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    Gabrielle Union Lands Lead Role in 'Cheaper by the Dozen' Remake

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    The former ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge has secured one of the lead roles in the upcoming revamp of the classic family comedy originally starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy.

    Dec 13, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union is to lead the cast of a “Cheaper by the Dozen” revamp created by “Black-ish” producer Kenya Barris.
    She’ll play the matriarch of a blended family of 12 – a role that has previously been played onscreen by Bonnie Hunt and Myrna Loy.
    The film, based on a real family, first hit the screen in 1950 with Loy and Clifton Webb. A 2003 remake, starring Steve Martin and Hunt, spawned a 2005 sequel.
    The new version will debut on the Disney+ streaming site in 2022.

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    Gabrielle Union was last seen on the big screen in 2018 with drama “The Public” and action thriller “Breaking In”. On TV, she’s one of the regulars on “L.A.’s Finest”, a spinoff of the “Bad Boys” franchise.
    The actress also served as a judge on “America’s Got Talent” last year. Her contract was not renewed after one season and it ended with a fallout as she accused the producers of racism, which led to an inquiry by NBC.
    She then filed a harassment complaint against the Peacock, claiming the network’s entertainment chief, Paul Telegdy, tried to silence her reports of racism. She called the company “a snake pit of racial offences” and alleged that representatives for the organisation had threatened her agent.
    After months of drama, both parties eventually reached an “amicable resolution” in September this year. Details of the deal were not disclosed but the star reportedly received “significant” compensation.

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      Gabrielle Union Insists 'America's Got Talent' Dispute Is Not Publicity Stunt

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      The former judge of the television talent show slams suggestions that her racism and misconduct accusations against the show following her exit were a calculated scheme to get public attention.
      Oct 6, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union has slammed speculation that her decision to bring forward allegations of racism and misconduct on the set of “America’s Got Talent” was a publicity stunt.
      The actress was fired from her judging role on the competition show last year (19) after just one season, and claimed she was let go after complaining about behind-the-scenes comments and experiences.
      Union and NBC bosses met up in December to thrash things out and the TV chiefs agreed to conduct an investigation, following which they declared they had uncovered no wrongdoing and had closed the case.
      While they’ve come to an “amicable resolution” with the actress, the “L.A.’s Finest” star tells Marie Claire magazine producers gave her “excessive notes” about her appearance and deemed her hairstyles “too black,” and insists, “I should be able to exist however the f**k I want to exist.”

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      “Because if you’re hiring Gabrielle Union for my talent, then my talent is going to come out of my body in every way, shape, and incarnation that I can imagine,” she adds. “You’re getting more bang for your buck the more you allow me to exist as I see fit.”

      Union goes on to admit she was disappointed that high-profile black NBC talent, like Al Roker and Terry Crews, didn’t publicly support her, and addresses skeptics who believe her battle with NBC was all about publicity and retribution for being fired.
      “That very sentiment is how all of this has been allowed to go on for centuries,” she explains. “That kind of gaslighting, I categorically reject. You are not going to gaslight me into minimising my trauma, which is exactly what allows this to continue on for the next person.”
      After an investigation into Union’s dismissal, NBC bosses insisted they said uncovered no wrongdoing, but added in a statement to the New York Post’s gossip column Page Six, “NBC Entertainment appreciates the important concerns raised by Gabrielle Union and remains committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive working environment where people of all backgrounds can be treated with respect.”

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      Gabrielle Union Reaches Deal With NBC Bosses to Settle 'AGT' Row

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      The former judge of ‘America’s Got Talent’ has reportedly reached a settlement with network bosses over her highly-publicized departure from the talent show.
      Sep 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union has reached a deal with NBC network bosses over her “America’s Got Talent” discrimination and misconduct claims.
      The actress was fired from her judging role on the competition show last year (19) after just one season, and claimed she was let go after complaining about behind-the-scenes comments and experiences.
      Union and NBC bosses met up in December (19) to thrash things out and the TV chiefs agreed to conduct an investigation, following which they declared they had uncovered no wrongdoing and had closed the case.
      But now they’ve come to an “amicable resolution” with the actress.
      “NBC Entertainment appreciates the important concerns raised by Gabrielle Union and remains committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive working environment where people of all backgrounds can be treated with respect,” a statement reads.

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      Details of the deal have not been disclosed but Deadline sources claim Union has received “significant” compensation.
      The actress recently revealed her exit from “America’s Got Talent” was one of the hardest things she’s ever dealt with.
      During a Minding Her Business panel discussion at the virtual American Black Film Festival in August (20), she compared the drama to a “public flogging.”
      “That whole process was really brutal and knowing that I brought my team into that, it just sucked.”
      In June, she filed a harassment complaint against NBC, claiming the network’s entertainment chief, Paul Telegdy, tried to silence her reports of racism. Union called NBC “a snake pit of racial offences” and later alleged that representatives for the organisation had threatened her agent.

