ContactMusic — R&B star India Arie has slammed Zoe Saldana's casting as jazz legend Nina Simone, branding the move "ridiculous".Cynthia Mort, director of upcoming... more info

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Time — Whether you’re cleaning up after Sandy, handing out treats or partying down at a monster-mash bash of your own, here we offer — with a few liberties on the theme — something for everyone in this wide-ranging hour of Halloween music. Savor it wi... more info

Perez Hilton — Here she is in FULL make-up! Zoe Saldana was photographed as Nina Simone on the set of the upcoming biopic, Nina, which is all about the jazz musicians rise to fame. What an AH-mazing resemblance! She looks even more like Simone than the last time w... more info

Dlisted — When filmmaker Cynthia Mort announced that she was writing and directing a Nina Simone biopic, Nina Simone's own daughter, Simone, pretty much blew a fart at it, because the family was never asked to participate. The Nina Simone Estate didn'... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello shares her adoration for Nina Simone with The Record. "Simone is our people's Bach," she told me in an interview before the show. "She is the foundation for making popular music interesting and her activist side ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dez Mona is a Belgian band formed in 2003, playing a combination of jazz, gospel, spirituals and drama. The band revolves around singer Gregory Frateur and bassist Nicolas Rombouts. The duo are sometimes joined by Sam Vloemans on trumpet and Roel va... more info

Perez Hilton — Zoe Saldana is portraying late jazz musician Nina Simone in the upcoming biopic, Nina, and here's the first pic of the actress all done up! Well, we shouldn't say "all" done up because the source doesn't know if there is still more make-up to be adde... more info

Prefix — Biopics can be tricky. There are a lot of factors to consider, including historical accuracy, entertainment value and the opinions ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/check-out-zoe-saldana-in-costume-as-nina-simone/70916/ more info

ContactMusic — Funnyman Mike Epps got in touch with Richard Pryor's widow to ask her permission to play the late comedian in a new Nina Simone biopic.Epps is due to... more info