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Exclusive: Joshua Coates’ film Divine Direction has wrapped filming in Philadelphia, Pa.

The movie tells the story of a father who is also a Pastor and grapples with his faith as his son battles a rare form of kidney cancer. Divine Direction is based on the heartfelt true-life story of Charles Moorer and based on his two books Standing on the World of Adoni and Giving Up Is Not an Option.

Dorian Gregory stars in the dual lead roles of Charles Moorer and his twin brother, Quinton Moorer. With over 70 film and television credits to his name, Gregory is best known for his portrayal of Darryl Morris on the hit TV series Charmed, which aired from 1998 to 2005. The cast also includes Tamala Jones as Cora Moorer, Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts as Dr. Patrick Batra, and Geoffrey Owens as Charles Moorer Sr. Co-Starring, Torrei Hart as Crystal Moorer, Judae’a as Chelsea Moorer, and Golden Globe and Grammy-winning gospel singer Regina Belle as Aunt Gertrude. Comedian Marcus D. Wiley makes his on-screen debut as Pastor Reggie Fletcher and introducing newcomer Shamere Dunswell as Chad Moorer.

Coates in addition to adapting and directing, also produced.

The film will be released by One Culture, a multinational TV and film distribution company based in Atlanta, Ga.

Coates is the President and CEO of 20/20 Visions Entertainment Group, based in West Hollywood. His most recent feature, Ageless Love, was released in 2022.

The pic is a production of 20/20 Visions Entertainment Group in association with 4C Music Productions. The film is executive produced by Charles Moorer and produced by Coates and Pete Postiglione.

Charmed stars Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan and Dorian Gregory, and Beverly Hills, 90210 stars Jennie Garth, Gabrielle Carteris and Brian Austin Green remembered former costar Shannen Doherty two months after her death at the Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed panels at 90s Con in Daytona Beach, Florida. Beverly Hills, 90210 The cast of Beverly Hills 90210, courtesy of Everett Collection The Beverly Hills, 90210 panel began with the audience giving a special cheer in Doherty’s honor. “To see how much she means to all of you,” Jennie Garth said, “she was a very special woman, and we miss her so much.” Her former costars found a lot of meaning, and a lot to honor, in Doherty’s openness about her long battle with breast cancer. “I have a friend right now who’s really sick with cancer, and she said that Shannen really inspired her,” Gabrielle Carteris said. “So I...

Catching up with Charmed cast mates can offer therapeutic solace amid the mourning of TV icon Shannen Doherty's passing. Charmed's compelling storyline follows supernatural siblings using their powers for good, gaining a solid fanbase from 1998-2006. The talented Charmed cast members have continued to thrive post-show, taking on new projects in TV, movies, and advocacy work.

As the entertainment world continues to mourn the passing of TV titan Shannen Doherty, catching up with her Charmed cast mates may do some therapeutic good. In addition to leaving an indelible mark in the 1990s as Brenda Walsh on the hit teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210, Doherty revamped her TV persona by starring as Prue Halliwell in Charmed's first three seasons, trading her innocent teen image for a spell-casting witch who acts with love and kindness.

Running on the WB for eight seasons and 179 episodes between 1998 and 2006, Charmed follows a trio of...

Writer Adam Rockoff reteams with director David DeCoteau on a new Lifetime thriller that bears a striking resemblance to this month’s earlier title, Million Dollar Lethal Listing.

In Fatal Fixer Upper, Vivian (Jasmine Aivaliotis) and Ryan (Philip McElroy) are a young married couple preparing to purchase their dream home. Just like in Million Dollar Lethal Listing, the deal is too good to be true: the house is wildly underpriced, the owner is looking for a quick sale, and they’re asked to make a hefty cash deposit.

Unlike the former title, though, there’s no mystery about who the villain is in Fatal Fixer Upper. The film opens with a classic Lifetime cold open that immediately establishes that there is a bad man keeping an eye on things. His identity is quickly revealed as Josh Thomas (Duke Van Patten), the home’s original owner and the person spying on...

Co-star Alyssa Milano allegedly threatened to sue the Charmed cast for a hostile workplace environment, leading to Shannen Doherty being fired. Doherty denies being mean to Milano on set and recounts a time when she directed an episode and was kind and understanding toward Milano's requests. Despite accepting that the situation happened, Doherty emphasizes that acceptance and moving on does not equate to forgiveness, indicating lingering tensions among the cast.

The Charmed cast alleges that Shannen Doherty was fired from the show after being threatened by co-star Alyssa Milano. Charmed was a TV series about three sisters who discover they are descendants of witches. The series ran for eight seasons from 1998 to 2006. In addition to Milano and Doherty, Charmed starred Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Brian Krause, and Dorian Gregory.

