Ralph Farquhar: Last News

Disney Branded Television has promoted Meredith Roberts to Executive Vice President, TV Animation.

Hollywood fundraising continues this weekend for Kamala Harris, as Debbie Allen, Don Cheadle and Sheryl Lee Ralph are among the co-chairs of an event with the Democratic presidential nominee’s sister, Maya Harris.

Keke Palmer is "still trying to figure out how to exist" in showbusiness. The 29-year-old actress made her first appearance at the Met Gala in 2023 alongside the likes of regulars such as Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, and Jared Leto but explained that celebrities still experience feelings of insecurity at the biggest night in fashion years after they have made it in the industry. She told WSJ Magazine: "How many people didn’t know what they were doing there? Almost everyone feels the same way that anyone would [who’s] going into a big, overwhelming thing.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Mo’Nique has filed a lawsuit alleging that Paramount and CBS owe her millions in profit participation from her show “The Parkers.” The show ran for five seasons on UPN, from 1999 through 2004. The show’s creators — Ralph Farquhar, Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears — filed a similar lawsuit last June, alleging that CBS had engaged in various forms of “financial malfeasance” to artificially inflate expenses and suppress profit payments. The network settled that case out of court in November. Mo’Nique, whose legal name is Monique Hicks, filed her own suit on Wednesday, repeating many of the claims in the show creators’ lawsuit.

Disney+ will get another helping of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, renewing the Proud Family revival for a second season.

Good news for fans of  revival, the series has officially been renewed for a second season! On Monday, Disney announced that the show is already in production on the second season of the Disney+ series, welcoming back the cast members who reprised their roles from the original series. That includes Kyla Pratt as Penny Proud, Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud, Paula Jai Parker as Trudy Proud, JoMarie Payton as Suga Mama, Cedric the Entertainer as Uncle Bobby, Carlos Mencia as Felix Boulevardez, Maria Canals-Barrera as Sunset Boulevardez, Alvaro Gutierrez as Papi, Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones, Soleil Moon Frye as Zoey Howzer and Alisa Reyes as LaCienega Boulevardez.Season 2 will also include the new cast of voices that quickly became fan favorites, like Keke Palmer as Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto as Randall and Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins, EJ Johnson as Michael Collins, Asante Blackk as Kareem, Artist «A Boogie» Dubose as Francis «KG» Leibowitz-Jenkins, Bresha Webb as CeCe and Aiden Dodson as BeBe.Just like the first season, the second installment will feature some major star power as guest stars, including Chance the Rapper, Gabrielle Union, Normani, Anthony Anderson, gymnasts Dominique Dawes, Gabby Douglas and Laurie Hernandez, Holly Robinson Peete, Storm Reid, Courtney B.

The Proud Family has finally returned, more than 20 years after it first hit Disney Channel in September 2001.