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Janelle Monae Is the Star of the New ‘Hidden Figures’ Trailer
Janelle Monae Is the Star of the New ‘Hidden Figures’ Trailer
Janelle Monae Is the Star of the New ‘Hidden Figures’ Trailer
There are few things I’m more excited about right now than the start of Janelle Monae’s acting career. The R&B funk singer made her big screen debut earlier this year in Barry Jenkins Moonlight, which she is wonderful in, and next up she’ll crack some quips in Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures. That film, which also stars Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer, is the next thing I’m most excited about.
Taraji P. Henson Blasts Hollywood Pay Gap in New Memoir
Taraji P. Henson Blasts Hollywood Pay Gap in New Memoir
Taraji P. Henson Blasts Hollywood Pay Gap in New Memoir
Hollywood’s troubling pay gap problem doesn’t only apply to gender; it also applies to people of color. And when you’re both a woman and a person of color, that salary discrepancy can be twice as offensive. Just ask Empire star Taraji P. Henson, who detailed her egregious experiences with Hollywood’s pay gap in her new memoir, which reveals that she was paid about two percent of what Brad Pitt made on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — and that’s just the start.

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