As per the Let’s Be Clear podcast, Doherty was reportedly fired from Charmed after threats from co-star Milano. Combs...

Throughout all eight seasons of the original Charmed, the Halliwell sisters — Prue (Shannen Doherty), Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), and Paige (Rose McGowan) — were assisted by many friendly faces. Most notable, of course, are Piper’s husband and neighborhood Whitelighter Leo Wyatt (Brian Krause) and Inspector Darryl Morris (Dorian Gregory), the latter of whom used his position to cover up many of the Halliwells’ magical antics around San Francisco. But, to step into the Charmed Ones’ lives meant opening yourself up to danger, as we see very early on with Prue’s longtime love Andy (Ted King) dying at the end of the first season. While many of the Charmed characters met a brutal and tragic fate over the seasons, there were explanations (such as pushing the story forward or actors choosing to leave). But one character in particular, Billie Jenkins (Kaley Cuoco), had a terrible, undeserved, and...

Get your Feeny calls ready. Most of the main cast of “Boy Meets World” is set to reunite at ’90s Con in Tampa, Florida. The event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sitcom, which aired from 1993 to 2000.

Confirmed cast for the “Boy Meets World” reunion include Danielle Fishel (Topanga Lawrence), Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter), Will Friedle (Eric Matthews), Trina McGee (Angela Moore), Matthew Lawrence (Jack Hunter), William Daniels (Mr. Feeny), Bonnie Bartlett Daniels (Dean Lila Bolander), Betsy Randle (Amy Matthews), William Russ (Alan Matthews) and Lee Norris (Stuart Minkus). Ben Savage, who portrayed Cory Matthews and is currently running for Congress, is not set to attend.

This is the third ’90s Con, presented by Thats4Entertainment, and is set to take place at the Tampa Convention Center on September 15, 16 and 17.

In 2022, Strong, Friedle and Fishel launched “Pod Meets World,” a rewatch podcast. The group revealed that they asked Savage...

Shannen Doherty joined her former Charmed co-stars Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Drew Fuller, Brian Krause, and Dorian Gregory at That’s 4 Entertainment’s 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, and defended the show’s reboot. When a fan booed the mention of the newer CW series, which ended last year, Doherty responded, “Not cool… Don’t boo to people who supply literally hundreds and hundreds of people with their job.” Doherty, who played Prue Halliwell in the original hit series, added that “the new Charm is also for a younger generation,” noting, “I’ve met a lot of people that have bonded just like all of you have bonded, right where this Charmed got you through a lot of life experiences [and] brought you and your family close to get closer together, there’s a whole other generation that felt the same thing with the new Charmed.” Nick Cinea, courtesy of...

Shannen Doherty reunited with her Charmed family over the weekend during 90s Con.

The star showed some love for The CW's reboot, which aired for four seasons.

Fans booed the newest chapter in the franchise, with Doherty declaring that it was "not cool," according to People.

"Don't boo to people who supply literally hundreds and hundreds of people with their job," Dogert said during the panel alongside Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Drew Fuller, Brian Krause, and Dorian Gregory.

Doherty said that the new Charmed was for a younger generation.

"I've met a lot of people that have bonded just like all of you have bonded, right where this Charmed got you through a lot of life experiences [and] brought you and your family close to get closer together, there's a whole other generation that felt the same thing with the new Charmed," she said.

"It may be for all of us to be like 'Well,...

No, the following is not a parody.

BET on Tuesday announced that Karen, a made-for-tv movie about a racist white woman named — you guessed it! — Karen, is set to premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 14 (at 10/9c).

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The film stars Orange Is the New Black vet Taryn Manning (aka Pennsatucky) as Karen, an entitled, bigoted Caucasian woman who “pulls...

BET is closing out the summer with a block of original feature films, including the Taryn Manning lightning rod “Karen.”

Titled “Summer of Chills,” the slate of suspense thrillers includes three BET original movies and the linear debut of two titles from streaming service BET Plus.

Stars including Paula Patton, Lauren London, LisaRaye McCoy, Loretta Devine, Wood Harris, V. Bozeman, Columbus Short, Deborah Cox, Anthony Hamilton and Ledisi.

“Karen,” a suspense thriller about an entitled and twisted racist woman who comes undone after a Black couple moves into the McMansion next door, will air on Sept. 14. An early look at the title, a pejorative term for toxic white women who’d like to speak to the manager, caused a stir on social media and drew comparisons to Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.”

Cory Hardrict and Jasmine Burke play the couple attempting to assimilate into their new neighborhood, thwarted by microaggressions...

An October 2020 UCLA Hollywood Diversity study — which focused on broadcast, cable and streaming programming for the previous two television seasons — reported that, when it comes to racial diversity in television industry jobs, while Black, indigenous, and other people of color (Bipoc) creatives continue to make incremental gains, positions at the highest ranks and behind the camera still elude them. The group is not represented proportionately to their share of the U.S. population overall, even though audiences continue to show interest in programming with talent that represents the nation’s diversity.

