YBF chicks Jennifer Hudson and Nia Long nabbed new gigs. Get the deets on JHud lending her expertise on the UK’s version of “The Voice” and Nia joining Netflix’s “Dear White People” series inside….
Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson just landed a new gig! The “American Idol” finalist has signed on as a coach for the UL version the singing competition show “The Voice.” Who better to have as a coach than JHud?
The soulful songstress didn’t even win during the season she appeared on “American Idol,” but she STILL made her mark in the entertainment industry. She won a Grammy and she won an Oscar for her role as Effie in Dreamgirls. Not to mention, she starred in the Broadway music The Color Purple.
Jenny will be joining coaches will.i.am. from the Black Eyed Peas, musician Gavin Rossdale ("The Voice" judge Gwen Stefani’s ex-husband -- awwwwkward), and singer Tom Jones.
The Voice UK’s new season will air early next year on ITV. Congrats JHud!
Another YBF chick getting work….
Hollywood veteran Nia Long has joined Netflix’s straight-to-series comedy “Dear White People,” based on the 2014 film. She'll have a recurring role.
The series will follow a diverse group of students of color as they navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college where racial tensions are often swept under the rug. The series is a send-up of "post-racial" America that also weaves a universal story about forging one's own unique path.
According to Deadline, the 45-year-old actress will star as Neika Hobbs, “an African-American studies professor at Winchester University with a whip-smart intellect and unflappable confidence whose pulled-together professional life contrasts a more complicated personal one.”
“Hit The Floor” actress Logan Browning will take on the role Samantha White, played by Tessa Thompson in the movie. Actor Brandon Bell will reprise his part in the series as Troy Fairbanks, the son of the dean of students and a political science major who is campaigning to become Winchester University's first black student president.
Production for the new series is currently underway and its expected to debut on Netflix in 2017. Will you be binge watching?
BONUS:
Hip Hop mogul Diddy made a cameo as himself in last night’s episode of the ABC series “Notorious.” He stopped by the show’s news program “Louise Herrick Live” to take the show’s host out for martinis at Chateau Marmont. Get that work Puff!
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