Queen Latifah sings the blude in her new film BESSIE. The multi-talented actress and singer, who produced and stars in the new HBO film, stopped by ABC's Good Morning America to talk about the film.
Starring Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah ("Chicago") in the title role, BESSIE focuses on legendary blues singer Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues," one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and an enduring icon today. Check out the first trailer for the film below!
The HBO film BESSIE is scheduled to debut SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO. This marks a return to the network for Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah following her Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning performance in HBO Films' “Life Support.”
Shot on location in Louisiana, the drama series True Detective begins its eight-episode season SUNDAY, JAN. 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Matthew McConaughey ('The Wolf of Wall Street,' Golden Globe nominee for 'Dallas Buyers Club') stars as Rust Cohle and Woody Harrelson ('Out of the Furnace,' 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire') stars as Martin Hart in the show, which also stars Michelle Monaghan ('Gone Baby Gone') as Hart's wife, Maggie, who struggles to keep her family together as the men in her life spiral into cycles of obsession and violence. HBO just released a new trailer for the show, and you can check it out below!