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New Series: Bre-Z, Rob Hardy, & More Attend Atlanta Screening Of CW’s ‘ALL AMERICAN’

The CW Screens ‘ALL AMERICAN’ in Atlanta The CW along with the Black Women Film Network (BWFN) hosted a screening of the new series ALL AMERICAN at Regal Atlantic Station. Cast member Bre-Z (who plays “Tamia ‘Coop’ Cooper”) attended along with ALL AMERICAN director Rob Hardy, showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, CW Senior VP of Current Programs Traci Blackwell and former NFL player Spencer Paysinger, the inspiration for the show. Guests watched the pilot episode and enjoyed an insightful Q&A moderated by Bossip managing editor, Janee Bolden. Additional attendees included actor Clifton Powell (“Saints & Sinners”), rapper Bonecrusher, WNBA star Angel McCoughtry, actor E. Roger Mitchell (“The Quad,” The Hunger Games), singer Brandi Williams (Blaque), retired two-time Super Bowl Champion Tyrone Poole (New England Patriots) and former Green Bay Packers wide receiver and Super Bowl Champion Eric Matthews. ALL AMERICAN tells the story of a rising high school football player from South L.A. who is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High and forced to navigate a vastly different world. The show stars stars Daniel Ezra as “Spencer James,” Taye Diggs as “Billy Baker,” Samantha Logan as “Olivia Baker” and Bre-Z as “Tamia ‘Coop’ Cooper.” ALL AMERICAN airs Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT on The CW! Check out more pics from the screening on the flip!

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Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Does His Keith Olbermann Impression

Stephen Colbert tried his best to absorb Keith Olbermann’s essence Highlander -style on last night’s Colbert Report , but found that his body rejected it like a pompous kidney. Elsewhere, Conan O’B rien sympathized with the former MSNBC pundit, Cory Monteith talked crashing a school bus and Jon Stewart challenged his staff to a Nazi-themed scavenger hunt.

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Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Does His Keith Olbermann Impression

Nikita’s Maggie Q Doesn’t ‘Give a Sh*t’ About La Femme Nikita

Maggie Q, the star of the CW’ s breakout action-drama Nikita , knows what she wants, and she’s happy to announce that she gets it. The 31-year-old martial arts cinema vet moved from Honololu, learned her craft from Jackie Chan, became a star in Hong Kong, and co-starred in various TV shows, miniseries, and films before hitting stateside fame with Mission: Impossible III , Deception , and Balls of Fury . Now, with 14 years of fight choreography under her belt, the Nikita topliner is torqued for the future of her series — especially because she has a specific vision of what the show should look, sound, and move like. It’s a vision she reiterates frequently.

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Nikita’s Maggie Q Doesn’t ‘Give a Sh*t’ About La Femme Nikita

Exclusive: Red-Hot Rap Star Nelly To Visit 90210

Grammy-winning recording artist Nelly – whose “Just A Dream” recently topped Billboard ‘s Pop Songs chart – will hang with members of the West Bev crowd when he guest-stars on The CW’ s 90210 , Movieline has learned.

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The CW Fall Schedule Embraces Logic, Vampires

Mock The CW if you will, but it appears they have learned from past mistakes. Or at least from the now-jettisoned Melrose Place . The schedule of shows that the Little Network That Really Can’t tossed out for the fall season this morning is filled with smart risks, logical pairings and plenty of demographically friendly content. If only NBC was this clear-eyed in their goals. Alert your teenage daughter and read on for the full schedule.

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