Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Townsend wanted to blindly hire Beyoncé to star as Carmen Brown in the MTV film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and watched Queen ...
*Fans of Robert Townsend’s “The Five Heartbeats” will get an in depth look inside their favorite film, courtesy of the director himself. “Right now, I’m working on a documentary about how I made the ...
Robert Townsend Recalls Beyoncé’s Audition for ‘Carmen: A Hip Hopera,’ Says She Was ‘Really Nervous'
(Photo by Rich Polk/WireImage), (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Robert Townsend saw something special in Beyoncé during her very first audition. “I didn’t know Beyoncé ...
Robert Townsend recently opened up about witnessing Beyoncé’s undeniable spark during her very first audition for the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Speaking with Lena Waithe on Legacy Talk, the ...
Davey D of Hard Knock Radio recently sat down with Robert Townsend, an acclaimed actor, director, and filmmaker. Townsend is recognized not just for his significant contributions to film and ...
Actor and director Robert Townsend will be joined by actor and comedian Lil Rel Howery at a weekend film festival in Chicago aimed at celebrating the city and its culture. Chicago Tonight is available ...
ST. LOUIS — Hollywood veteran and independent film trailblazer Robert Townsend is returning to the stage, and to St. Louis, with his deeply personal one-man show Living the Shuffle, performing two ...
Smith's selections include Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle," Linklater's "Slacker," and Ron Shelton's "Bull Durham." “This movie made me build my boat because I remember, like — Number one, this is a ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. I chatted with Townsend on Martin Luther King Day from his home base in ...
Actor-director Robert Townsend re-enacts his first boyhood prayer during a red-carpet celebration for the 15th anniversary of the ICE Lawndale movie theaters. The reopened theater invited Townsend to ...
It’s been more than 50 years since Robert Townsend started acting, but the West Side native still discusses his early experiences with plenty of details and delight. As an eager teenager, he took ...
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