Sanaa Lathan's mantra is simple. "If it's not a 'hell yes,' it's a 'no," says the 52-year-old actress and filmmaker of navigating her career. She's declared "hell yes" to enough wide-ranging roles-from breaking out in 1998's Blade and 1999's The Best Man to making her directorial debut with the 2022 hit On the Come Up and appearing on Succession and Curb Your Enthusiasm-that these days, every project "has to be a passion project," she says. Especially with her work behind the camera, "the pressure is real," she says. "Navigating life as a Black woman in Hollywood is not for the faint of heart."
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A Gilmore Girl Looks Back
Kelly Bishop, the beloved series' matriarch, reflects in a new memoir about her remarkable career and playing 'demanding' women
Finding Love on Her Own Terms
Going on The Golden Bachelorette helped Joan Vassos make good on one of her 2024 New Year's resolutions: to start dating again after she had to exit Gerry Turner's season of The Golden Bachelor early to be with her daughter experiencing postpartum depression.
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THE EVOLUTION OF AN ICON
HE WENT F GANGSTER RAP TO OLYMPIC GOLDBUT HE'S STILL THE SAME OLD G
Janelle & Kody Talk About Their Grief Journey After Son's Death
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Princess Kate Reveals She's Completed Chemo
Princess Kate has finished chemotherapy and is concentrating on \"doing what I can to stay cancer-free.\"
