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Could you ever imagine Julia Roberts portraying Harriet Tubman?
‘Harriet’, the historical drama based on Tubman’s life released earlier this month, stars Cynthia Erivo., but it’s now been revealed that a studio executive suggested Julia Roberts would be perfect to portray the legendary slave turned abolitionist.
No. This is not a joke!
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In the final hour of Underground’s freshman season we learned the fates of several of our favorite cast members but we also got a glimpse into what’s to come for season 2.
I can honestly say I never expect a ‘slave drama’ to capture my attention but the writers did an excellent job of drawing viewers into the lives of the characters involved.
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I’m really beginning to think that OG Russell Simmons played us all with his extremely offense endorsement of Harriet Tubman’s sex tape that caused waves a few days ago.
Simmons, whose keen business sense formed one of the most celebrated record companies in hip-hop and music history, had Black Twitter in an uproar over the comedic sketch aimed at one of history’s most polarizing figures. The outrage was so great, that Simmons removed all digital evidence of his blunder, and proceeded to issue a mea culpa via his popular blog site.
Now more information on this underground idea has come to the surface, and its been discovered that the Global Grind owner, and his crew who created the now infamous ‘sex tape’ was financed by some of Hollywood’s most powerful heavy hitters!
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