Gabrielle Union News

Last night, Aint No Mo' officially celebrated its Broadway opening at the Belasco Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night, and you can check out photos of the cast taking their opening bows here!

Aint No Mo' will officially celebrate its Broadway opening and BroadwayWorld will be there for the red carpet arrivals. Tune in at 5:15pm ET to watch live!

Brian d'Arcy James, Jeremy Pope, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Rylance, Andrea Riseborough, and more have been nominated for Independent Spirit Awards. The new list of nominees marks the first year that the acting categories have been gender neutral. Check out the full list of nominations now!

All new production photos have been released from the new Broadway play, Ain't No Mo'! The production is now in previews at Belasco Theatre with opening night set for December 1, 2022.

Returning for his fourth year, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-award winner Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans as co-host to head up the Central Time Zone countdown. Billy co-hosted from New Orleans in 2019 and 2021, and Times Square in 2020. For the first time, the special has expanded to Disneyland Resort in California.

Directed by Liz W. Garcia (The Lifeguard) from her own original screenplay, the film follows Florida party girl Rex (Emma Roberts), who turns out to be the only hope for the NASA space program after a fluke puts her in training with other candidates who may have better resumes, but don’t have her smarts, heart, and nerve. Check out the photo now!

NBA champion, producer and entrepreneur Dwyane Wade, actress, best-selling author and producer Gabrielle Union and drag queen star RuPaul will join the co-producing team of the Broadway production Ain’t No Mo’. 

The nominations were announced live from Cipriani Wall Street by Emmy-nominated star of Pose and American Horror Story on FX, and now as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway, Angelica Ross. Ross was joined by Jeffrey Sharp, award-winning film producer and the Executive Director of The Gotham.

LA Opera launches a bold ambassadorship program to forge deep, authentic and longstanding relationships with diverse communities and the key thought-leaders influencing them.

Martin Short has been confirmed to play Lumière; David Alan Grier will play Cogsworth; Rizwan Manji joins the cast as Gaston’s sidekick, LeFou; and Jon Jon Briones will play Belle’s loving father, Maurice. Rising star Leo Abelo Perry will play Chip alongside Shania Twain as Mrs. Potts. They join H.E.R., Rita Moreno, Joshua Henry, and Josh Groban.

Multi-platinum Colombian-American Sebastián Yatra is confirmed to participate in the Latin GRAMMYs live broadcast on November 17th, announced this morning honoring his 4 nominations this year, including categories “Album of the Year” for his multi-platinum album “Dharma” and “Best Pop Song” for his smash single “Tacones Rojos”.

In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future. The film stars Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Aaron Dominguez, with Bokeem Woodbine and Gabrielle Union. Watch the new video trailer now!

BroadwayWorld sat down with Raúl Castillo to discuss how Victor I. Cazares' american (tele)visions and its characters are 'familiar' to him, what audiences can expect from his upcoming film The Inspection, starring Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union, and what he looks for in future projects after thinking he was done with theatre.

Indie Memphis Film Festival, presented by Duncan-Williams, Inc. and Duncan Williams Asset Management, has shared some very exciting new additions to its 2022 slate. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Indie Memphis Film Festival, and it’s bigger than ever with these cutting edge new indies and beautifully restored camp classics.

Starring role, Tony– and Emmy–nominated actor Jeremy Pope, The Inspection is a knockout drama based on his own experiences as a gay man in Marine Corps basic training following a decade of living on the streets. The film also stars Raúl Castillo, Bokeem Woodbine, and Gabrielle Union.

The ensemble cast starring alongside Mbatha-Raw includes Oliver Jackson-Cohen (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Ari Graynor (“I’m Dying Up Here”), Academy Award-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Secrets & Lies”), François Arnaud (“I Killed My Mother”) and Millie Brady (“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”).

The ensemble cast starring alongside Mbatha-Raw includes Oliver Jackson-Cohen (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Ari Graynor (“I’m Dying Up Here”), Academy Award nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Secrets & Lies”), François Arnaud (“I Killed My Mother”) and Millie Brady (“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”).

Today, the Child Mind Institute launched Dare to Share — a powerful mental health awareness campaign to reduce stigma and normalize conversations about emotional, social, and psychological wellbeing among youth. The campaign launched in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Month.

Percy Jackson has found his fellow heroes and we've got a guide to the cast. Aryan Simhadri (Disney's 'Spin') and Leah Sava Jeffries (“Empire”) will play Percy's friends Grover and Annabeth, respectively, in the upcoming Disney+ original series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Simhadri and Jeffries will star alongside Walker Scobell who will play the titular character.

BET has announced Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning actor, writer, director, producer, and philanthropist Taraji P. Henson will return to host the “BET AWARDS” LIVE from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles