Exclusive: 20th Century Fox TV is developing an adaptation of Michael Arceneaux’s memoir I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyonce with Jerrod Carmichael, Lee Daniels and Marc Velez.
Deadline understands that the project is set to hit the cable and streaming market as a half-hour series.
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The book, which was published by Simon & Schuster in July 2018, is a collection of 17 autobiographical essays from Arceneaux. The deal comes as Arceneaux’s second book, I Don’t Want to Die Poor, an essay collection which chronicles his struggles with private student loans and economic anxiety, is published today (April 7) by Simon & Schuster.
Deadline understands that the project is set to hit the cable and streaming market as a half-hour series.
More from Deadline'Empire's Final Season Cut Short By Coronavirus Pandemic; Early Series Finale Set On Fox'Mixed-Ish' Showrunner Karin Gist Inks New Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox TV, Starts Production CompanyMichelle Mendelovitz Joins 20th Century Fox TV As Head Of Drama
The book, which was published by Simon & Schuster in July 2018, is a collection of 17 autobiographical essays from Arceneaux. The deal comes as Arceneaux’s second book, I Don’t Want to Die Poor, an essay collection which chronicles his struggles with private student loans and economic anxiety, is published today (April 7) by Simon & Schuster.
- 4/7/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
On Monday morning, R. Kelly took to Instagram to declare that “Today is the day you’ve been waiting for,” accompanied by a SoundCloud link. The singer-songwriter has long been known for his penchant for excessive spectacle — his chitlin’ circuit musical series “Trapped in the Closet” comes to mind – so for that link to lead people to a 19-minute song titled “I Did It” wasn’t a total surprise. As journalist Jim DeRogatis, who has reported on R. Kelly’s alleged cases of sexual abuse for decades, noted in a response to the track,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Michael Arceneaux
- Rollingstone.com
In a twist that no one saw coming, Quincy Jones has claimed in a new interview that he once dated Ivanka Trump.
After calling his former acquaintance Donald Trump a “megalomaniac, narcissistic” and “crazy motherf–ker” in a sit-down with Vulture, the legendary music producer added as an aside, “I used to date Ivanka, you know.”
Vulture’s David Marchese spoke for all of us when he asked: “Wait, really?”
Jones went on to claim that he and Ivanka dated 12 years ago, after she asked Tommy Hilfiger to set up a dinner for them. Jones is now 84 and Ivanka is 36. Twelve years ago,...
After calling his former acquaintance Donald Trump a “megalomaniac, narcissistic” and “crazy motherf–ker” in a sit-down with Vulture, the legendary music producer added as an aside, “I used to date Ivanka, you know.”
Vulture’s David Marchese spoke for all of us when he asked: “Wait, really?”
Jones went on to claim that he and Ivanka dated 12 years ago, after she asked Tommy Hilfiger to set up a dinner for them. Jones is now 84 and Ivanka is 36. Twelve years ago,...
- 2/7/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Dodge's Super Bowl ad caught the attention of viewers during the second half of the game Sunday night – but not for the right reasons.
The car company's TV spot for Dodge Ram trucks incorporated one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful last sermons, "The Drum Major Instinct," and viewers immediately took to social media to criticize the use of King's poignant words to sell pickup trucks.
"If you want to be important, wonderful," King said in his speech, which he delivered in Atlanta, Georgia, back on February 4th,...
The car company's TV spot for Dodge Ram trucks incorporated one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s powerful last sermons, "The Drum Major Instinct," and viewers immediately took to social media to criticize the use of King's poignant words to sell pickup trucks.
"If you want to be important, wonderful," King said in his speech, which he delivered in Atlanta, Georgia, back on February 4th,...
- 2/5/2018
- Rollingstone.com
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