American Woman,' which premieres June 7 at 10:00pm, ET/PT on Paramount Network! This new scripted series stars Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, and Jennifer Bartels as three best friends in 1970s Beverly Hills....


Zendaya Nabs Starring Role in Reese Witherspoon-Produced Film A WHITE LIE Photo Zendaya Nabs Starring Role in Reese Witherspoon-Produced Film A WHITE LIE
by Emily Bruno - November 14, 2017

Actress and singer Zendaya is set to star in the upcoming film A WHITE LIE (formerly titled THE GILDED YEARS). Based on the book The Guilded Years by Karin Tanabe, the film will be produced by Reese Witherspoon, as reported by Billboard....


New Scripted Dramedy AMERICAN WOMAN Premieres on Paramount Network, 6/7 Photo New Scripted Dramedy AMERICAN WOMAN Premieres on Paramount Network, 6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2018

AMERICAN WOMAN, a new half-hour scripted dramedy set amid the sexual revolution and rise of feminism in the 1970s will premiere on Paramount Network on Thursday, June 7 at 10:00pm ET/PT. The 12- episode series from John Wells Productions in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television stars A...


Teaneck to Celebrate Annual Memorial Day Family Festival Monday, May 29
by Julie Musbach - May 20, 2017

Teaneck Festival will feature salute to veterans, blueberry pie (with whipped cream) eating competitions for kids, performances by Teaneck Community Chorus and Rock 'n Roll Chorus, and awards ceremony honoring outstanding New Jersey community organizations and people who have excelled in their chose...


New Book Release from Fireship Press - The Irish Milliner: The Making of an Irish-American Woman in 19th Century New York
by Robert Diamond - June 02, 2017

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2018 CMT Music Awards Adds Backstreet Boys, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town & More Photo 2018 CMT Music Awards Adds Backstreet Boys, Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town & More to Performance Lineup
by Tori Hartshorn - May 29, 2018

Hosted by country chart-toppers Little Big Town, the '2018 CMT Music Awards' today announced the second round of A-list performers that will take over Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 6th at 8 pm ET/ PT. The newest superstars to join the already-impressive performance lineup include ...


Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt & More to Perfor Photo Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt & More to Perform at the 2018 CMT Music Awards
by Macon Prickett - May 23, 2018

Fresh off announcing that country super-group Little Big Town will host the “2018 CMT Music Awards,” CMT today revealed that Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt will perform at this year's show, premiering LIVE from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena ...


OWN's Queen Sugar Announces Remaining Directorial Line-Up in All Female Team Helming Photo OWN's Queen Sugar Announces Remaining Directorial Line-Up in All Female Team Helming Season Three
by Tori Hartshorn - June 07, 2018

'Queen Sugar,' the critically acclaimed OWN drama series from Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay ('Wrinkle in Time,' '13th,' 'Selma'), executive producer Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, announced today the remaining directors to complete the season three all-female ...


VIDEO: Mirai Nagasu Makes Olympics History Skating to MISS SAIGON! Photo VIDEO: Mirai Nagasu Makes Olympics History Skating to MISS SAIGON!
by Nicole Rosky - February 12, 2018

NBC's PyeongChang Olympics broadcast last night gave the world a taste of what's to come in figure skating, with teams from Canada, Russia and the US earning spots on the podium, prior to individual events starting in the coming days. ...


BET Registers for Another Semester of Hit Series THE QUAD, Returning Today Photo BET Registers for Another Semester of Hit Series THE QUAD, Returning Today
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018

BET Networks announces Season 2 of hit series THE QUAD, starring Tony Award winners Anika Noni Rose and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Premiering Today, January 23, 2018 at 10 P.M. ET/PT on BET, the new season also sees the return of stars Peyton Alex Smith, Jazz Raycole, Zoe Renee, Jake Allyn, Michelle DeF...


CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE, The True Story of Jessie Lichauco to Screen at 13th Annu Photo CURIOSITY, ADVENTURE & LOVE, The True Story of Jessie Lichauco to Screen at 13th Annual LA Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2017

Curiosity, Adventure & Love , the inspiring true story of Jessie Lichauco, a 105-year-old American woman who journeyed to the Philippines alone in the 1930s at age 18, will make its local debut at the 13th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival, October 19-22, 2017....


Weak point: A Novella about Privacy Photo Weak point: A Novella about Privacy
by Robert Diamond - January 05, 2018

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SISTAS ON FIRE! Coming to the Duke on 42nd Next Month Photo SISTAS ON FIRE! Coming to the Duke on 42nd Next Month
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2017

Sistas on Fire! A Newsical by Marcia McNair and Anissa D. Moore, a musical revue that examines pressing social issues from an African-American female perspective, is coming to the Duke on 42nd Street, Today, October 7th, 2017 at 7 PM EST....


