Gabriella Wilson: Last News

R&B singer H.E.R. is set to play the iconic role of Disney princess Belle in ABC's Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.Per People magazine, ABC announced that the 25-year-old musician - real name Gabriella Wilson - would star in the upcoming television special on Wednesday.'I can't believe I get to be a part of the Beauty and the Beast legacy,' H.E.R said in a statement.

After collaborating with Oprah Winfrey‘s Harpo Films and Scott Sanders Productions on Warner Bros’ The Color Purple, in which she portrayed the character of Squeak, actress and musician H.E.R. is getting back into the business with the companies on a Majorettes-inspired project for 20th Century Studios that she’ll develop, produce and topline.

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H.E.R. has released a cover of Sly and the Family Stone’s ‘Dance to The Music’ from the Jack Antonoff-curated Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack.Antonoff also produced and provided backing vocals for the cover, which was released on streaming platforms on June 23. The H.E.R.

H.E.R. (aka Gabriella Wilson) has filed a lawsuit against her longtime record label, MBK Entertainment, pleading to be released from her contract with it.The label is owned by Wilson’s current manager, Jeff Robinson, with whom she signed in 2011 at age 14. According to court documents obtained by The Blast (via Variety), the singer claims that her long-held contract has exceeded the seven-year statute specified by California’s business and professions laws (it reached that point in May 2019), and therefore violates the state’s labor codes.As a result, Wilson claims that MBK “has significantly limited” her “employment rights”, and that she “has not been free to provide her recording services except as permitted or dictated by MBK”.“Wilson’s seven years have run… MBK’s attempts to thwart this important and fundamental California public policy should not be condoned,” the lawsuit reads.Elsewhere in the suit, Wilson alleges that upon signing her to his management, Robinson fired her previous law firm before bringing in his own lawyers, causing subsequent contracts and touring agreements to be negotiated by Robinson’s representation.

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Cardi B and Halle Berry have curated a new all-female hip hop album.The collection serves as the soundtrack to Netflix‘s upcoming film Bruised, which will see Berry make her directorial debut. She also stars in the movie as Jackie Justice, a disgraced MMA fighter.As Variety reports, Berry enlisted Cardi to help hand-select a team of female acts to record six original songs for the OST.“I can’t wait to show it.

H.E.R. made a splash on the red carpet of the 2021 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday when she arrived in a sparkling crimson jumpsuit.The 23-year-old singer–songwriter was unmissable in the one-piece ensemble, which was decorate with large dangling spangles.She wasn't just showing off her haute couture look but was also in the running for the evening's Top R&B Song award.

By Jem Aswad