Stir Builds Over Actress to Portray Nina Simone - By Tanzina Vega (The New York Times)

The online media world has been abuzz with criticism for nearly a month now over the news — first broken by The Hollywood Reporter — that the actress Zoe Saldaña would be cast as the singer Nina Simone in the forthcoming film “Nina” based on her life ... read more

Zoe Saldana, left, and Nina Simone  (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)