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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox will be visiting Harvard University to talk about gender equity and stereotyping. The “Orange is the New Black” star is scheduled to headline a campus discussion Tuesday alongside fashion designer Christian Siriano and other panelists. It’s part of Harvard’s “2019 Summit for Gender Equity.” The […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Laverne Cox has signed on to an ABC buddy-cop comedy pilot. Variety and Deadline report that Cox will star on “The Trustee” as ex-con Amanda Jones alongside Meaghan Rath. “The Walking Dead” star Michael Cudlitz will play a police captain on the show. Cox says on Instagram that she’s “excited […]

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Chris Rock, “Scandal” lead Kerry Washington, “Black-ish” standout Tracee Ellis Ross and “Orange is the New Black” star Laverne Cox were among the second batch of Emmy presenters announced on Wednesday. The Jimmy Kimmel-hosted awards ceremony will air Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater. Other newly-announced […]

The OITNB star took to Instagram to show the world that she 'woke up like dis' and doesn't regret it one bit.

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Laverne Cox has been cast in Fox’s TV remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” reports Deadline.com. The “Orange is the New Black” star will play Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the role made famous by Tim Curry in the original Broadway cast and 1975 movie. With Cox on board, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which had been […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Usher, Laverne Cox and Katie Holmes have been added to this month’s Global Citizen Festival starring Beyonce and Pearl Jam in New York City. Connie Britton, Freida Pinto, Gayle King and Sophia Bush have also been added to the host committee for the Sept. 26 event. Previously announced hosts include Stephen […]

Most known for her role in Orange Is The New Black, Laverne Cox stars in Grandma as Deathy, the tattoo-artist friend of Elle Reid played by Lily Tomlin, a lesbian poet who needs $630 before sundown for an abortion for her granddaughter. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her upbringing in Mobile, AL, dealing with bullying, […]

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Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner finally met in person Sunday night. After months of contacting each other via phone, Twitter and other methods, the two most famous transgender women on the planet posed for a photo during a private screening of Jenner’s upcoming series, “I Am Cait.” The pair joined a large group of women […]

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Andy Cohen thought he was doing Kylie Jenner a solid when he defended the reality star against culture appropriation accusations fired off by Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg.  Kylie recently posted a pic of herself on Instagram rockin’ cornrows, and Stenberg posted a comment under the photo which said: “when you appropriate black features and […]

Before there was a Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox was busy blazing a trail — as the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy for acting, the first to make the cover of Time magazine, and now the first ever transgender person to have a wax model at Madame Tussauds. The “Orange […]

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Before there was a Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox was busy blazing a trail — as the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy for acting, the first to make the cover of Time magazine, and now the first ever transgender person to have a wax model at Madame Tussauds. The “Orange […]