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Foxy Brown’s reboot is about to get a lot more Foxy.

Meagan Good is taking on a passion project as the star of an upcoming “Foxy Brown” TV series based on the 1974 blaxploitation film. The actress will assume the role made famous by legendary ’70s movie star Pam Grier.
The original Foxy Brown, released in 1974, starred Grier as a woman seeking vengeance against a crime syndicate after her boyfriend is murdered. The role, along with 1973’s Coffy, helped make Grier a star, and the sexy, butt-kicking Foxy remains an iconic film character to this day.
Deadline reported Good will not only star as Foxy Brown, but she also will serve as a producer. Her husband, DeVon Franklin, is set to executive produce the project through his own Franklin Entertainment with Tony Kantz’s production company Flame Ventures, among others. Franklin and Kantz also are looking to adapt the 1975 Blaxploitation dramedy “Cooley High” for the big screen.
Good has been a familiar face to TV fans for years, with lead roles on NBC’s Deception and Fox’s Minority Report though both were axed after just one season. She also appeared as Neal’s ex-girlfriend Grace on CBS’ Code Black last season.
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For the first time since the creation of the franchise in 1966, the lead character of the next Star Trek TV series will be a black woman : actress Sonequa Martin-Green.
Back in July, it was announced during the San Diego Comin Con that the cult franchise Star Trek will soon birth a new series. Created in the 1960’s, the science-fiction saga celebrated its 50 years in activity, the perfect occasion to present a new project. A teaser to, Star Trek : Discovery, the sixth TV series of the franchise was unveiled during the event. At the time, if nothing had been said about the characters or the storyline, show runner Bryan Fuller declared : “There’s a few people that we like and we want to carry on what Star Trek does best, which is being progressive. So it’s fascinating to look at all of these roles through a colorblind prism and a gender-blind prism, so that’s exciting”. We now know what he meant by that.
While the shooting has started last September, we finally know the identity of the actress who has been cast in the lead role for the forthcoming series. Sonequa Martin-Green, an Afro-american woman, best known to have played in The Good Wife or The Walking Dead. At 31 years old, the young woman can boast about being the first black woman to lead a Star Trek series. A great achievement considering that before her, the main character, the captain of the spaceship, has always been depicted under the traits of a white man. Sonequa Martin-Green will serve as a lieutenant commander and joins a list of other Black Star Trek actors from the past such as Nichelle Nichols, LeVar Burton or Don Marshall.
Star Trek : Discovery will premiere in may 2017 on CBS.

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Margaret Cho is reportedly joining E!’s “Fashion Police” as a special guest host when the show returns in 2016. Before her more regular gig, Cho had appeared as a celebrity guest on the fashion gab-fest.
Cho’s addition follows this year’s long-running talent shuffle, which saw the exits of host Kathy Griffin and co-host Kelly Osbourne, after Joan Rivers’ death in September 2014.
With Cho on board, the “Fashion Police” panel is complete with the return of Giuliana Rancic, Brad Goreski and Melissa Rivers. Each episode, the foursome will be joined by a celebrity guest, as had been implemented in the latter half of this year, following Griffin and Osbourne’s departures.
After the talent shuffle had passed, Rancic spoke to Variety about the show’s evolution since Rivers’ passing. “Melissa is a natural fit and did an incredible job of moderating the show and also bringing the funny,” Rancic said. “You can instantly see she’s her mother’s daughter. I am so impressed by Melissa’s performance and am confident Joan is smiling down on her and so proud of how terrific she is as the new co-host.”
Though the longtime “E! News” anchor is no longer at the helm of the nightly entertainment news show, Rancic continues to host E! “Live From the Red Carpet” award show specials, in addition to working on “Fashion Police.” For the Golden Globes on Jan. 10, she will co-host with Ryan Seacrest. As for “E! News,” Rancic’s former co-anchor Terrence Jenkins just announced this week that he would be leaving the show, effective immediately.
Aside from their on-camera hosting duties, Rivers is an exec producer on “Fashion Police” and Rancic is a consulting producer.
Cho is heading into a busy 2016, as Amazon just announced this week the development of a hourlong pot-centric dramedy centering around the comedian, titled “Highland.”
“Fashion Police” returns with Golden Globes coverage on Jan. 11, the day after the award show.
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