ABC’s hit series Black-ish will be coming to an end next year.
It was just announced that the show has been renewed for an eighth and final season on the network.
Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross have starred as parents Dre and Bo, with Yara Shahidi, Marcus Scribner, Marsai Martin and Miles Brown as their kids, and Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis as Dre’s parents.
The cast of black-ish are getting the cartoon treatment!
The Johnson family – Yara Shahidi (Zoey), Marcus Scribner (Junior), Marsai Martin (Diane) and Miles Brown (Jack), along with Anthony Anderson (Dre), Tracee Ellis Ross (Rainbow), Jenifer Lewis (Ruby) and Laurence Fishburne (Pops) – all got animated for half of an upcoming one hour election special. The youngest Devonte Johnson, played by twins Austin and Berlin Gross, did not get the animated treatment.
Here’s a synopsis: Junior is excited for his first time voting but discovers he has been purged from the voter polls so he does a deep dive into why – trying to understand the systems in place for voter registration.
In part two, the animated episode, Dre’s colleague Stevens (Peter Mackenzie) makes an ill-advised decision to run for Congress, so Dre enlists his family’s help and campaigns against him but gets caught up with fundraising and private interest groups.
The “Election Special” will air on October 4th at 10pm ET on ABC. Then, season seven will premiere in it’s regular time slot on Wednesday, October 21 at 9:30pm ET.
Marcus Scribner is playing a game of “Would You Rather?”
The 20-year-old black-ish actor teamed up with DoSomething.org and HSBC for the nationwide financial literacy campaign that teaches young people how to make and save money, while social distancing during COVID-19.
“For lots of people my age, dealing with money can feel intimidating, overwhelming, and honestly just stressful. That’s why I’m so pumped about ‘Would You Rather?’, because young people can
learn really important stuff about making and saving money just by taking the kind of quiz they would take online anyway,” Marcus said in a press release.
For the campaign, young people will answer five amusing financial questions, and after each question, they will receive a personal finance tip and, ultimately a comprehensive digital personal finance guide they can use and share with friends to take control of their financial lives. Students around the country will also be able to use the campaign’s resources to facilitate in-person financial literacy workshops at their schools and communities.
Head to DoSomething.org to get started now!
Jenna Ortega wears a headpiece with her outfit while attending the CAA 2020 NAACP Image Awards After Party held at The Jefferson on Saturday night (February 22) in Los Angeles.
The 17-year-old actress was joined by the casts of grown-ish and black-ish at the event.
In attendance included Yara Shahidi, Chloe Bailey, Francia Raisa, Marsai Martin, Miles Brown, Marcus Scribner, Trevor Jackson, Diggy Simmons and Deon Cole, some of which who switched out of their red carpet looks. Storm Reid was also in attendance.
The grown-ish cast even took a big group photo with Michael B. Jordan!
Earlier in the night, the stars stepped out for the NAACP Image Awards, where black-ish and Marsai picked up quite a few awards.
In case you missed it, it was just announced that Jenna will be starring in a new movie written and directed by Francia‘s The Secret Life of the American Teenager co-star Megan Park!
FYI: Jenna is wearing a Derma Department dress and carrying a Blumera bag.
Yara Shahidi and Marsai Martin pose together on the carpet at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards held at Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday (February 22) in Pasadena, Calif.
The black-ish co-stars were joined at the event by their on screen brothers Marcus Scribner and Miles Brown.
Also in attendance were Yara‘s grown-ish family – Francia Raisa, Chloe Bailey, Trevor Jackson, Diggy Simmons, and Luka Sabbat.
The night before, Marsai picked up three awards at the pre-awards show dinner, where many of the ish stars all stepped out as well.
grown-ish, black-ish and the stars of both shows were nominated for numerous NAACP Image awards this year. See which awards they won here!
FYI: Yara is wearing a Gucci dress. Marsai is wearing Ermanno Scervino. Chloe is wearing Sally LaPoint. Marcus is wearing Kris Goyri. Trevor is wearing a Richard James suit.
Aimee Carrero wears a navy suit to the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards held at Barker Hangar on Sunday (January 12) in Santa Monica, Calif.
The 31-year-old She-Ra and the Princesses of Power actress was joined by her cast mates AJ Michalka, Marcus Scribner, Karen Fukuhara, Lauren Ash, and Noelle Stevenson.
“Going to the #CriticsChoiceAwards today with my #SheRa lovelies and am pretty confident we will take home the award for “Roudiest Table.” 🌈⚡️🗡💕,” Aimee tweeted.
She-Ra was nominated for Best Animated Series, but unfortunately lost out to BoJack Horseman.
Also in attendance at the event was fellow Netflix star, Stranger Things‘ Noah Schnapp.
FYI: Aimee is wearing Gabriela Hearst. AJ is wearing an Elisabetta Franchi gown, Olgana Paris shoes, Irene Neuwirth jewelry, and a Judith Leiber clutch. Lauren is wearing a Melissa Mercedes dress. Noelle is wearing a Stella McCartney suit, a Theory shirt, a Michael Kors clutch, and a CC Skye ring. Karen is wearing a Vitor Zerbinato dress. Marcus is wearing Ermenegildo Zegna XXX.
Yara Shahidi is celebrating her black-ish sibling Marcus Scribner‘s birthday!
The 19-year-old ish actress shared a few memorable moments with her co-star with a sweet message.
“Maaaarcuuusss darling! I can’t believe you’re twenty whole years old- you may only be a month and 3 days older than me but I can’t believe you’re so old now ⚡️,” Yara captioned her post.
“thank you for all of these memories and moment from actually learning all of the words to the Arctic Monkeys’ songs I would play nonstop to esoteric conversations on how Loki is the rightful king of Asgard ⚡️love you dude,” she continued.
Marcus turns 20 years old TODAY (January 7), while Yara turns 20 in just over a month on February 10th. Happy Birthday Marcus!!
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