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ABC's is set to release a second Live in Front of a Studio Audience event from Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear. This time the event will feature a live episode of the much beloved series, Good Times! As you recall the first episode of Live in Front of a Studio Audience featured All in the Family and The Jeffersons. The second will feature All in the Family and Good Times episodes.  The cast includes Andre Braugher as James Evans, Viola Davis as Florida Evans, Jay Pharoah as J.J. Evans, Corinne Foxx as Thelma Evans, Asante Blackk as Michael Evans, and Tiffany Haddish as Willona Woods. The executive producer team has added Kerry Washington to the team. Washington played Helen Willis from The Jeffersons in the first episode of Live in Front of a Studio Audience.  The release date has yet to be announced.

It has been reported that the legendary Pam Grier is working on her very own biopic. The biopic will be based on her 2010 memoir titled, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts in 2010. Jay Pharoah has already been casted as Richard Pryor. Grier told DEADLINE that when she heard his voice, she know Pharaoh would be the perfect person to play Richard Pryor. Grier has described her story saying, “The story is heartbreaking, raw, honest and beautiful, all rolled into one testimony.” Her biopic will handle her experiences with sexual abuse as well as her relationship with Pryor. I hope her biopic portrays her life as she wants. I'm looking forward to future casting announcements. It is time the general public know about Pam Grier beyond her amazing Afro and banging body, she experienced and is so much more. Who do you think should play the legendary actress?