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Nina Simone

  1. performances
    Chlöe x Nina Simone’s Encore Performance on GMA Has Us ‘Feeling Good’Chlöe Bailey onscreen, you know how I feel.
    By Zoe Haylock
  2. feeling good
    Nina Simone’s Granddaughter Defends Chloe Bailey’s Slinky ‘Feeling Good’The singer performed as a part of ABC’s Together We Triumph Juneteenth special.
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. inauguration day
    John Legend Is ‘Feeling Good,’ But Chrissy Teigen Is Probably Feeling BetterBecause President Biden followed her on Twitter.
    By Chris Murphy
  4. apologies
    Zoe Saldana Apologizes, for Real This Time, for Playing Nina Simone“I should have never played Nina.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. rock hall 2018
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2018 Rock Hall Induction CeremonyLow: that whole Dire Straits situation.
    By Devon Ivie
  6. rock hall 2018
    How to Watch This Year’s Rock Hall Induction Without Going to ClevelandDon’t let Bon Jovi down.
    By Devon Ivie
  7. Neneh Cherry’s 10 Favorite BooksNina Simone, James Baldwin, and more.
    By Neneh Cherry
  8. rock hall 2018
    Bon Jovi, Nina Simone to Be Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of FameRadiohead got their wish.
    By Dee Lockett
  9. bad quotes
    Zoe Saldana Is Just Happy She Got Nina Simone Trending: ‘We F*cking Won’“For so many years, nobody knew who the fuck she was.”
    By Dee Lockett
  10. essays
    Why We’re Still So Bad at Talking About ColorismEven as terms like “yellowface” and “whitewash” sink into our cultural vocabulary, there remains confusion on basic matters of colorism.
    By Mallika Rao
  11. disasters
    BuzzFeed Documents the Nina Simone Disaster“I really want people of color to tell the stories of people of color.”
    By Madeline Raynor
  12. nina
    Nina Distributor Responds to Casting Criticism“Black Americans should know better than to have this discussion over a creative project.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  13. nina simone
    Nina Simone’s Daughter Is ‘Not Upset With Zoe’Simone Kelly said that she was unaware of Twitter account representing her mother’s estate, which posted a critical tweet of Zoe Saldana. 
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. controversial casting couch
    Nina Distributor Defends Zoe Saldana’s CastingThe biopic Nina cast Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone.
    By Emma Barrie
  15. fantasy casting
    7 Actresses We Would Have Cast As Nina Simone Instead of Zoe SaldanaNo blackface necessary.
    By Dee Lockett and E. Alex Jung
  16. trailer mix
    See Zoe Saldana As Nina Simone in Nina TrailerDavid Oyelowo co-stars.
    By Nate Jones
  17. first looks
    Zoe Saldana’s Nina Simone Biopic Will Be Released After AllSee the controversial first poster.
    By Dee Lockett
  18. blood orange
    Dev Hynes at the Apollo, and the Year of Being Black in Front of White PeopleThis past Saturday night, the Apollo was in the creative hands of singer/composer/producer/champion of choreographed dance and tapered pants Dev Hynes.
    By Rembert Browne
  19. covers
    Solange Covers ‘To Be Young, Gifted and Black’They performed it at FYF Fest, but the rehearsal footage is even better.
    By Dee Lockett
  20. what happened miss simone
    11 Nina Simone Songs You Need to KnowThe iconic singer could be anything she wanted to be — damn if anyone tried to stop her.
    By Lauretta Charlton
  21. Nina Simone’s Impossible — But Necessary — DemandsA new doc revisits the singer’s legacy. 
    By Lindsay Zoladz
  22. lauryn hill
    Hear a Clip From Lauryn Hill’s Nina Simone RapHill raps over Simone’s classic “I’ve Got Life.”
    By Greg Cwik
  23. covers
    Lauryn Hill Sounds Better Than Ever on Her Cover of Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’She recorded six covers for the upcoming Netflix documentary.
    By Dee Lockett
  24. trailer mix
    Watch the What Happened, Miss Simone? TrailerNetflix’s new Nina Simone doc.
    By Dee Lockett
  25. Mike Epps Is Playing Richard Pryor in a Biopic Not About Richard PryorStand-up and actor Mike Epps, best known for roles in the Friday sequels and The Hangover, has just been cast as Richard Pryor in a new biopic […]
    By Bradford Evans
  26. casting couch
    Mike Epps to Play Richard Pryor in Nina Simone BiopicBetter start growing that magnificent moustache.
    By Jesse David Fox
  27. casting couch
    Zoe Saldana to Play Nina SimoneIn Cynthia Mort’s Nina.
    By Zach Dionne
  28. queens of soul
    Mary J. Blige Explains Why She Was Born to Play Nina SimoneHigh Priestess of Soul, meet Queen of Hip-Hop Soul.
    By Michelle Ruiz
  29. good calls
    Most Exactly Right Person in Whole Wide World Cast to Play Nina SimoneMary J.
    By Willa Paskin