Apparently, Akil wants that just as much as we do. In a recent sit-down on “Sherri,” Akil shared that she’s been trying to bring a “Girlfriends” movie to life “I want to tell that story…I want to ...

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'But now it looks like the stars might align if they can get the funding, which, I think, it's completely possible because—money, there are people with a lot of money.' A Girlfriends film appears ...

A staple and beloved Black woman-led sitcom of the UPN era, Girlfriends was abruptly canceled by then-nascent network The CW amid the 2007-08 writers’ strike — a decision that creator Mara Brock Akil ...

Warner Bros. Discovery veteran Karen Horne has been named executive director of showrunner Mara Brock Akil‘s Writers’ Colony talent development program designed to nurture underrepresented writers.