The analysis found that the greatest racial disparities are in behind-the-camera jobs such as a show’s creator, director, and writer: Among digital programs, just 10.3 percent of show creators were Bipoc; in broadcast, 10.7 percent; and for cable, 14.7 percent.

White men still dominate these positions, as well as high-level TV executive jobs. As of 2020, chair/CEO positions were overwhelmingly held...

Lifetime Movie Network (Lmn) has set 13 thrillers to debut in early 2021, including five new “The Wrong” franchise movies starring Vivica A. Fox, TheWrap has learned exclusively.

The new installments include “The Wrong Real Estate Agent,” “The Wrong Fiancé,” “The Wrong Mr. Right,” “The Wrong Prince Charming” and “The Wrong Valentine,” with the latter one marking the channel’s 25th “Wrong” movie, all of which have starred and been executive produced by Fox.

Below, see the full slate of new movies rolling out January-March on Friday nights on Lifetime’s sister network Lmn. The lineup includes Fox’s five “Wrong” movies, as well as projects starring Eric Roberts, Tracy Nelson, Samaire Armstrong, Anna Marie Dobson, Michael Pare, Tom Sandoval, Jessica Morris, Jason Shane Scott and Michael Madsen.

The Wrong Real Estate Agent

Starring Vivica A. Fox, Andres Londono, Dorian Gregory, Alaya Lee Walton, Tom Sandoval, Gina Hiraizumi

Friday, January 1 at 8pm...

In today’s roundup, National Geographic announced the ensemble cast joining “Genius: Aretha” and Comedy Central has ordered eight episodes of Bobby Moynihan’s digital series “Loafy.”

Casting

Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington (“The Color Purple”), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (“Vice Principals”), Rebecca Naomi Jones (“The Big Sick”), Sanai Victoria (“Black-ish”) have been cast alongside Cynthia Erivo in National Geographic’s “Genius: Aretha.” Also, Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA TV award-winner Anthony Hemingway joined the anthology series as executive producer and pilot director.

Quinn Copeland, Lauren Donzis, Oliver De Los Santos and Noah Cottrell have been cast as series regulars in Peacock’s “Punky Brewster” pilot. From Ucp and Universal Television, the multi-camera/hybrid continuation of the ’80s sitcom follows Punky (Soleil Moon Frye), now a single mother of three trying to get her life back on track when she meets Izzy (Copeland), a young girl who reminds her a lot of her younger self.

Charmed has a new star. TVLine reports Melonie Diaz has been cast in The CW's reboot pilot.The original show followed three witches who used their powers for good and to protect innocent people from evil. The cast included Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Dorian Gregory, and Julian McMahon. The series ran for eight seasons before it ended in 2006, making it The WB’s second-longest running drama.Read More…...

The CW has found a new leading man. Deadline reports Ser'Darius Blain has joined the network's Charmed reboot pilot.The original show followed three witches who used their powers for good and to protect innocent people from evil. The cast included Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Dorian Gregory, and Julian McMahon. The series ran for eight seasons before it ended in 2006, making it The WB’s second-longest running drama.Read More…...

It's official. Variety reports The CW has given a pilot order for a series reboot of Charmed.The original show followed three witches who used their powers for good and to protect innocent people from evil. The cast included Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Dorian Gregory, and Julian McMahon. The series ran for eight seasons before it ended in 2006, making it The WB’s second-longest running drama.Read More…...

Mark Harrison Sep 30, 2019

Remember 1995's Baywatch Nights? Oh, we 'member a whole pile of David Hasselhoff-starring strangeness...

This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.

For younger readers, the original Baywatch was an action drama that charted the professional and personal lives of county lifeguards in Los Angeles, saving people from drowning but also tackling other seaside perils like sharks, earthquakes and serial killers. The show was almost cancelled after its disappointing first season in 1989, but thanks to the efforts of producer and star David Hasselhoff, it was resuscitated for first-run syndication and found huge international success over the following ten seasons.

The conventional wisdom that brought us 2017's Baywatch film with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, along with so many other reboots, is that something is easier to market if it has already existed in some form than if it's entirely original, and that same logic has applied...

Sorry, Charmed fans. Recently, CW boss Mark Pedowitz revealed the original cast of the WB series will not be involved in the network's upcoming reboot, The Wrap reports.Last week, we reported the CW is rebooting the WB dramedy, which followed three witches who use their powers for good. The show starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Dorian Gregory, and Julian McMahon. The series ran for eight seasons before it ended in 2006, making it The WB’s second-longest running drama.Read More…...

