Harvey says, it was a huge change for her because she was used to reporting serious news and in Los Angeles at the time the news was entertainment heavy and covered things like, “tanning booths.”
Veteran television anchor reflects on memorable career and her love of giving back to the community
The facts don’t lie but it’s only been a recent shift that Hollywood brass has started to really listen. Insiders know the drill. Black has been on trend many times and then it fizzled out as if it never existed at all. Halle Berry spoke her truth; so to speak when former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Elaine Welteroth interviewed her about her Oscar win (2002 win for “Monster’s Ball”).
Affectionately labeled a “real life super hero” by the creators, “Underground” WGN’s hit series introduces Harriet Tubman
Jurnee Smollett-Bell talks about her new series Underground and why it is such an important series. This new series is from executive producer John Legend. Created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski
The cast of WGN’s highly anticipated new series, “The Underground” gives their insight on the importance of empowering a new generation with this prolific slave narrative that conveys strength, resilience and ingenuity. Over the past three years, co-creators Misha Green and Joe Pokaski have been striving to get their story greenlit. Their patience and persistence resulted in Grammy and Oscar award-winning musician John Legend signing on as an executive producer as well as Anthony Hemingway as a director of four episodes.
In celebration of Black History Month, the White House Office of Public Engagement hosted a panel and screening event for WGN America’s “Underground,” the upcoming original series, produced by Sony Pictures Television and Tribune Studios, set to premiere Wednesday, March 9 on WGN America.