Jennifer Lawrence to play Fidel Castro's lover for Sony

Jennifer Lawrence

After starring in a film inspired by the life of Miracle Mop creator Joy Mangano, Jennifer Lawrence is ready to tackle another real-life woman.

Lawrence, who received her fourth Oscar nomination on Thursday, is attached to portray Marita Lorenz in Dear Fidel, a hot pitch from Eric Warren Singer, who co-wrote "American Hustle."

Sony Pictures, moving aggressively, just picked up the project from the Oscar-nominated scribe in a competitive situation. Matt Tolmach will produce the romantic spy drama with Lawrence and Scott Mednick.

"Dear Fidel" centers on Lorenz and how in 1959 she met and began an affair with Cuban leader Fidel Castro when she was 19 years old.

After becoming pregnant and having an abortion, Lorenz left Cuba and joined anti-communists in the US, getting recruited by the CIA for an assassination mission. In 1960, she returned to Cuba to carry out the mission but, according to lore, yielded to love.

(Lorenz had quite the life, by the way. She had an affair with a Venezuelan dictator, claimed to have been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and spied on diplomats for the FBI in the 1970s. The woman wrote two autobiographies and lives in Maryland.)

Singer spent months developing the project, working with Mednick, before bringing it to Lawrence, with whom he worked on "Hustle," and taking it out to the town.

Taiwo Ajai-Lycett - I was on Tour On My Wedding & After Day

One of Nigerian most celebrated veteran actor, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, sure has a lot to tell the world about her journey to the make-believe world of Nollwood and Hollywood which she has both tasted.

 

Not having a rosy start to life during her youthful days, the actress was able to subject herself to the life of a waiter during the day and still able to manage herself through academics at night which paid off along the line.

Lupita Nyong'o leads play about survival and sisterhood by Danai Gurira

How does a sincere but preachy play that’s been making the rounds in the U.S. and Europe since 2008 finally get to New York and become a must-see?

Star power. And Lupita Nyong’o, whose heartbreaking work in “12 Years a Slave” won her an Oscar, and Danai Gurira, a writer and actress now famous as the zombie-mauling Michonne on “The Walking Dead,” deliver a double wallop of the stuff.

Between them, they’ve made tickets for the show at the Public Theater hard to get. But it’s worth trying, especially for Nyong’o, whose gripping and assured work oozes emotion and anchors this production.

 

Like Lynn Nottage’s “Ruined,” this drama follows women in the crossfire of African civil war. In 2003 Liberia, captive women lead bleak lives as unofficial wives of a rebel general. They’re job is to give sex on demand. Awful. But they’re alive. Sort of.

Taye Diggs showcase on ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ to close on Broadway next month

Hedwig is packing up her miniskirt and high heels and leaving Broadway.

Producers of the Tony Award-winning revival said Tuesday that it will play its final show at the Belasco Theatre on Sept. 13. When it closes, it will have played 22 previews and 506 regular performances.

Written by John Cameron

Nollywood New Movie "Fifty" Directed by Biyi Bandele

New movie "Fifty" starring Nse Ikpa, Iretydoyle Omonioboli, Dakoreea , Lalaakindoju ,WaleOjo ,KachiNnochiri and EmmanuelIkubese. 

The movie tittled "Fifty" will best express the motions of women, as the writer and director, described 'Fifty' as journey of  Four women, One week, Four Journey, One city.

 

Kelli Williams took a Role as a Mom and a Detective in UPN's Initial Scripted Series, 'Ties That Bind'

Kelli Williams has played in some TV shows she didn’t want her kids to watch.

“Ties That Bind,” in which Williams plays a detective whose professional diligence helps create a personal crisis, isn’t one of them.

 

Premiering Wednesday night at 9, “Ties” is the first scripted drama for the UP network, which promises “uplifting entertainment.”

That may sound like code for “bland” in today’s TV environment, but Williams says it’s not so.

Actress Viola Davis leads as Star and Executive Producer of New Film 'Lila and Eve'

Maybe if a black woman wants a leading role, she has to create it herself.

Viola Davis spent 27 years shining in mostly supporting parts before her Oscar-nominated turn in “The Help” and her lead in ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder” proved she deserves to be front and center.

So Davis founded JuVee Productions with her husband, Julius Tennon, in 2012 to develop the diverse, female-driven projects that have been so hard to find.

DAVIES

“I believe that my potential, my talent, is limitless -- as limitless as Julianne Moore or Meryl Streep or Cate Blanchett -- if I have the narrative, the direction, the other actors,” says Davis, 49, who costars with Jennifer Lopez in her company’s first feature film “Lila & Eve” opening Friday.

The movie follows two grieving mothers who become vigilantes after losing their children to street violence. It showcases both women and minorities, which is the exception to the rule.

Hollywood is still not diversifying as fast as its audience. Even though 46% of moviegoers in 2013 were minorities, only 16.7% of movies released that year starred people of color in lead roles, according to the UCLA 2015 Hollywood Diversity Report. And women lagged 2-to-1 as film leads.

So Davis took a cue from “How to Get Away With Murder” creator and television writer/producer goddess Shonda Rhimes, and took charge of her career.

Sarraphina with boobs on the set of Ara intimidating Cossy Orjiakor

Before her trip to Owerri, controversial actress, Cossy Orjiako used to rate herself as the most busty woman in Nigeria with the biggest boobs. But such self-glory took to a different dimension when she visited the eastern heartland city of Owerri for the shoot of Ara Sarraphina.

 

Starring other notable artistes in the Nollywood industry, like Zubby Michael, Ebube Nwagbo, Rita Edochie, Uche Elendu, Chinedu Nwadike, Paschaline Alex, alongside the main character of the movie, Sarraphina Amaechi who trembled Cossy’s thought with her boobs.

Most times, our Kisses on Set are real — Chrisabel Egbenya

Beautiful and sexy Edo-State born Nollywood actress, Christabel Egbenya has done so many films since she came into the movie industry. She has talent and she has brought it on in many of her films but like every actor, there are some roles that still haunt or define their careers.

 

For Christabel, her role in Room 202,  where she got rather too cosy with Frank Artus hasn’t left the tongues of some people who believed the actress really turned on the fire. – 

NOLLYWOOD Movie- tittle ‘STALKER’ - Nse Ikpe-Etim Behind The Scenes-PHOTOS

Nse Ikpe-Etim on location  with 5 others in Lagos, Nigeria.

My Dress Sense Isn't Affected By My Religion--Nollywood Actress, Moyinoluwa Olutayo

Nollywood act, Moyinoluwa Olutayo, is the actress whose face is seen in many soap operas, which ardent followers of the Nigerian film industry love to see on their silver screens.