Good news for fans of Charmed. After months of rumors and suggestions, Deadline reports The CW has ordered a reboot of the popular WB TV series.The original show followed three witches who used their powers for good and to protect innocent people from evil. The cast included Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Dorian Gregory, and Julian McMahon. The series ran for eight seasons before it ended in 2006, making it The WB's second-longest running drama.Read More…...

The WB crossover of your dreams happened in Paris when cast members from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed reunited—together—for a fan convention. It's only appropriate your listen to the Buffy theme song while reading this story. The TV worlds collided at Guests Events' Witches vs. Vampires convention with Buffy veterans James Marsters, Emma Caulfield, Charisma Carpenter and Nicholas Brendon shared the stage with Charmed stars Dorian Gregory, Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty, Drew Fuller and Ted King. Hey, 1990s genre TV! "I mean... Aren't we the cutest? #Cander #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #Xander #Cordelia #Paris2016," Carpenter captioned the photo above. Buffy the Vampire...

"Hasselhoff: The Night Stalker" I dubbed “Baywatch Nights” when it aired its fabulously misguided second (and final) season. The “Baywatch” spin-off with lifeguard David Hasselhoff moonlighting as a Pi abruptly transformed into an “X-Files” wannabe with him battling the paranormal.

The results, as you are about to see, were pure trainwreck TV.

Believe it or not, there really was a time when “Baywatch” was the most watched television program in the entire world. Pamela Anderson’s (ahem) buoyancy transcended language barriers worldwide. The primary reason for the show’s global success was obvious to every red-blooded male except perhaps for producer/star David Hasselhoff. I once heard him in an interview try to claim it was the show’s storytelling that kept people coming back week after week and not because internet porn was still a few years away from being at everyone’s fingertips. Yeah, the storylines... That’s...

Don Cornelius, the creator and longtime host of TV’s Soul Train, was found dead on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, after apparently taking his own life. He was 75.

Police had responded to a report of a gunshot around 4 a.m. Pst, the Associated Press reports, and Cornelius was declared dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from a self-inflicted gunshot wound an hour later.

“Don was a visionary pioneer and a giant in our business,” music industry icon Quincy Jones said in a statement. “Before MTV there was Soul Train; that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius.

The Halliwell sisters aren't returning to your TV set in new adventures but they are coming to a comic book store near you.

Charmed revolves around three sisters who discover that they are actually witches with magical powers. After the death of their grandmother, the beautiful Halliwell sisters Prue (Shannen Doherty), Piper (Holly Marie Combs), and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) reunite and discover they are the strongest descendants of a long line of witches. The three use their powers to rescue others from evil supernatural forces until Prue is killed in battle.

It's then discovered that Piper and Phoebe have a half-sister named Paige Matthews (Rose McGowan) who also has powers and joins their fight. Other recurring characters include Whitelighter Leo Wyatt (Brian Krause), police detective Darryl Morris (Dorian Gregory), and half-demon Cole Turner (Julian McMahon). The final episode, "Forever Charmed," aired on May...

One of America's longest-running series, Soul Train, is finally back on track. The once "must see" music show has been purchased by a new owner who promises to resurrect Soul Train in a new fashion.

Soul Train started airing in Chicago on August 17, 1970 and showcased many R&B and soul artists. An immediate success, Soul Train was quickly syndicated and began airing in selected cities across the Us. The show's home base moved to Los Angeles in 1972 where it remains today. Don Cornelius, the series' creator, served as host until 1993 when he was replaced by a series of guest hosts. Mystro Clark took over full-time in 1997, Shemar Moore replaced him in 1999, and Dorian Gregory began hosting in 2003.

The music show is billed as "the longest running, first-run, nationally syndicated program in television history." Soul Train aired original episodes from 1970 until the 2005 -- 2006 season. After that, compilation episodes began airing as...

Carmen Electra, Vivica A. Fox, Bill Bellamy and Stacey Dash will star in the indie Getting Played for writer-director David Silberg. Played is lensing in Los Angeles. The project, penned by first-time helmer Silberg, revolves around three beautiful women (Electra, Fox, Dash) who have had their share of men trouble. The trio enter into a game of fun by trying to seduce a random target that they must catch on video. Problems arise when the random man (Bellamy) is in on the joke. Joe Torry, Dorian Gregory and Kathy Najimy round out the cast. Fox also is producing the project along with Lita Richardson, Michael Catalano and Silberg. Eric Manlunas is executive producing. Michael Feifer is co-producing. Electra is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment and the law firm Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman. Her new series, Til Death Do Us Part, which chronicles the nuptials of Electra and rocker Dave Navarro, premieres next week on MTV. Fox is repped by Writers and Artists Group International. Bellamy is repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Nina Shaw. Dash is repped by Michael & Associates.