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Prime Video ‘The Burial’ Q&A with Jamie Foxx, Jurnee Smollett & Mamoudou Athie *”The Burial” tells the true story of a funeral home owner, Jerry O’keefe (Tommy Lee Jones), who sues a larger funeral home corporation for not upholding their contract. One of Jerry’s lawyers seeks the help of Willie Gary, (Jamie Foxx), to take […]

via Twitter * Jurnee Smollett-Bell has opened up about the controversy surrounding brother Jussie Smollett’s alleged 2019 hate crime attack.  The actress addressed the incident for the first time in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, in which she admits that the ordeal has “been f—king painful” for her family.  “One of the most […]

Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Jussie Smollett *“Empire” star Jussie Smollett will moonlight in a guest starring role on WGN’s “Underground,” joining his famous sister Jurnee Smollett-Bell, the network announced Wednesday. As previously reported, “Underground” follows a group of Georgia slaves planning a 600-mile escape to freedom. Along the way, they are aided by a secret […]

via Twitter *”Empire’s” Jussie Smollett will star opposite his sister Jurnee Smollett-Bell on the upcoming WGN slave revolt drama “Underground.” The series follows “a group of slaves planning a daring escape from a Georgia plantation to cross 600 miles to freedom. Their efforts are aided by a secret abolitionist couple who run a station on […]

*Jussie Smollett‘s brothers and sisters are pointing the finger at the media for his the big problem he finds himself in. Jurnee Smollett-Bell and brother Jocqui Smollett, the actor’s sister and brother posted to Instagram a quote by Malcolm X in response to the mounting doubt over the alleged racist and homophobic attack last month. […]

Josiah Bell & Jurnee Smollett Bell & Baby Son, Hunter *Apparently, it just didn’t work and now it’s over for Jurnee Smollett and Josiah Bell. The actress and sister of Jussie Smollett,  filed for divorce after nearly a decade of marriage, according to US Weekly. A source told the news outlet the 33-year-old actress’ attorney […]

Jurnee Smollett Bell and husband Josiah Bell *Jurnee Smollett-Bell is having a baby! Fresh from her starring role in WGN’s acclaimed “Underground,” the actress announced Monday on Instagram that she and husband Josiah Bell are expecting, saying, “He+Me+Baby= Three. So in love with this beautiful blessing God has given us. #WeArePregnant!! He+Me+Baby= Three. So […]

Usher, Jurnee Smollett-Bell in “Hands of Stone” *Usher and Jurnee Smollett-Bell appear in a new clip from the upcoming “Hands of Stone” film about Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran. Usher plays boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, the opponent in Duran’s infamous “no mas” fight when he quit during the eighth round and yelled the phrase (Spanish for […]

*Misha Green and Jurnee Smollett are reuniting once more for a DC movie project featuring heroine Black Canary.  The duo has worked on WGN’s former slave series “Underground,” and HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” and now Green has been tapped to pen the script for a spinoff from Warner Bros.’s 2020 DC movie Birds of Prey which […]

[…] love, equity and justice until it reigns supreme in our nation and all over the world. With love & gratitude, The Smollett Family” A post shared by Jurnee Smollett Bell (@jurneebell) on Jan 31, 2019 at 7:36pm PST Smollett’s situation has not been without controversy. And in his statement, the LGBTQ+ activist and actor also […]

(L-R) Shaun Robinson (panel moderator), Alano Miller (series co-star), Jurnee Smollett-Bell (series co-star), Mike Jackson (Executive Producer), Misha Green (co-creator and EP), Joe Pokaski (co-creator and EP), Amirah Vann (series co-star) attend the First-Look Screening of WGN America’s “Underground.” *WGN America hosted a first-look screening of its upcoming escape thriller series, “Underground,” at the National […]

image via Twitter *Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell graces the March 2017 cover of Ebony, and inside she dishes on the “disgusting” colorism that plagues Hollywood. The 30-year-old actress has seen a resurgence in her long career following the success of WGN’s slave drama “Underground.” For Ebony’s March Women’s Month issue, she opens up about her Hollywood […]

[…] highly anticipated, pulse-pounding original series “Underground” will unveil a first-look trailer and participate in a panel session at the 2015 Essence Festival in New Orleans. Series’ stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell (“Friday Night Lights,” “True Blood,” “The Great Debaters”), Aldis Hodge (“Straight Outta Compton,” “Leverage,” “Turn”), Jessica de Gouw (“Arrow,” “Dracula”) and Alano Miller (“Jane The Virgin”) will join creators, […]

[…] money – let’s show the world what you got. She’s really the one who brings him to the forefront,” Smollett said. The brother of “Eve’s Bayou” star Jurnee Smollett has got music skills and shows what he’s got with the series’ first original song, “No Apologies,” featuring him and Bryshere Gray who portrays the youngest […]

[…] way to double his $20,000 donation to the Black AIDS Institute, which ended up receiving a total of $40,000 through matching donations. Smollett and his younger sister, actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell, have been HIV/AIDS activists since they were 15 and 12 years old, respectively. Both have been inducted into the Black AIDS Institute’s “Heroes in the Struggle” […]