Request Line: (870) 277-1080 [email protected]

    Your Community Radio Station is possible thanks to this supporter!  Become an underwriter.

    Elijah Kelley to Star as Sammy Davis Jr. in Hulu Series Produced by Lee Daniels

    Written by Good Black News

    April 14, 2022

    Your Community Radio Station is possible thanks to this supporter!  Become an underwriter.

    According to Variety.com, Hulu has ordered from Lee Daniels’ company eight episodes of a biographical limited series about legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. based on the book In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. by Wil HaygoodElijah Kelley is set to play the lead role.

    Daniels is writing the series with Thomas Westfall, as well as executive producing and directing at least the first two episodes.

    Kelley, who has starred in musical projects such as BET‘s record-breaking New Edition miniseries in 2017, NBC’s The Wiz Live in 2015 and the 2007 remake of Hairspray, will collaborate on some of the show’s music in addition to starring and producing.

    Davis rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stage to become one of the most famous African American entertainers of the 1950s and 1960s, famed for his impeccable tap dancing skills and his warm and inviting vocal style. Davis even overcame losing an eye in an accident and re-learned how to move onstage and perform.

    At the same time, he faced several career challenges — over his relationships with white film stars, his 1960 marriage to Swedish actress May Britt, his conversion to Judaism, his closeness to the Kennedys and later Richard Nixon, his problems with alcohol and drugs, and difficulties with identity within the Black community as the times and attitudes changed.

    To read more: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/sammy-davis-jr-series-lee-daniels-hulu-elijah-kelley-1235232780/

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sammy-davis-jr-drama-starring-elijah-kelley-and-from-lee-daniels-lands-at-hulu-1235130031/

    [Photo: Sammy Davis Jr., (l); Elijah Kelley (r) via Everett Collection and Beast Williams]

    Original article source: https://goodblacknews.org/2022/04/14/elijah-kelley-to-star-as-sammy-davis-jr-in-hulu-series-produced-by-lee-daniels/ | Article may or may not reflect the views of KLEK 102.5 FM or The Voice of Arkansas Minority Advocacy Council

    0 0 votes
    Article Rating

    Your Community Radio Station is possible thanks to this supporter!  Become an underwriter.

    Your Community Radio Station is possible thanks to this supporter!  Become an underwriter.

    Related Articles

    Artist Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola’s “Magic City” Installation at John Michael Kohler Arts Center Opens Online Feb. 19

    [Image: Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola: Magic City installation (detail) at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2021.] A Cadillac Escalade that morphs into a pulsating sound sculpture. Murray’s Pomade cans as minimalist totems. Read more

    Artist Sonya Clark’s “Tatter, Bristle, and Mend” Exhibition on View at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. from March 3 to May 31
    Artist Sonya Clark’s “Tatter, Bristle, and Mend” Exhibition on View at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. from March 3 to May 31

    [Above image: Sonya Clark, Nap, 2012; Glass beads and board, 16 x 20 x 5 in.; On loan from the artist; © Sonya Clark; Photo by Taylor Dabney] Sonya Clark: Read more

    Office of Historic Resources and Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles Announce Project to Identify and Protect African American Historic Places in City
    Office of Historic Resources and Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles Announce Project to Identify and Protect African American Historic Places in City

    [St. Elmo Village, est. 1969. Photo: Elizabeth Daniels, © J. Paul Getty Trust. St. Elmo Village, an artists’ enclave of ten Craftsman bungalows in a colorful garden setting, was founded Read more

    Scholar, Author and Educator Dr. Kymberly Pinder to Become Dean at Yale School of Art
    Scholar, Author and Educator Dr. Kymberly Pinder to Become Dean at Yale School of Art

    [Dr. Kymberly Pinder, seen with a black and white drawing by Jami Porter Lara. Photo by Eve Caughey via news.yale.edu] Starting July 1, Dr. Kymberly Pinder, renowned scholar of race, representation, Read more

    Comments

    Subscribe
    Notify of
    0 Comments
    Oldest
    Newest Most Voted
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments

    Your Community Radio Station is possible thanks to this supporter!  Become an underwriter.