Cynthia Erivo Is Going to Star in a Movie About Princess 'Gifted' to Queen Victoria

Cynthia Erivo is taking on a big new role.

The 33-year-old Harriet actress is set to star in and produce a film based on the life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a 19th century African princes who was “gifted” to Queen Victoria after she being orphaned and enslaved by a West African king, Deadline reported.

Here are more details: “Born Omoba Aina, an Egbado princess of the Yoruba people, she was ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria in 1850, taken to England and renamed Sarah Forbes Bonetta. The Queen’s patronship was a thorny rose that put Sarah at the centre of British aristocracy but did not shield her from public scrutiny, personal suffering or the dangers of a capricious court that was fundamentally suspicious of her as a strong, educated Black woman.”

According to the report, the biopic is meant to be a celebration of Sarah Forbes Bonetta as a “strategic, determined heroine who found a way to embrace her Black-ness, her African-ness and to ultimately find love, forging a path for herself that honoured both her heritage and her upbringing.”

“I am excited to embark on this journey. It has taken a long time to get to a point where we can even begin to realize this dream. As a Nigerian British woman, to get the opportunity to tell the story of another Nigerian British woman who until now has been erased from the history books, is an honor. Miss Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Omoba Aina, is truly a passion of mine and I’m so pleased to have been able to find partners in the incredible women, Leah Clarke and Rienkje Attoh, to tell the story and finally give her a voice. I cannot wait to dive into her story. She is indeed the forgotten princess, forgotten no more,” Cynthia said in a statement.

She also stars in this highly anticipated movie, which just debuted a trailer!

Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Bieber are both firing back at a troll who told fans to bombard the stars with pro-Selena Gomez comments in a planned Instagram Live.

The 26-year-old singer shared a video of a woman who seems to be a “Jelena” fan, which is essentially someone who still wants Justin to be with his ex-girlfriend.

The woman said that Hailey will be doing an Instagram Live and “this is the time where they will not be turning off comments.”

“So we need to f—king bombard that s—t with Jelena and how Selena is better. Go after her, please, let’s all go after her,” the woman added.

Justin released a statement on his Instagram Stories, along with the video. He said, “This sad excuse of a human just encouraged people on video to literally go after my wife, telling people to say that my previous relationship was better so on and so fourth. I just wanted to share this so that people get an idea of what we face on a day to day.”

Hailey also wrote a message on her Instagram Stories.

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The Weeknd is teasing something with Rosalia!

The 30-year-old “Blinding Lights” singer and the 27-year-old “Con Altura” superstar are seemingly teaming up for something new based on a new post on their socials on Thursday (December 3).

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Both of the artists posted a picture together without a description. Check out the hot pic right here!

According to rumors floating around social media, fans are guessing that Rosalia might be on a remix of “Blinding Lights.”

Chrissy Teigen heard a song on the radio this weekend and she couldn’t figure out what it was…so thankfully the song’s artist helped her out: The Weeknd! Check out what happened.

A fellow music star also called out the Grammys for The Weeknd‘s 2021 Grammys snub. Here’s what they said!

There are now five episodes of Kaley Cuoco‘s show The Flight Attendant streaming on HBO Max and the season finale will be here very soon!

The thriller series is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. A flight attendant (Cuoco) wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.

Instead of airing one episode each week for the remainder of the season, HBO Max will be giving fans the remaining episodes of the eight-episode season quicker than they probably expected.

Episodes six and seven will make their debut on Thursday, December 10. The eighth and final episode of the season will premiere on Thursday, December 17.

In a world where most people like to binge-watch their television, fans will be happy to know that they can watch the finale in just two weeks from now.

Did you know that Kaley and co-star Zosia Mamet, who plays her best friend and lawyer, recently got matching tattoos?

The first episode of The Flight Attendant can be viewed for free online. Watch it on YouTube!

Daniel Radcliffe is opening up about his lack of social media accounts and why he hasn’t joined any of the apps.

The 31-year-old actor, who shot to fame with his role as Harry Potter, is on the latest episode of Hot Ones, in which he ate 10 spicy wings while being interviewed.

Daniel didn’t say that he’s off of social media to maintain his privacy. He’s not on social media to make sure he doesn’t get into any fights!

“I would love to say there’s some sort of intellectual, well throughout reason for this,” Daniel said. “‘Cause I considered getting a Twitter and I 100 percent know that if I did, you all would be waking up to stories like ‘Dan Radcliffe gets into fight with random person on Twitter.”

He added, “When I was younger, not anymore thanks god, I would like to look up comments about myself on the internet and read s–t like that. That is an insane and bad thing to do. And to me, like Twitter and everything just feels like an extension of that. Unless I want to go just read all nice things about myself, which also feels like another healthy thing to do.”

There was a Harry Potter reunion last month that you have to watch!

Even more set photos have been revealed from the upcoming Marvel series Hawkeye and these ones give us a better look at Lucky the Pizza Dog!

Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld were spotted taking a break on a stoop with the dog on Thursday afternoon (December 3) in New York City.

The two stars, along with their furry friend, were filming around Washington Square Park and the Chinatown area. More photos were unveiled earlier in the day from the park scene.

Jeremy is reprising his role as Clint Barton while Hailee is taking on the role of Kate Bishop, who eventually takes over as the Hawkeye superhero.

In the comic books, the dog saved Clint’s life and was severely injured in the process. The dog lost its left eye, but Clint adopted the dog and gave it the name Lucky. The dog took a liking to Kate when she came into the mix. The dog is known as the “Pizza Dog” for his love of the food.

30+ pictures inside of Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld on set with the dog… More Here! »

Noah Cyrus is apologizing.

The 20-year-old singer issued an apology on Instagram Story after facing backlash on social media for using an offensive term in her defense of Harry Styles wearing a dress.

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“He wears this dress better than any of u nappy ass heauxz,” she wrote in the now-deleted post alongside a photo of Harry.

“I am mortified that i used a term without knowing the context and history, but i know now and i am horrified and truly sorry,” she later apologized in an Instagram Story.

Noah recently made headlines alongside BFF Tana Mongeau on Halloween after going as another pair of famous BFFs for the holiday!

Noah‘s big sister Miley Cyrus then took to comments to react, writing, “You are perfection I love you so much baby girl 🖤” See their outfits…