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      Gabrielle Union: 'Bring It On' Sequel Is 'Absolutely Going to Happen'

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      The former ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge is confident that the upcoming sequel to her classic cheerleader movie is happening following her online reunion with co-star Kirsten Dunst.
      Sep 12, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union has delighted “Bring It On” fans by promising that a sequel of the much-loved cheerleading movie is “absolutely going to happen.”
      The 47-year-old actress starred as Isis in the 2000 film, alongside Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku, with rumours about a follow-up movie circling for the past few years.
      But as she appeared on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” earlier this week (end13Sep20), Gabrielle gave the strongest hint that a sequel is in the works, as she told the chat show host, “It’s absolutely going to happen, I think because we all got obsessed with Cheer on Netflix. And it kind of brought back the whole love of cheerleading. And we kind of want to see where these people would be 20 years later.”
      Five direct-to-video sequels were released off the back of the original “Bring It On” movie, with none of the follow-up instalments featuring the original cast.
      Gabrielle’s remarks come after “Bring It On” writer Jessica Bendinger told CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend podcast that she and the film’s director Peyton Reed have “really talked about” a follow-up film.
      “We really would love to do it. Would the stars align, is everyone available, all that. But yeah, Peyton and I, intermittently over the years, yes. And it goes from the absurd to the sublime with all the variations about where are they now?” she said.

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      Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and Daughter Zaya to Get a Reality Show

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      The former ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge allegedly is the one who is pushing for the reality TV show where ‘she can showcase her loving blended family with D-wade.’
      Sep 9, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade may be heading to the small screen. A new report suggests that the couple is trying to get a reality show deal as there is a growing interest in their blended family.
      Should they ink a deal for a new reality TV show, it most likely follows the life of their interesting family. Dwyane’s oldest son Zaire is on his way to get into a top college basketball program. Meanwhile, his middle child Zaya previously made headlines for transitioning to female. Gabrielle and Dwyane’s cute daughter Kaavia will also bring joy to viewers.
      According to MTO News, Gabrielle is the one who is pushing for the show. The former “America’s Got Talent” judge allegedly is “actively looking for something reality based – so she can showcase her loving blended family with D-wade.”
      “The show is supposed to showcase a successful black family. Its more documentary like than ratchet,” the source further claims. The “L.A.’s Finest” alum is reportedly in talks with streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Quibi.
      While nothing has been confirmed, it’s not impossible for Gabrielle to get a deal. Most people view the family positively as it has been widely portrayed as an open-minded and supportive family for Zaya despite criticism.
      Recently, the 13-year-old teen shared on Instagram a picture of herself rocking a silver-colored wig and a pair of glasses as she posed beside a flower. “Wake up and smell the [rose emoji],” she wrote in the caption. That post, however, earned her trolling as many people thought that the wig she donned in her new photo looked bad.
      “Not with that wig biiiiiiihhh… they got too much money for that party city wig tf,” someone commented. In the meantime, one more person chimed in, “Now I’m all for being your authentic self but she wrong fa this wig hunty.” Someone else said, “I’m just mad at the wig. That’s it.”

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      Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union Keen to Reunite for 'Bring It On' Sequel

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      During a celebration of the classic movie’s 20th anniversary along with director and screenwriter, the two former co-stars pitch their ideas for a follow-up movie.
      Aug 27, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union are keen to reunite for a “Bring It On” sequel.
      The actresses starred alongside one another in the classic 2000 cheerleading comedy movie and, during a Zoom reunion in honour of the film’s 20th anniversary with director Peyton Reed and writer Jessica Bendinger, they took the opportunity to pitch a sequel.
      “The impact, 20 years later, that this movie had and continues to have, that’s awesome,” Gabrielle gushed. “So whatever that we may one day come up with, I mean, Kirsten, maybe we’re like co-heads of the PTA. I don’t know.”
      “Or we run a cheer school like Cheer,” Kirsten added, referencing the Netflix docu-series about the cheerleading team at Navarro College.
      Inspired by the idea, Gabrielle then asked if they can be the ones who gets to decide who gets to be on the mat, like Navarro’s head cheer coach, Monica Aldama.
      “Yeah!” Kirsten responded. “I feel like it’d be fun if we – I mean, it has to be a competition against somebody now.”
      Five direct-to-video sequels were released off the back of the original “Bring It On” movie, with none of the follow-up instalments featuring the original cast.

