Exclusive: Producer Trevite Willis (Forty Year Old Version) and her production company Southern Fried Filmworks has optioned interior designer Sheila Bridges’ acclaimed book The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir in order to adapt Bridges’ remarkable personal story into a series.
The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir comprises engaging and deeply personal vignettes that explore questions of identity, femininity, race, success, and what it really means to have it all. Bridges was very successful in her career as an interior designer, creating homes for high-profile clients and hosting her own television show. But when she lost her hair due to Alopecia, she lost it all: This is her story of coming to terms with what success and happiness mean to her, realizing the cost of independence, and understanding what it means to stay true to herself in the face of judgment, criticism, and expectation from family, friends, lovers, and strangers.
“Sheila’s story is that of a groundbreaking,...
The Bald Mermaid: A Memoir comprises engaging and deeply personal vignettes that explore questions of identity, femininity, race, success, and what it really means to have it all. Bridges was very successful in her career as an interior designer, creating homes for high-profile clients and hosting her own television show. But when she lost her hair due to Alopecia, she lost it all: This is her story of coming to terms with what success and happiness mean to her, realizing the cost of independence, and understanding what it means to stay true to herself in the face of judgment, criticism, and expectation from family, friends, lovers, and strangers.
“Sheila’s story is that of a groundbreaking,...
- 4/20/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO is set to adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” as a special event airing this fall, the premium cabler announced Thursday.
Kamilah Forbes is set to direct, with Coates and Susan Kelechi Watson executive producing, and Roger Ross Williams producing. The network will make a charitable donation to Howard University and the Apollo Theater.
“Ta-Nehisi’s book is a modern literary classic that provides an essential message for our times,” said Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming. “We are tremendously proud to bring this incredibly important event to our audiences.”
Added Coates: “I’ve been working with Kamilah for almost as long as I’ve been a writer. I can think of no one better to put ‘Between the World and Me’ on screen and no better home for it than HBO.”
Coates first published “Between the World and Me,” an exploration into Black Americans’ fraught history within...
Kamilah Forbes is set to direct, with Coates and Susan Kelechi Watson executive producing, and Roger Ross Williams producing. The network will make a charitable donation to Howard University and the Apollo Theater.
“Ta-Nehisi’s book is a modern literary classic that provides an essential message for our times,” said Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming. “We are tremendously proud to bring this incredibly important event to our audiences.”
Added Coates: “I’ve been working with Kamilah for almost as long as I’ve been a writer. I can think of no one better to put ‘Between the World and Me’ on screen and no better home for it than HBO.”
Coates first published “Between the World and Me,” an exploration into Black Americans’ fraught history within...
- 7/23/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. Television will “part ways” with “Extra” host A.J. Calloway following the studio’s investigation into sexual assault allegations leveled against the him.
“The company has investigated the claims made into Mr. Calloway’s conduct and he and the company have mutually agreed to part ways,” a Warners rep says in a statement. The studio didn’t clarify in the statement when the decision was made.
Warner Bros. had previously suspended Calloway last February. At the time of the suspension, Calloway’s attorney Lisa E. Davis said in a statement, “Mr. Calloway maintains that these unsubstantiated allegations are patently false. He vehemently denies that he ever assaulted anyone and looks forward to clearing his name.”
The host was arrested in 2006 after author and activist Sil Lai Abrams accused him of sexually assaulting her, but those charges were dropped. Last January, two women told the Daily Beast that Calloway had sexually assaulted them.
“The company has investigated the claims made into Mr. Calloway’s conduct and he and the company have mutually agreed to part ways,” a Warners rep says in a statement. The studio didn’t clarify in the statement when the decision was made.
Warner Bros. had previously suspended Calloway last February. At the time of the suspension, Calloway’s attorney Lisa E. Davis said in a statement, “Mr. Calloway maintains that these unsubstantiated allegations are patently false. He vehemently denies that he ever assaulted anyone and looks forward to clearing his name.”
The host was arrested in 2006 after author and activist Sil Lai Abrams accused him of sexually assaulting her, but those charges were dropped. Last January, two women told the Daily Beast that Calloway had sexually assaulted them.
- 8/1/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
“Extra” host Aj Calloway has been suspended after multiple women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, Variety has confirmed.
“Upon becoming aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Aj Calloway, we began an internal review to determine whether there had been any misconduct by Mr. Calloway on ‘Extra’ and whether any employee of the show had been the victim of any such misconduct,” producer Warner Bros. Television said in a statement, referring to earlier allegations against Calloway. “To date, we have found nothing to suggest that Mr. Calloway has ever engaged in workplace misconduct.”
Warner Bros. added, “In light of additional allegations brought to our attention, we are expanding our ongoing inquiries, and Mr. Calloway has been suspended pending further review. We take such allegations very seriously and are committed to doing everything we can to ensure a safe and inclusive workplace for all of our employees.”
A source...
“Upon becoming aware of allegations of sexual misconduct against Aj Calloway, we began an internal review to determine whether there had been any misconduct by Mr. Calloway on ‘Extra’ and whether any employee of the show had been the victim of any such misconduct,” producer Warner Bros. Television said in a statement, referring to earlier allegations against Calloway. “To date, we have found nothing to suggest that Mr. Calloway has ever engaged in workplace misconduct.”
Warner Bros. added, “In light of additional allegations brought to our attention, we are expanding our ongoing inquiries, and Mr. Calloway has been suspended pending further review. We take such allegations very seriously and are committed to doing everything we can to ensure a safe and inclusive workplace for all of our employees.”
A source...
- 2/9/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Extra co-host A.J. Calloway has been suspended by Warner Bros. Television following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Calloway was first accused of sexual assault by author and domestic violence activist Sil Lai Abrams back in 2006. He was arrested at the time, but the case was ultimately dismissed on “procedural grounds.” Abrams documented her alleged assault in a 2007 memoir, but used a pseudonym. She finally came forward and publicly accused Calloway last June.
Then on Jan. 4, The Daily Beast published an article in which two more women came forward and accused Calloway of aggravated sexual assault.
Calloway was first accused of sexual assault by author and domestic violence activist Sil Lai Abrams back in 2006. He was arrested at the time, but the case was ultimately dismissed on “procedural grounds.” Abrams documented her alleged assault in a 2007 memoir, but used a pseudonym. She finally came forward and publicly accused Calloway last June.
Then on Jan. 4, The Daily Beast published an article in which two more women came forward and accused Calloway of aggravated sexual assault.
- 2/9/2019
- TVLine.com
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