Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford and Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance With Somebody. (Photo: Sony) Naomi Ackie was little-known in the U.S. when she was tapped for a role as Jannah in J.J. Abrams’s 2019 saga capper Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. But the pressure and intense fanfare that comes with joining the Star Wars universe could only partly prepare the 30-year-old London native for her latest high profile role: playing the beloved late pop star Whitney Houston in the… Source link
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Trey McBride, a tight end from Colorado State University, is poised to make history on Thursday. If he’s drafted — and many think he will be — he’ll be the first NFL player with same-sex parents. McBride, along with his four siblings, were raised by parents Kate and Jen, who told “The Today Show” that they started their family in the 1990s — a time when same sex relationships and parenthood weren’t as readily accepted as they are today. “They actually considered me a single mom,” Source link
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