Jill Scott

By Angela Bronner On June 29, TV One will premiere an original music concert special featuring the neo-soul high priestess in all of her glory. Titled 'Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly),' the one-hour special features the two-time Grammy ...

By Wilson Morales Directed and written by Deborah Kampmeier, 'Hounddog' generated tremendous media interest when a promo reel was shown at the Sundance Film Festival last year. The character played by 12-year-old Dakota Fanning is sexually assaulted in a scene that enraged conservative media pundits...

By Wilson Morales Oyelowo was most recently seen in the TV production of 'A Raisin in the Sun' with Sean Combs and Sanaa Lathan and was in the BBC production of 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency' with Jill Scott, Idris Elba, and Anika Noni Rose

By Karu F. Daniels Really. When the two-time Grammy Award winning Philadelphia native opens the song with "If I could give you the world/On a silver platter/Would it even matter?/You'd still be mad at me," listeners know that she's about to lunge into her latest foray of raw emotion.

By Karu F. Daniels On June 20, neo-soul diva Jill Scott celebrated her Carnegie Hall debut with a special announcement of her new engagement to young drummer Lil' John Roberts. Not much is publicly known about Roberts, who is believed to be from Scott's Philadelphia hometown. Jill Scott Pictures

By Wilson Morales The dynamic and diverse cast for the television pilot includes Grammy Award-winning singer Jill Scott as series heroine Precious Ramotswe, who has become one of the most beloved characters in international contemporary fiction. Anika Noni Rose ('Dreamgirls') stars as Precious' qui...

By Wilson Morales Based on the best-selling novel series by Alexander McCall Smith, "Detective Agency" chronicles the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the proprietor of the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. Singer Jill Scott will take the lead role of Precious Ramotswe in the Botswana-...