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Looks like Wendy Williams's opinion of the new Aaliyah (Alexandra Shipp) biopic may need to take a second look! According to fans of the late singer, "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B," was a total disappointment. The Lifetime film premiered Saturday night, Nov. 15, as fans flooded social media with their disgust. The controversial biopic of the late R&B icon has been one of the latest low-budget TV films that has been questioned by fans. According to VH1, other highly criticized films produced recently include "The Brittany Murphy Story," "Saved By the Bell" and "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story." Saturday's film did feature some positive aspects of Aaliyah's life, but most of the story concentrated on her infamous relationship with R. Kelly. Read More »
The highly anticipated film, "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B" is airing tonight on Lifetime at 8 p.m. EST. Actress, Alexandra Shipp, has taken the role of Aaliyah in the biopic, after Zendaya Coleman (the original choice) resigned. MStars News recently reported the movie underwent some controversy earlier this year when it was announced that Coleman would be taking on the role of the R&B singer. After facing some pretty harsh criticism and scrutiny, however, the Disney star backed out of the project, leaving the door open for Shipp to take over the lead role. Coleman explained that it was the production and where the project was heading that made her uncomfortable starring in the film. Read More »
Tamar Braxton NEW SINGLE "Let Me Know" Featuring Future Now on iTunes. Ne-Yo released the video to his new single, "She Knows" featuring Juicy J, and he can't seem to get strippers off his mind. Read More »
If the last clip from the new Aaliyah Lifetime biopic was too short to sustain your cravings for the new film, we have you covered, as a new trailer was just released. The film, titled, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B," has just rolled out a brand new clip starring Alexandra Shipp. However, if you thought that you would hear Shipp singing as the late singer in the new teaser, we are sorry to disappoint. Read More »
Are you that somebody? Well, Alexandra Shipp is in the newly released teaser for Lifetime's new Aaliyah biopic. Read More »
LifeTime network has picked up actress Alexandra Shipp to replace Disney star Zendaya Coleman for the Aaliyah biopic. Read More »
It looks like Lifetime is about to get into the wedding business. The network has just picked up an original movie starring Eve, Jill Scott, and Regina Hall about three single girlfriends who make a pact to get married within a year after attending an extravagant New Year's Eve wedding of one of their close friends. Read More »
Days after Disney star, Zendaya Coleman confirmed that she would give up her role for Aaliyah Houghton in the Lifetime biopic: Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (working title), singer Erika Perry -who strikingly resembles the "One In A Million" singer- has allegedly won the role. Read More »
Looks like Lifetime will have to try again in finding someone to play Aaliyah in their upcoming biopic about the singer after actress Zendaya Coleman has stepped down from the project. The Disney Channel star opened up about her decision to drop out of the film at the BET Awards Sunday night. Read More »
Drama! There's no drama if you ask TLC singer, T-Boz. Read More »
Is Zendaya Coleman Aaliyah's biopic replacement singer Rihanna? After so much negative backlash, there are reports that the "Diamonds" is being considered for the Lifetime role. Read More »
The new Lifetime movie, which focuses on the life of the late singer Aaliyah, has been at the center of some controversy lately. Well it seems that the plot for the movie will become a little more interesting. Sources are telling Page Six that the scandalous relationship between the "One in a Million" singer and R. Kelly will be one of the main focuses of the film. Read More »
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the recent Aaliyah biopic that is in production at VH1, more specifically over the casting decisions that have been made. Fans made their opinion known earlier this week when the music network revealed that they had cast Zendaya Coleman to portray the "One in a Million" singer. Uproar broke out on Twitter and even got the late singers name trending. People didn't seem to be too happy about the news. Read More »
