Unless I missed it somehow, the one recording for which blues singer Bessie Smith is most famous is not included in the HBO movie called “Bessie” about the singer's life. The song was “St. Louis Blues ...

In her latest role, Queen Latifah adopts the persona of a 20th century legend. Our Mark Strassmann met up with her for some Questions-and-Answers: At 45, Queen Latifah is playing a part she was first ...

Queen Latifah is so convincing in the new HBO movie Bessie, that you will find yourself Googling the real Empress of Blues just to differentiate the two. The rapper turned actress mesmerizes as Bessie ...

The invite-only New Orleans premiere of the HBO film "Bessie," starring Queen Latifah, welcomed one of the movie's stars and local VIPs on Thursday (May 7). Hosted by HBO and the New Orleans Film ...

Queen Latifah has been tapped to play the lead role in an upcoming HBO film focusing on the life of Blues legend, Bessie Smith. With the working title of Bessie, the film is based on Smith’s rise in ...

The Oscar-nominated actress will play Bessie Smith in the upcoming HBO Film Queen Latifah is bringing back the blues. The Oscar nominee, 45, will pay tribute to Bessie Smith – the so-called Empress of ...

HBO has a certain level of perfection that viewers expect it to live up to, and the network hit it out of the park with its latest film. Bessie won the 2015 Outstanding Television Movie Emmy, as ...

Queen Latifah had us glued to our televisions Saturday night, thanks to her powerful performance as 1920s blues legend Bessie Smith in HBO's biopic Bessie. And if there was one thing that rang clearer ...

The City of Chattanooga has partnered with HBO Films to bring a special screening of the movie "'Bessie" to her birthplace. Tickets are sold out for the free showing, but there will be a reception at ...

reporting from NEW YORK — Queen Latifah was a young rapper just beginning to dabble in acting when she was first approached about the possibility of playing the lead in a film about singer Bessie ...