Lili Zanuck worked decades to produce her biopic of blues singer Bessie Smith, and to make sure Queen Latifah got the lead role; Sony bought the rights to 33 Van Morrison albums and will make many ...

Mike Epps is joining Queen Latifah to help solve the upcoming case ... as they both starred in HBO’s Bessie. Here’s more about the episode from the synopsis: “After Dante’s old training ...

One year after she herself was celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors, Queen Latifah is set to host the ... as a producer of the HBO musical biopic “Bessie,” about the legendary blues singer ...