Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The role of Cleopatra has attracted Elizabeth Taylor, Adele James and Angelina Jolie. (Photo: Everett Collection, Netflix, Getty ...

Few creative selections kick conversational hornet’s nests like a producer’s decision to cast a person of color in a role long associated with whiteness. Choosing biracial actor Adele James to play ...

In response to Netflix casting a mixed race actress to play Cleopatra in a new series, a government-owned Egyptian media station says it will produce a documentary depicting the queen with an actress ...

The director of the upcoming documentary series “Queen Cleopatra” brushed off criticisms of “blackwashing” over her choice to cast a Black actress as the famous Egyptian queen. Tina Gharavi penned a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A much-anticipated documentary about the historical figure of Queen Cleopatra is premiers on Netflix this week. Here’s when to ...