Netflix and RadicalMedia’s Nina Simone documentary ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’ is set to premiere exclusively on the streaming provider on June 25, 2015.
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In cooperation with the Estate of Nina Simone, Netflix and RadicalMedia have teamed up to produce a documentary on the legend titled ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?,’ out in 2015.
Watch behind-the-scenes of British soul songstress Lianne La Havas recording “Baltimore” for Nina Simone tribute album ‘Autour De Nina.’
New York City-based duo LION BABE taps Childish Gambino for their Nina Simone-sampling new single, “Jump Hi.”
A very pregnant Zoe Saldana graces Elle Magazine’s annual “Women in Hollywood” issue, which also profiles Tina Fey, Elizabeth Banks, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Lange, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Brie Larson.
Zendaya’s casting as Aaliyah is making people say really stupid shit.
Issa Rae (‘Awkward Black Girl’) has been tapped to take on the role of Nina Simone for an upcoming biopic on playwright, author, activist, and Nina’s close friend Lorraine Hansberry, most known for her 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun.
The lovely Zoe Saldana dons a head full of fluffy curls and her svelte nude body for Allure Magazine’s June 2013 issue, where her weight has become the focus.
A special Birthday Creative Feature for Nina Simone aka “High Priestess of Soul,” illustrations, paintings, murals, t-shirt designs, and more.
UK-based beauty brand, Illamasqua, is in the cross-hairs of a heated debate over what blackface is or is not concerning its new Christmas 2012 advertisement campaign. It has become apparent that some people define blackface and minstrelsy by merely one characteristic: any use of dark makeup on the face.
As outrage swirls around the casting of Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone in the first film about her life, author Aaron Overfield called out every inaccurate facet of the biopic, from the casting of Zoe who has been photographed in dark makeup and prosthetics, to the “artistic license” taken with the script by the film’s director
Grammy-nominated soul singer-songwriter and bassist Me’Shell Ndegéocello will soon release her tenth studio album, a tribute to icon, singer and activist Nina Simone, entitled Pour une Âme Souveraine (For a Sovereign Soul). The album features musical heavyweights such as Sinead O’Connor, Lizz Wright, Valerie June, Toshi Reagon, Tracy Wannomae, and Cody ChesnuTT.
