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“Don’t Waste Your Pretty” follows a group of friends as they sort out their turbulent life issues and love lives. The film is based on the novel written by award-winning author and media personality Demetria L. Lucas. Along with Keri Hilson, the film, which airs Feb. 28 on TV One, also stars Redaric Williams, Deborah Joy Winans,…

Executive producers Darryl Pitts, Taroue Brooks and D. John Johnson, gave AM Wake up call viewers great insight into the new documentary “What About ME,” which breaks down stereotypes of Black people and gives viewers a new perspective.

Rolling out dove into the topic of LeToya Luckett‘s latest divorce announcement and the impact of private relationships gone public. The conversation dissects whether or not celebrities are able to protect their privacy in an attention-seeking society that has all but become the norm.

Omar Washington is an actor and writer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked in theater for several years before transitioning to TV and film roles. During an interview with rolling out, Washington discussed the trajectory of his acting career and how actors can and should keep going and not give up even amid the COVID-19…

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Will Smith underwent painstaking introspection in the aftermath of his sit-down with former TV co-star Janet Hubert after feuding for nearly 30 years. The franchise star of the iconic ’90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” admitted to a psychologist on the latest episode of “Red Table Talk” that his treatment of Hubert was “flawed”…

Alycia Pascaul-Pena

“Saved By The Bell” not only gets a reboot but an upgrade. Alycia Pascual-Peña stars in the modern version of the 1990s classic teenage sitcom. Like the original, the new series centers around the lives of a diverse group of friends at fictional Bayside High School. In an interview with rolling out, Pascual-Peña, who was…

Nicholas Pinnock & Joy Bryant

Season two of ABC’s hit drama series “For Life” ushers in a period of transition and adjustment. Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock) wins his retrial without compromising his principles. Awaiting him outside prison walls is his wife, Marie (Joy Bryant), who has her own challenges ahead as they reacclimate. Ahead of the premiere, rolling out spoke…

50 Cent explains

The meteoric rise of Curtis “50 Cent“ Jackson as a television producer and actor continues. Expanding beyond the STARZ network, Jackson’s second signature crime drama series, “For Life,” returns for a second season on ABC. Ahead of the season premiere, rolling out caught up with the Queens, New York, native, who serves as executive producer…

Actor Bert Belasco, who was best known for his role in BET’s “Let’s Stay Together,” died without warning in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. He was 38. His father, Bert Belasco Sr., told TMZ that Belasco was in Richmond to begin work related to a new movie role. However, Belasco was required to…

On Friday, Nov. 6, “Today” show co-host and meteorologist Al Roker, age 66, announced his prostate cancer diagnosis on-air. The television personality told his colleagues that the cancer was discovered after a routine check-up in September. On the pre-recorded segment that followed, he shared that during the check-up, his doctor discovered that he had an…

Marsai Martin and Miles Brown

For seven seasons, Marsai Martin and Miles Brown have grown up before our eyes as Diane and Jack, the youngest members of the Johnson family on the hit ABC comedy “Black-ish.” Today, young adulthood is fully within their sights. During an interview with rolling out, the accomplished young actors discuss how their personal growth and…

Black-ish Star Anthony Anderson

“Black-ish” continues to be a force in television ratings and conversation-starting. Returning for its seventh season on ABC this week, the Johnson family continues to evolve. Speaking to rolling out, Anthony Johnson (Dre) and Marcus Scribner (Dre Jr.) weigh in on the upcoming season. Additionally, art will continue to imitate life as the upcoming election…

Talk show host Jeannie Mai has snapped back at the large number of critics who have vehemently disagreed with her decision to submit to Jeezy’s leadership in their home. Mai, 41, was getting deluged with negative feedback after the co-host of “The Real” proclaimed this past week that she wants to submit to Jeezy when…

“The Cosby Show” changed the face of the American television industry. Starring Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad as a married couple who raised their kids in Brooklyn, New York, while working as a doctor and lawyer, the show provided a progressive look at a Black family. However, Cosby’s conviction on sexual assault charges in 2018…

As we enter the month of October, Netflix has revealed its monthly rollout of TV shows and films coming to the streaming service. A part of the rollout includes content that features Black actors, producers, writers and directors. “With Netflix adding TV classics like “Girlfriends” and “Sister, Sister” in September, subscribers are highly anticipating this…

Damon Dash advised RIDE Con viewers to get out there and create a path for themselves. In his second appearance at the rolling out RIDE Conference, Dash highlighted the importance of growth, development and ownership in business. “This mindset has always been here [for me], I was just waiting for everyone [else] to catch up,” Dash said. …

Valarie Pettiford, an award-winning stage and screen actor, dancer and singer, urged aspiring performers to study and know their craft during the 2020 Rolling Out Innovation Digital and Entertainment (RIDE) Conference, held virtually Sept. 25-26. Pettiford, who received a Tony nomination for her role in the original Broadway production of Fosse, shared the knowledge she…

As National Suicide Prevention Month nears an end, singer and TV host Tamar Braxton has taken to Instagram with an important message. “God thank you for saving me,” she wrote in her second post after a reported suicide attempt in July. “You know my true heart. Despite what the world may think of me, you…

As the cast of “Insecure” gathered at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night, Sept. 20, 2020, they shared photos, laughs and even spilled some tea about next season. While fans were not surprised that the popular HBO comedy series helmed by Issa Rae was overlooked for any…