Showing 1 - 10 of 10 articles tagged "American Soul"

• Posted Tuesday 6/23/20 at 10:37AM EDT

  Family Matters alum Darius McCrary's portrayal of James Brown on American Soul mocked on social media

  “Why is Eddie Winslow playing James Brown"? wrote one Twitter user.

• Posted Monday 11/25/19 at 2:53PM EST

  American Soul's second season to feature portrayals of James Brown, Elton John, Patti LaBelle, Dick Clark and Richard Pryor

  Season 2 of the Soul Train scripted series will include Family Matters alum Darius McCrary as James Brown, Hudson Thames...

• Posted Tuesday 4/02/19 at 12:16PM EDT

  BET renews Boomerang and American Soul

  The Lena Waithe- and Halle Berry-produced Boomerang and the drama series based on Soul Train impresario Don Cornelius will each...

• Posted Friday 3/01/19 at 11:32PM EST

  Check out Wayne Brady as Little Richard on American Soul

  The Let's Make a Deal host plays the iconic singer and musician on next week's episode of BET's drama series...

• Posted Thursday 1/24/19 at 2:02PM EST

  BET's American Soul teaser features Soul Train's Don Cornelius with Gladys Knight

  In the clip, Sinqua Walls' Cornelius offers his vision of his new show Soul Train to Kelly Rowland's the Empress...

• Posted Friday 12/21/18 at 1:58PM EST

  BET's American Soul enlists Bobby Brown as an actor, finds its Diana Ross and Ike & Tina Turner

  Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams will play Diana Ross on the Soul Train-based TV series, while Brown will portray soul singer...

• Posted Wednesday 11/28/18 at 7:20AM EST

  BET teases Soul Train miniseries American Soul

  The 10-episode series provides an unflinching look at the "ambitious and troubled" impresario Don Cornelius, and his rise and fall...

• Posted Thursday 9/27/18 at 5:09PM EDT

  Kelly Rowland to play Gladys Knight on BET's American Soul

  As part of her portrayal on the 1970s-set Soul Train period drama, Rowland will record a cover of one of...

• Posted Tuesday 9/04/18 at 3:42PM EDT

  BET casts Sinqua Walls to play Soul Train creator Don Cornelius as a young man

  The Power, Once Upon a Time and Teen Wolf vet will star in American Soul, an unflinching 10-episode series inspired...

• Posted Tuesday 4/10/18 at 1:35PM EDT

  BET is adapting Eddie Murphy's Boomerang and making a drama on the life of Soul Train's Don Cornelius

  "Premium scripted content" is the goal with the pickup of three new series: a half-hour comedy based on Murphy's 1992...