Lifetime has introduced its new unique film Fame: A Temptations Story starring Keri Hilson and Keshia Chanté.
The movie, premiering April 26 at 8 p.m. ET, is a part of the community’s new Temptations film franchise, government produced by Derrick Williams and Adriane Hopper Williams for DNA Media Group.
Fame follows the Jordan sisters — Cherish (Hilson) and Roxy (Chanté) — who’re a preferred singing duo with a behind-the-scenes sibling rivalry.
In accordance with the logline, “After returning to their resort one night time, the sisters’ penthouse is the goal of a daunting jewel heist. Investigators imagine the theft was an inside job, and rumors unfold that Roxy secretly deliberate and staged the crime. Will the sisters put apart their lust for the highlight, or will they let their temptation for fame tear them aside for good?”
Fame additionally stars Romeo Miller (Honey, Leaping the Broom), Ecstasia Sanders (Last Vacation spot 3, Dr. Dolittle 3), Nathan Witte (Batwoman, Greed: A Seven Lethal Sins Story), Veronica Lengthy (Billy the Child, Add), Reese Alexander (The Interview, Riverdale), and Sophie Carriere (Goosebumps, The Woman Who Escaped).
Earlier than Fame airs, Lifetime will premiere Need: A Temptations Story on April 19 at 8 p.m. ET. The primary installment of the film franchise stars Tasha Smith (For Higher or Worse, Why Did I Get Married?) and Adrian Holmes (Bel-Air, Skyscraper).
Per the logline, “Need follows inspirational discuss present host Kendra (Smith), who’s on the high of her sport when she faces the tragic lack of her mom. On the urging of her staff, Kendra takes break day to heal her soul, and whereas on trip, Kendra meets the person of her goals, Malcolm (Holmes).
Taken by his allure and attractiveness, Kendra offers into her needs and turns into caught up in a whirlwind romance and spontaneously marries Malcolm. As soon as the newlyweds return house, truths about Malcolm’s previous begin to come to gentle and he leads Kendra down a harmful path.”
Hilson’s upcoming function in Fame is her second Lifetime unique film. In 2022, she starred in Lust: A Lethal Sins Saga alongside Tank, LeToya Luckett and Clifton Powell. Earlier than that, she starred in TV One’s Don’t Waste Your Fairly (2021).
In different information, Hilson has been teasing her musical return.
On March 16, the singer-songwriter launched We Want To Speak, a sequence of skits the place she contemplates ideas which have been weighing on her about making a comeback. On the finish of every clip, a snippet of a brand new monitor performs.
“I simply don’t wish to put me, my life, or my artwork into the arms of people that don’t give a f—okay about me,” Hilson informed herself in episode one. “And the factor is, I don’t worry being human. I like being human in my very own arms. I worry being human of their arms,” she continued. “I wish to be again within the sport. I wish to be on the high. However I nonetheless wish to really feel like I belong to myself.
Within the newest installment, episode 4, she vents to herself about social media’s impression on the music trade and the strain on artists to pour their power not solely into their music but in addition into their social media feeds: “I don’t wish to be a content material creator. I don’t wish to schedule my life in line with the algorithm. I’m not even that social on social media. I don’t wish to speak about my love life once I’m alleged to be selling my music.”
Hilson’s final album, No Boys Allowed, was launched in 2010. It was the follow-up to her debut album, In A Excellent World…, launched March 24, 2009.
As for Keshia Chanté, the Canadian singer launched her album Unbound 02 in 2018. It included the favored tracks “Bryson Tiller” and “Lights Out.”
In August 2024, Sony Music Canada reissued her self-titled debut album with a particular deluxe version to rejoice its twentieth anniversary. The expanded set included remastered unique recordings and three remixes.
Launched in 2004, Keshia Chanté included her No. 1 Candian hit “Unpredictable” and the Cunning Brown-featured “Does He Love Me.”
Watch Keri Hilson’s We Want To Speak clips under.