biopic

Jill Scott, Dan Aykroyd join Mick Jagger’s James Brown biopic

Get On Up, the upcoming biopic about legendary soul singer James Brown, has added two more notables to the cast. Dan Aykroyd and Jill Scott have joined the production; Aykroyd will play Ben Bart, president of the agency that represented Brown for almost 50 years and Scott will play one of the Godfather of Soul’s wives. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the role was written specifically for the singer-actress.

Former TLC member Crystal Jones left the group because of Pebbles

One individual who was important to the real TLC story is Crystal Jones. Jones founded TLC (originally 2nd Nature) with Tionne Watkins and Lisa Lopes, the future T-Boz and Left-Eye, but was unceremoniously ousted early on in favor of Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. The film portrays Jones as a talentless footnote to the group’s beginnings, and she spoke to RO about the way the film portrayed TLC and her history.

TLC announce plans for new album and shows with Lil Mama

TLC’s surviving members Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas announced yesterday morning (July 25th) that they are planning to release a new compilation this fall. With fans treated to the first official trailer for the TLC biopic this week, the group will also be taking the stage for several live performances

The best cast biopic movies ever

There is a lot of debate surrounding who would be the best choice to play the late, great Whitney Houston in her biopic. Playing a