HBO’s biopic of blues singer Bessie Smith was an over 20-years-in-the-making project. It wasn’t until Pariah writer-director Dee Rees reworked the Bessie script and eventually landed the helming gig ...

In “Bessie,” she plays Viola, the older sister of legendary blues singer Bessie Smith (Queen Latifah), whose bitter temperament comes from a lifetime of struggle. “I felt that she was frustrated and ...

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...

When Bryan Greenberg stepped on set to film Bessie, he was immediately dazzled by the magnitude of the film's priduction as well as Queen Latifah's performance. By Jocelyn Vena When Bryan Greenberg ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of the 2021/22 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, and the second of three posts by the author, the third of which will be an email-only exhibition sent ...

Queen Latifah, 45, gets ready for the Emmys (Sept. 20), where she's up for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or a movie for 'Bessie,' HBO's biopic of legendary blues singer Bessie Smith. By ...

HBO's telefilm "Bessie" has earned 12 Emmy nominations, including Best TV Movie. That recognition "feels incredible" for executive producer Lili Fini Zanuck. "We had already won the Critics' Choice ...

When Queen Latifah was first approached to star in an a biopic about the hard-drinking, hard-loving blues legend Bessie Smith more than 20 years ago, she was a pioneering female rapper from Newark who ...

Nomad Foods’ UK frozen food brand Aunt Bessie’s is launching a marketing push to seize upon the appetite for mid-week roast dinners among young consumers. Simon Harvey talks to marketing director ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Joya Powell is the 2016 Bessie Award winner for Outstanding Emerging ...