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Kate Beckinsale stars in the action packed trailer for Jolt!

The film has a star-studded cast that also includes Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci.

Here’s the synopsis: Lindy is a beautiful, sardonically-funny woman with a painful secret: Due to a lifelong, rare neurological disorder, she experiences sporadic rage-filled, murderous impulses that can only be stopped when she shocks herself with a special electrode device. Unable to find love and connection in a world that fears her bizarre condition, she finally trusts a man long enough to fall in love, only to find him murdered the next day. Heartbroken and enraged, she embarks on a revenge-filled mission to find his killer, while also being pursued by the police as the crime’s prime suspect.

The film will hit Amazon on July 23. Check out the trailer…

Laverne Cox is opening up about how she almost quit show business.

During a virtual appearance at Paley Center’s Pride Month programming, “A Salute to LGBTQ+ Pride Achievements in Television”, the 49-year-old actor revealed that landing her role in Orange is the New Black changed the plan.

“In the fall of 2012 we started shooting this show and I was just so happy to have a job; I was in rent arrears on my apartment, I had rolled back rent and I was in all kinds of debt and I was going to give up acting actually, a few months before I booked Orange,” Laverne reminisced. “I had turned 40 that year and had a breakout moment and I was in debt and things weren’t going the way I hoped they would.”

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Fans of Laverne Cox might not have seen any of the European versions of Promising Young Woman, but if they did, they’d notice something really off about her character.

It was revealed that her role as Gail was being dubbed by men in versions of the Emerald Fennell movie that were released in Europe.

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Laverne Cox is hitting the red carpet!

The 48-year-old Orange Is the New Black actress has been tapped to take over red carpet coverage for E! and will also host a series of celebrity interview specials starting next year, per THR.

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The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards event is streaming tonight (April 22) and photos from the pre-taped event have been released!

Zendaya looked gorgeous while walking her first red carpet in over a year and Oscar nominee Andra Day also made an in-person appearance for the awards show.

Other attendees included Laverne Cox, Leslie Jones, Storm Reid, and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke.

Zendaya and Andra are both honorees at the event alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Erivo, and Michaela Coel. The show is being hosted by Laverne and Storm is hosting the pre-show. Leslie and Tarana are two of the evening’s presenters!

Make sure to watch the show on Essence.com and Essence Studios.

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Laverne Cox is opening up about unexpectedly falling in love!

The 48-year-old Orange Is the New Black actress made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (January 28).

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During her appearance, Laverne opened up about finding love in 2020 and talked candidly about dating as a trans woman, explaining that she wasn’t expecting to find love in quarantine during the pandemic.

She also spoke about her upcoming podcast, The Laverne Cox Show, the documentary she executive produced about trans representation, Disclosure, and her hopes for the Biden-Harris administration.

Plus, she also talked about why her appearance on the Ellen Original Series, Fearless with Ashley Graham, was a highlight of her life.

She recently dropped out of a controversial new film – find out why.

Laverne Cox is exiting a controversial project about sex work.

The Emmy-nominated actress was attached to co-executive produce Sarah Jones‘s upcoming documentary Sell/Buy/Date alongside fellow stars Meryl Streep and Rashida Jones.

A press release published by The Hollywood Reporter says the film addresses whether sex work is exploitative or empowering, as well as the sex industry’s impact on “Black and brown women in particular.”

Members of the sex work community criticized the film for not directly involving sex workers in the production process. Laverne responded to one user’s comment that the project represented “everything [she is] supposedly against” by announcing that she had decided to exit the film in order to protect her mental health amid the backlash.

“I am not in an emotional place to deal with the outrage by some around my participation in this project,” she tweeted. “So I have decided to pull out. To be clear, I am no longer involved in any capacity in ['Sell/Buy/Date.']”

In November, Laverne opened up about being the target of a transphobic attack – read more here.