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      Gabrielle Union Compares 'America's Got Talent' Fallout to 'Public Flogging'

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      The ‘L.A. Finest’ actress says her dramatic departure from the television talent show was ‘so surprising and so heartbreaking and so frustrating and so unnecessary.’
      Aug 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union’s exit from “America’s Got Talent” was one of the hardest things she’s ever dealt with.
      The “L.A.’s Finest” star recalled her experience during the “Minding Her Business” panel discussion at the virtual American Black Film Festival, labelling it “so surprising and so heartbreaking and so frustrating and so unnecessary.”
      Union, who departed the NBC show after just one series as a judge amid allegations of harassment and discrimination she witnessed and experienced during season 14, explained that it “(felt) like such a public flogging” and led to her “standing in my truth and standing on the side of employee rights and knowing there’s a better way of doing business.”
      She added, “But that whole process was really brutal and knowing that I brought my team into that, it just sucked.”
      NBC officials launched an investigation into the show after Union claimed there was racism behind the scenes, but had found no wrongdoing by May, 2020.
      In June, she filed a harassment complaint against NBC, claiming NBC’s entertainment chief Paul Telegdy – who is currently under investigation by the network – tried to silence her reports of racism.
      Union called NBC “a snake pit of racial offences” and later alleged that representatives for the organisation had threatened her agent.

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      Gabrielle Union on 'AGT' Row: NBC Needs to Do More to Stop Executives From Intimidating Talent

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      In the wake of his controversial exit from ‘America’s Got Talent’, the former judge calls NBC’s plan to prevent toxic environment ‘a great start’ but says it’s not enough.
      Jul 9, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union has praised NBC’s plans to address workplace harassment as a “great start” but insisted they need to do more to “stop executives from intimidating talent.”
      On Tuesday (7Jul20) Union took to Twitter to comment on the network’s plans, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter, were revealed in a memo from NBCUniversal TV and streaming chairman Mark Lazarus on the same day.
      Lazarus’s memo detailed the company’s move to expand protections for employees against toxic workplace environments on shows produced by NBC and by third-party production companies.
      “Great start by NBC to recognize the need to not turn away & ignore racial & gender discrimination on programs like #AGT,” the “Bad Boys” star tweeted, in response to the report.
      But she added, “More changes are needed however. Like stopping executives from intimidating talent from sharing their experience of racism in their own workplace investigations.”
      The former “America’s Got Talent” judge went public with allegations of harassment and discrimination she witnessed and experienced during her time as a judge on the NBC show during season 14.
      Union said that the network needs to do more in the future to protect employees from network leadership, and reiterated her allegation that she’d faced intimidation from an unnamed NBC executive.
      The announcement by Lazarus comes after the company’s internal investigation concluded, “no one associated with the show made any insensitive or derogatory remarks about Ms. Union’s appearance, and that neither race nor gender was a contributing factor in the advancement or elimination of contestants at any time.”

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      Gabrielle Union Develops Black Queer TV Series 'All Boys Aren't Blue'

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      The former ‘America’s Got Talent’ judge has teamed up with LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson to turn the latter’s tell-all book into a new television show.
      Jun 12, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Gabrielle Union will develop a television series based on LGBTQ+ activist and journalist George M. Johnson’s bestselling memoir “All Boys Aren’t Blue”.
      According to editors at Deadline, the “L.A.’s Finest” star’s production company, I’ll Have Another, has optioned Johnson’s book as part of her first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV.
      The young adult memoir, published by Macmillan in April 2020, showcases Johnson’s life of growing up being both black and queer in Plainfield, New Jersey, as well as his years attending a historically black college in Virginia. The book’s title is a play on the association of the colour blue for boys and pink for girls.
      “Queer black existence has been here forever yet rarely has that experience been shown in literature or film and television,” Union said in a statement to Deadline. “Being a parent to a queer identifying daughter has given me the platform to make sure that these stories are being told in a truthful and authentic way and George’s memoir gives you the blueprint for that and more.”
      The “Bad Boys” star is a stepmum to her husband Dwyane Wade’s daughter Zaya, previously known as Zion, who he shares with his ex Siohvaughn Funches.
      She added, “What I love about this book is that it not only offers a space for queer kids of colour to be seen and heard but it also offers those who see themselves outside of that standpoint to be held accountable and help them better understand what it takes to truly have acceptance with someone who is considered other.”
      Johnson shared that he is “incredibly excited’ to work with Union who he described as an LGBTQ+ ally.
      “She’s someone who is not only a champion in the fight for supporting marginalised communities of colour but the work she’s doing as a storyteller and producer is lifting every voice who hasn’t had the opportunity to be heard,” he said.

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