In response to Netflix casting a mixed race actress to play Cleopatra in a new series, a government-owned Egyptian media station says it will produce a documentary depicting the queen with an actress ...

Few creative selections kick conversational hornet’s nests like a producer’s decision to cast a person of color in a role long associated with whiteness. Choosing biracial actor Adele James to play ...

The director of the upcoming documentary series “Queen Cleopatra” brushed off criticisms of “blackwashing” over her choice to cast a Black actress as the famous Egyptian queen. Tina Gharavi penned a ...

Netflix’s upcoming docudrama “Queen Cleopatra” – the second in the “African Queens” series of historical projects – has sparked outrage across Egypt over its casting of a biracial actor to play the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burton, who portrayed Mark Antony in the film, had met Taylor years before working together. Their romance began after he showed ...