Jill Scott

While taking a break from the 9-6 monotony, guess who I spotted chillin' on a bus stop on Sunset Blvd? Mother-to-be, poetess, singer, actress, and one of my all time favorite performers, Jill Scott! Across 2 lanes of heavy trafficI couldn't watch the road and her too so I pulled Corolla into a nearby gas station and busted a "flick", papparrazzi style with the Blackberry. Okay, that first paragraph is obviously poetic license 'cause Jill is hardly riding city buses anymore. Not that she wouldn't, but with fame comes sacrifice. Still it was good to see her likeness and new series, 'The No.1 Ladies ... Read Full Story

While taking a break from the 9-6 monotony, guess who I spotted chillin' on a bus stop on Sunset Blvd? Mother-to-be, poetess, singer, actress, and one of my all time favorite performers, Jill Scott! Across 2 lanes of heavy trafficI couldn't watch the road and her too so I pulled Corolla into a nearby gas station and busted a "flick", papparrazzi style with the Blackberry. Okay, that first paragraph is obviously poetic license 'cause Jill is hardly riding city buses anymore. Not that she wouldn't, but with fame comes sacrifice. Still it was good to see her likeness and new series, 'The No.1 Ladies ... Read Full Story

Who knew that when she won appraised for her performance in Tyler Perry's 'Why Did I Get Married?' that she would follow that up by working with an Oscar winning director? On Sunday, March 29, Jill Scott will be playing the role of Precious Ramotswe in 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' when the series premieres on HBO. The pilot episode was directed by the late Anthony Minghella ('The English Patient'). Based on a series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, Scott plays a Botswanan woman who starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency. Within the series, she is paired with a cast ... Read Full Story

The BBC small-screen adaption of the best-selling book series - The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - by author Alexander McCall Smith starring Jill Scott as traditional build Precious Ramotswe and Anika Noni Rose as her 97-percentiler secretary arrives in the stateside tonight on HBO. Keith Bernstein @ HBO The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency premieres tonight on cable television channel [HBO] as a 7-part drama series, with tonight's episode co-written and directed by the late Anthony Minghella [ Cold Mountain , The English Patient ]. So kids join me tonight, by vegging out and watching this long-waited sure to be excellent must-see series. ... Read Full Story

Jill Scott is starring in the new HBO series, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. The two-hour premiere airs this Sunday, March 29th. The show is based on the best-selling novels by Alexander McCall Smith and features Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose as the owner of Botswanas first and only female-owned detective agency for the benefit of those who need help the most and her secretary. J. HUD ON AMERICAN IDOL Jennifer Hudson is returning to American Idol for one night only. She taped a performance of her hit single, If This Isnt Love, on Wednesday, following the elimination show. Jennifers appearance will ... Read Full Story