Jill Scott

Birth Name:

Jill Scott

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actress, Producer

Black Lightning's Tobias Is Thrilled to Be TV's First Bad Boy with Albinism

Marvin "Krondon" Jones III can understand the source of Tobias' anger

Thu, Feb 8, 2018

Black Lightning's Tobias Is Thrilled to Be TV's First Bad Boy with Albinism

Bill Cosby: Judd Apatow Blasts Camille Cosby, Phylicia Rashad for Doubting Accusers

Plus: Jill Scott changes her tune

Tue, Jul 7, 2015

Bill Cosby: Judd Apatow Blasts Camille Cosby, Phylicia Rashad for Doubting Accusers

Bill Cosby Breaks Silence on Twitter to Thank His Supporters

In November, Bill Cosby said he wouldn't comment on the multiple allegations of rape made against him by multiple women because he didn't "have to answer to innuendos." On Wednesday, the actor finally broke his silence on the matter when he took to Twitter to thank a couple of his vocal supporters, including The Viewco-host Whoopi Goldberg and singer Jill Scott.

Wed, Dec 3, 2014

Bill Cosby Breaks Silence on Twitter to Thank His Supporters

Weekend TV: New Steel Magnolias, Simpsons' Halloween Special, PBS Goes Upstairs

Is there a more perfect Lifetime movie property than Steel Magnolias? This tragicomic celebration of female bonding through gossipy good times and bad, all while getting their hair done at Truvy's Beauty Spot in suburban Louisiana, has been a crowd-pleaser since its first incarnation as an off-Broadway stage play (my preferred version, where the men are kept entirely offstage). The epitome of a leave-'em-laughing-while-weeping heart-warmer, Magnolias reached its pop-cultural apex in the all-star 1989 film version, but its can't-miss universality is underscored in Lifetime's oddly genteel but ultimately affecting new TV-movie (Sunday, 9/8c), whose big twist is in the casting of an all African-American ensemble.

Fri, Oct 5, 2012

Weekend TV: New Steel Magnolias, Simpsons' Halloween Special, PBS Goes Upstairs

Lifetime Re-Creates the Humor and Heartbreak of Steel Magnolias

No-nonsense mother of three M'Lynn Eatenton (Queen Latifah) is hosting a joyful Christmas bash in her Louisiana home when she gets some hard-to-hear news: Her diabetic, newlywed daughter Shelby (Condola Rashad) is pregnant, a condition that she might not survive. Thankfully, M'Lynn is not alone: Her friends wrap her in a cocoon of love and support. Sound familiar? Yep, the loving, lippy ladies of...

Fri, Oct 5, 2012