Bill Cosby: Last News

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticDeep into W. Kamau Bell’s new four-part documentary, “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” panelists are asked to describe who Bill Cosby is, as if to a person who had never heard of him before. Does one lead with his phenomenal career successes as a comedian and actor? Or the crimes of which he’s been credibly accused — and for which he was convicted in 2018, before that conviction was overturned on a technicality in 2021?It’s a familiar question, one of separating the art from the artist — so familiar, indeed, that Bell literally asking, in voice-over, “Can you separate the art from the artist?” five minutes before the documentary ends feels a little trite.

For decades, Bill Cosby was widely known as an icon in the comedy world, but also as "America's dad." The persona largely came from his famed roles in television shows like "The Cosby Show," which saw him play a wholesome and loving father and husband.  Furthermore, he was seen as a pioneer for Black comedians and actors, having been the first Black actor to star in a weekly drama series ("I Spy") and the first Black person to win an Emmy for acting. However, public perception of the comic, now 84, changed when he was accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women. Now, Showtime is set to examine the complicated nature of Cosby's historical significance in relation to his tarnished reputation in the new limited series "We Need To Talk About Cosby." "Do not edit this," warns a woman in the trailer for the show, which was released Wednesday.

“The idea being if I’m to really learn the lessons of Bill Cosby then this is a part of that,” exclaims W. Kamau Bell of the trenchant We Need To Talk About Cosby. “This is about being smart, being aware, caring about your community,” adds the director of the four-episode docuseries set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22 and on Showtime on January 30.

Bill Cosby. The comedian and Emmy Award-winning host of CNN's , directed the upcoming docuseries, a four-part series that explores the life, career and impact of Cosby, as well as how his sexual assault allegations forever changed his legacy.Bell serves as the narrator and co-executive producer of the docuseries with Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn, Sarina Roma, and showrunner Katie A.

 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22 and will debut on Showtime come Jan. 30.The first trailer of the series dropped on Thursday and will take a deep dive into the life and career of the disgraced 84-year-old.“Do not edit this: A lot of people knew,” Eden Tirl says chillingly in the trailer.

Addie Morfoot ContributorThe 35 feature documentaries heading to this year’s Sundance Film Festival address a wide array of issues, including the U.S. maternal-mortality crisis (Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s “Aftershock”); the battle over control of women’s bodies (Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’ “The Janes”); corporate greed (Rory Kennedy’s “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing”); and climate change (Rachel Lears’ “To the End”).But this year’s nonfiction lineup also includes several portrait documentaries: Kanye West (“jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy”), Bill Cosby (“We Need to Talk About Cosby”), Sinéad O’Connor (“Nothing Compares”) and Princess Diana (“The Princess”) are among the many famous and infamous figures being explored.

Bill Cosby was convicted of rape — well, aggravated indecent assault — for his use of pills, reportedly Quaaludes, that he would allegedly use to drug women and then have sex while they were unable to consent. But was his buddy Hugh Hefner doing the same thing for years?

Prince Andrew’s growing legal bills are being funded by his mother, Queen Elizabeth.

The pair met on the TV series I Spy in the mid-1960s.In a statement made through her lawyer Gloria Allred, Sunni alleged that she went to a jazz club with Cosby and ordered a Coca-Cola.She added that she didn't remember leaving the club and woke up in an apartment naked, feeling like she had sex.Afterwards, she claimed she called Cosby to ask what had happened, and he told the actress that she had been drinking champagne and he took her to the apartment to get some sleep.Nick Knowles speaks out as Rhod Gilbert replaces him on DIY SOS [INSIGHT]Ben Shephard bids farewell as broadcasting colleague leaves [ANALYSIS]Piers Morgan sheds the pounds as Covid battle continues [UPDATE]Sunni claimed that the actor then took her to the Magic Castle Club

California, and worked as a spiritual medium until she was diagnosed with lung cancer.Back in 2015, Welles joined the mass of women who accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault, who she met on the set of TV series “I Spy.”She said she was a 17-year-old aspiring singer at the time of her encounter with Cosby, which took place in the mid-1960s in Hollywood after a visit to a jazz club.In a statement, she claimed that she ordered a Coke at the club. She added that she did not remember leaving the club and later woke up in an apartment naked and alone, feeling as though she had had sex.Once Welles called Cosby, she claimed he said she drank Champagne and he took her to the apartment to sleep it off.“He was a star.

Sunni Welles, former actor and singer who was among the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died, her son Shaun O’Banion announced Tuesday on Twitter. She was 72.

Clayton Davis With diversity among key nominees at the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards up 17% year over year, there is great potential for even more records to be shattered come the Sept. 19 ceremony.Four of the six slots for lead drama actor went to Black actors, two of whom are former winners — Sterling K.

Phylicia Rashad has landed her third consecutive Emmy nom for This Is Us. The TV Academy’s recognition of the actress comes on the heels of controversy over her comments, surrounding Bill Cosby’s release from prison.

The dozens of women to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct are understandably outraged by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision to overturn his conviction for sexual assault.

Eight of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault accusers are speaking out, telling NBC News that they felt thrown “under the bus” by a legal system that released the comedian from prison last week.

Carroll Baker is making it known exactly where she stands amid the Bill Cosby saga. A day prior to the embattled actor’s release from prison on overturned sexual assault charges, the 90-year-old Hollywood actress sat down for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter (THR) and said Cosby, 83, was nothing short of "wonderful." She also called Cosby "a very sexy man" while questioning why his accusers would even want to be alone with him in the first place.

If anyone thought a now free Bill Cosby was going to lay low for a bit after having his rape conviction and sentence suddenly overturned last week, the much accused actor once known as “America’s Dad” choose America’s Independence Day to prove them wrong.

Janet Hubert is not happy with Phylicia Rashad.

Phylicia Rashad.The former actress took to Twitter to call out Rashad after she initially celebrated Bill Cosby's release on Wednesday.«Phylicia what are you thinking!!! I don't know you but to say this was terribly wrong. EVERYONE knew what he was doing back then,» Hubert wrote.

Janice Dickinson is speaking out after Bill Cosby‘s 2018 conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Phylicia Rashad took to social media to react to the news of Bill Cosby’s surprising prison release.