Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Townsend wanted to blindly hire Beyoncé to star as Carmen Brown in the MTV film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and watched Queen ...

Robert Townsend recently opened up about witnessing Beyoncé’s undeniable spark during her very first audition for the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Speaking with Lena Waithe on Legacy Talk, the ...

Davey D of Hard Knock Radio recently sat down with Robert Townsend, an acclaimed actor, director, and filmmaker. Townsend is recognized not just for his significant contributions to film and ...

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Robert Townsend is truly an actor who’s managed to do it all, from gracing the stage in experimental Shakespeare productions to directing film satires jabbing at the hypocrisy at Hollywood. Any ‘80s ...

*Fans of Robert Townsend’s “The Five Heartbeats” will get an in depth look inside their favorite film, courtesy of the director himself. “Right now, I’m working on a documentary about how I made the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Rich Polk/WireImage), (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Robert Townsend saw something ...

Chicago native Robert Townsend has done it all. He is all things writer, director, actor, comedian and producer, whose portfolio includes work with entertainment mainstays like Denzel Washington, Ruth ...

3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 I chatted with Townsend on Martin Luther King Day from his home base in Southern California where he was putting finishing touches on his show ...

Robert Townsend’s Pop-Up Film Festival benefits Chicago’s West Side branch of the NAACP and a local award-winning autism advocacy agency, The Answer Inc. Acclaimed actor and West Side native Robert ...