Elle Lorraine: Last News

Lovecraft Country and the upcoming release of the horror comedy film Bad Hair starring Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, and Laverne Cox, Black women are solidifying their place in the horror genre. But this isn’t anything new.

, Kelly Rowland announced she is pregnant. In the ensemble film, Rowland plays famed ‘80s R&B singer Sandra, alongside Blair Underwood, Lena Waithe, newcomer Elle Lorraine and others. “That’s the thing, we all feel like we’re part of the same tribe, we’re part of the same family, we’re part of the same community.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentPicturehouse Entertainment has acquires U.K. distribution rights from FilmNation Entertainment for Justin Simien’s “Bad Hair,” which will be released in British movie theaters on Nov.

After spending the past four years creating the hit Netflix series Dear White People (based on his hit 2014 movie of the same name), writer-director Justin Simien returns with a new film entitled Bad Hair.The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January to rave reviews, where it was quickly picked up by Hulu, with the streaming service debuting the first trailer on Thursday (via Hulu YouTube).Elle Lorraine makes her feature film debut in Bad Hair as Anna Bludsoe who, in 1989, decides to get a weave to try and succeed in, 'the image-based world of music television.' New film:After spending the past four years creating the hit Netflix series Dear White People (based on his hit 2014 movie of the same name), writer-director Justin

Bad Hair, I’m convinced this movie needs to start with a “viewer discretion is advised" warning. Because any Black person who’s sat down in a salon chair to get a weave, a relaxer, or will shudder at the opening line: “You’re not tender-headed, are you?” But I guess that’s the whole point of Justin Simeon’s new horror-comedy, airing on Hulu this fall.

, about a young woman in 1989 with ambitions of becoming a TV star who transforms her look to make it big in an image-obsessed world. Only problem is, her new hair may have a mind of its own. In the first official teaser for the upcoming satire, Laverne Cox’s character, Virgie, is seen waxing poetic about the weave she’s putting on Anna (newcomer Elle Lorraine), suggesting that it may have mystical powers.

Bad Hair stopped by Essence Festival of Culture’s Beauty Carnival to discuss their film, ending hair discrimination and pursuing beauty without limits. But they couldn’t end the conversation without praising one of their own costars. Bad Hair stars Elle Lorraine, Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox, plus writer and director Justin Simien, each took the time to tell a personal story of how their costar Vanessa Williams had affected them.Cox asked for a moment to formally compliment Williams for her contributions to the culture. “Every time Miss Vanessa Williams has said something I’ve gotten I’ve gotten goosebumps,” she said.