BET World Premieres New Feature Film SECRETS, Today Photo BET World Premieres New Feature Film SECRETS, Today
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2017

SECRETS, MegaMind Media's first feature film world premieres Today, September 16, at8:00 p.m. ET/PTon BET, produced by former teacher, Tressa Azarel Smallwood....


VIDEO: Take a First Look at SOVEREIGNTY at Arena Stage Photo VIDEO: Take a First Look at SOVEREIGNTY at Arena Stage
by Leah Windahl - January 15, 2018

The World-Premiere of Mary Kathryn Nagle's SOVEREIGNTY is currently playing at Arena Stage as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival. The play, which features flashbacks spanning to the 1830s, follows a modern-day Native American woman, trying to use her powers as a lawyer to restore rights to ...


The Vittum Theater to Host Three Performances of DANDRIDGE Photo The Vittum Theater to Host Three Performances of DANDRIDGE
by Julie Musbach - May 30, 2018

'DANDRIDGE' This exceptional Urban Broadway Stage Play is inspired by Dorothy Dandridge life and career. It spans from her childhood career with her sister, to her adult singing career as the trio, The Dandridge Sisters, to the movie (Carmen Jones) which she was nominated for an Oscar, to her marria...


POP-UP Art Show this Friday at Kennedy Theatre
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2017

Anne Jordan's portrait of a young girl is promently displayed in the current production of Struck by Theatre Raleigh running through this weekend and is an intergral part of the plot.  Her art will be displayed in the Kennedy Theatre Lobby this Friday....


VIDEO: Watch Kelly Clarkson Perform AMERICAN WOMAN For the New Paramount Network Seri Photo VIDEO: Watch Kelly Clarkson Perform AMERICAN WOMAN For the New Paramount Network Series
by Macon Prickett - May 17, 2018

Go behind the scenes with Kelly Clarkson as she records her version of 'American Woman.' Series premieres June 7th at 10/9c on Paramount Network....


VIDEO: Watch Allison Janney's Oscars Acceptance Speech Photo VIDEO: Watch Allison Janney's Oscars Acceptance Speech
by Macon Prickett - March 04, 2018

Allison Janney has just won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in I, TONYA. The actress starred as Prudy Pingleton in the big screen adaptation of HAIRSPRAY. She recently starred on Broadway SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION for which she received a Tony Award nomina...


HBO's THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Coming to Blu-ra/DVD Today Photo HBO's THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Coming to Blu-ra/DVD Today
by BWW News Desk - September 05, 2017

Led by Oscar® nominee and TV icon Oprah Winfrey and Emmy® nominee Rose Byrne, the “Intriguing and thought provoking” (The New York Times) HBO® Film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is available to own on Blu-RayTM and DVD September 5, 2017....


New Book Shows 'An American Woman's Life in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia'
by Robert Diamond - May 04, 2017

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BET's New Legal Drama IN CONTEMPT To Premiere April 10 Photo BET's New Legal Drama IN CONTEMPT To Premiere April 10
by Macon Prickett - March 13, 2018

BET's new series “In Contempt” is an hour-long procedural set in the fast-paced world of a legal aid office in New York City. Flipping the script on the typical legal drama, the show takes away the designer suits and rich defendants and features talented and passionate non-profit lawyers fighting fo...


Pear Theatre presents COWBOY VS. SAMURAI Photo Pear Theatre presents COWBOY VS. SAMURAI
by A.A. Cristi - December 01, 2017

March brings Michael Golamco's Cowboy vs. Samurai, a romantic comedy loosely based on Cyrano de Bergerac, to the Pear Theatre (directed by Jeffrey Lo). Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town known as Breakneck, Wyoming....


BWW Review: Gentlemen Prefer Booty in Kirsten Childs' BELLA: AN AMERICAN TALL TALE
by Michael Dale - June 24, 2017

The recent Signature Theatre revival of Suzan Lori-Parks' VENUS, based on the true story of Saartjie Baartman, depicted a 19th Century African woman who was subjected to exploitation because of white people's fascination with her prominent posterior.  But the mood is considerably lighter over at Pla...


Photo Flash: Honolulu's EVOLVE Presents COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI Photo Photo Flash: Honolulu's EVOLVE Presents COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2018

COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI by Michael Golamco is a laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy exploring the sexual dynamics that surface around race when an attractive Korean American woman moves to town. Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town kno...






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