Simone told TheWrap, “I was not familiar with Michael, but when I first met him, I was really upset because we were on our way to the first chemistry read — I think we had like two or three — and he ...

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For Michael Cooper Jr., landing the lead role in Forever was "a quantum leap," as his mentor Sanaa Lathan calls it. Still ...

Fort Worth native and Netflix breakout star Michael Cooper Jr. comes to recharge. “I actually bring a lot of scripts here to ...

The actors reimagine the story first told in Judy Blume's beloved 1975 novel in a new Netflix series from Mara Brock Akil ...

SIGN UP FOR DECIDER DIGEST FOR NEWS AND STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS In the new TV series from the mind of Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game), Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. play Keisha Clark ...

Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume ...

Netflix's new romance series Forever introduces subscribers to a new imagining of Judy Blume's lovestruck teens. Created by Mara Brock Akil, the show based on the 1975 book follows Justin Edwards ...

Mara Brock Akil's Netflix series is a modern-day adaptation of Judy Blume's coming-of-age novel, featuring a pair of Black ...

Michael Cooper Jr. wasn't familiar with iconic author Judy Blume, but he instantly connected with the love story at the heart of her 1975 book "Forever." "As we all know, your first love, it really ...

Both stars also tell PEOPLE about watching the series for the first time with their moms, which led to a lot of ...