We’re several months away from “Power’s” season three premiere, and we’re already getting tiny hints that the new season is about to be lit. According to Deadline, Dreamgirls actress and Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose has been cast to play the role of LaVerne Thomas, a cop with street smarts from Tommy and Ghost’s old neighborhood. Rose will appear in multiple episodes, and while it’s unclear which direction the new season will take, we get the feeling that Officer Thomas might be the one to blow the lid off of Angela’s underhanded dealings and Ghost’s drug enterprise. Just days after the series’ record-breaking season two premiere last spring, Starz announced that they would be renewing the show for a third season. [ MadameNoire ] Queen Latifah To Star In Lee Daniels Pilot “Empire” is only in its second season and Lee Daniels is already plotting on his next music-themed project. According to Deadline, Daniels is creating another Fox pilot and Queen Latifah recently signed on for the starring role. Up-and-comers Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny and Brittnay O’Grady, have also been cast in the project. The drama series, which is co-written and directed by Lee, will follow the journeys of “three young women who form a girl group with hopes of making it big in the music industry, and the choices with which they’re faced along the way.” Queen will be playing the role of Carlotta, an Atlanta beauty salon owner with musical talents of her own who becomes somewhat of a surrogate mother to the trio—even though she’s not really in support of their musical dreams… [ MadameNoire ] T.I. Cast In A+E’s Roots Remake A+E’s upcoming Roots remake is already loaded with A-list talent and the network recently opened their roster to one of Hip-Hop’s best actor with a one Clifford Joseph “T.I.” Harris, Jr. Via The Hollywood Reporter: …Rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris, Mekhi Phifer, James Purefoy, Matthew Goode, Lane Garrison, Emayatzy Corinealdi and G. Hannelius have signed on for the four-night, eight-hour miniseries event, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Harris will play Cyrus, a headstrong slave who fights for his freedom for the Union Army against Confederate forces; Phifer will portray Jerusalem, a mute slave working on the Murray plantation who is not quite what he appears to be; Purefoy is cast as John Waller, a wealthy Virginia plantation owner who buys Kunta Kinte as a slave; Goode is set as Waller’s educated, charming brother, Dr. William Waller; Garrison is on board as Frederick Murray, a volatile, unpredictable Confederate officer and slave owner; Corinealdi will play Kunta Kinte’s wife, Belle; and Hannelius will portray John Waller’s daughter, Missy… [ HipHopWired ] First Look: See The Actress Playing Toni Braxton In Her Lifetime Biopic [ Vibe ] Kendrick Lamar Fan: I Got Screwed Out of Meet & Greet … Gimme $1 Mil!! [ TMZ ] How Black Lives Matter Activists Plan To ‘Check The Police’ [ HuffingtonPost ] ’19 Kids And Counting’ Jana Duggar Told By Fans To ‘Get Out’ Of Duggar Clan [ StarPulse ]
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Ankia Noni Rose Joins The Cast Of “Power”
