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After only a few months of waiting, Sistas season 8 is back and there's been plenty of news about release dates, storylines, and more. From the creator of the Madea movies franchise, Sistas is another of Tyler Perry's drama series made for BET. Premiering in 2019, Sistas follows a group of four single black women who encounter the many ups and downs of modern personal, professional, and romantic life. It's a non-Madea Tyler Perry production, but it still has an equal helping of comedy mixed in with the drama.

The series is popular enough that it even led to a spin-off, Zatima, which premiered in 2022. Sistas season 7 premiered on January 3, 2024, and was split into two parts, with part 2 beginning on May 29, 2024. Sistas season 8 was announced before season 7 even finished, though not much news was initially revealed. However, much more has been announced since, with a release date, trailer, story details, and...

Members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and Writers Guild of America (WGA) picketed outside of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Friday, lining the sidewalks and chanting, “Whose stories? Our stories,” in solidarity with each other. Despite the summer heat, a sizable number of actors and writers turned up to show support for one another and to express their frustrations with Hollywood studios and streamers that failed to make equitable deals for new contracts with their separate unions. Lady Gaga songs like...

“Imperiled women” thrillers have changed a lot since their early days, but no matter how much they’ve evolved, they always seem to start with a woman being watched by a stranger. The first in a series of original movies for Tubi’s “Terror on Tubi” event, Alone in the Dark centers around a woman haunted by a recent scandal. Between legal troubles and a messy divorce, Bri Collins (Novi Brown) hasn’t had an easy time, though if she can make it through this year, her life might finally improve.

Alone in the Dark takes a page out of Disturbia and sentences its protagonist to 365 days of house arrest. This comes after Bri and her former husband Michael (Christopher Bencomo) were put on trial for a global “pump and dump” scheme. While her ex is stuck behind bars, Bri serves her time at their lake house. What her best friend and lawyer,...

Exclusive: Sistas alumna Novi Brown and Terrell Carter (Empire) are set to star in horror thriller Alone In The Dark, a Tubi original movie set for premiere on Fox’s free ad-supported streaming service in October.

Directed by Brant Daugherty, and co-written by Daugherty and wife, Kimberly Daugherty (A Christmas Movie Christmas), who also appears in the movie, Alone In The Dark revolves around a recent divorcée under house arrest who must deal with a stalker that appears to have control over her surroundings.

Brown plays Bri Collins, a recent divorcée who is under house arrest due to her ex-husband’s crimes. As she begins to feel stalked in her own home, she hires a personal bodyguard named Xavier at her friend’s recommendation and works with him to take down her stalker.

Carter portrays Xavier Johnson, a personal security guard searching for his missing sister when he is hired...