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Regina King will bring Shirley Chisholm to the big screen in a new movie, Entertainment Weekly reports.

The 50-year-old Oscar winning actress and director has plans to star as the iconic politician, who was the first Black congresswoman.

Regina will also produce the pic, titled Shirley.

“Shirley Chisholm’s fearless determination has been an inspiration to so many of us, and with this film, we hope to inspire many generations to come,” Regina shared in a statement about the flick. “To collaborate once again with my friend and mentor, John Ridley, and the team at Participant, makes this decade-long journey even sweeter.”

Shirley will give viewers an intimate and behind-the-scenes look at her life, and her groundbreaking run for president as a democrat in 1972.

In an interview from 2012, Regina opened up about her hopes to one day play Shirley on screen.

“The good part is I have time to play her because she lived a long time and did so much at different parts of her life,” she shared with Daily Beast. “Plus, as time goes by, there are so many different avenues to get the film made. So many options that weren’t available even five years ago whether it be TV, video, or whatever.”

Regina is just coming off a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live. Just before her appearance on the show, something sweet occurred.

Regina King is making her Saturday Night Live hosting debut!

The 50-year-old Oscar winner hosted the sketch comedy show for the first time on Saturday (February 13).

In one of the sketches, Regina poked some fun at the controversy surrounding Gorilla Glue after a woman sprayed the glue on her hair and had to have it surgically removed.

In the sketch, Regina and Kenan Thompson made a lawsuit ad for victims to tell their stories about how they were wronged by Gorilla Glue.

“We’ve all been there: you ran out of hair product and you use Gorilla Glue instead,” Regina began, while she had a chunk of her hair standing straight up because she used the glue.

“And it turned your beautiful mane into a hard candy shell….if this happened to you, you are not alone and you are not alone. Fact: as many as one people fall victim to using Gorilla Glue as a beauty product,” Regina continued, noting that victims “deserve compensation.”

SNL cast members then started sharing their testimonials on how they are victims of Gorilla Glue.

Make sure you check out the sweet note last week’s SNL host Dan Levy left for Regina King!

Dan Levy is sending his love to Regina King!

After hosting Saturday Night Live last week, the 37-year-old Schitt’s Creek actor and co-creator left a super sweet message for the 50-year-old Oscar-winning actress, who is hosting the show this week.

“Regina! You got this! Much love, Dan” reads the Post-it note that Dan left for Regina on her dressing room mirror.

Regina shared a photo of the message on her Instagram Story, while adding, “Awww. You’re the best @instadanjlevy You crushed it! #snl”

Dan then shared Regina‘s post on his Story, adding, “Can’t wait to watch you know it out the park this weekend. @iamreginking!”

Regina King is hosting Saturday Night Live TONIGHT with musical guest Nathaniel Rateliff.

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The 2021 Golden Globes are making long overdue history.

After being called out in years past for the lack of nominated women directors, the awards show recognized female filmmakers more than ever by nominating three women in the Best Director category: Chloe Zhao for Nomadland, Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman and Regina King for One Night in Miami.

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The three directors will compete against David Fincher for Mank and Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7.

It’s the first time that more than one woman has been recognized in the best director category at the Golden Globes. Previously, a woman had only been nominated seven times since the first ceremony was held in 1944.

“In Hollywood, female filmmakers are still vastly underrepresented. Women accounted for 16% of directors working on the 100 highest-grossing films in 2020, an improvement from the 12% in 2019 and the 4% in 2018. Yet it’s a sign that the entertainment industry falls far behind on gender parity,” Variety noted.

Chloe’s nomination also makes her the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated for best director, and Regina‘s nomination makes her the second Black woman to be nominated.

For now, Barbra Streisand is the only women to ever win the Golden Globe for best director.

Find out who else is nominated at the awards ceremony!

There are some amazing names attached to the upcoming episodes of Saturday Night Live!

John Krasinski, Dan Levy and Regina King will all host the first episodes of 2021 of the long-running sketch comedy series, NBC announced Friday (January 22).

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John will host on January 30, with musical guest Machine Gun Kelly. Dan will host on February 6, with musical guest Phoebe Bridgers. And Regina will host on February 13, with musical guest Nathaniel Rateliff.

Just before the New Year, Kristen Wiig brought the laughs to the show, reprising some of her fan-favorite characters for a few sketches as a guest host. She even reprised her character of Sue – the woman who absolutely LOVES surprises, but has an extremely hard time not spilling the beans.

Find out who is replacing Jim Carrey as Joe Biden on SNL!

Regina King is ready to get some work done.

The 50-year-old Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress put on a face mask while making her way through a parking lot and into a studio on Sunday afternoon (January 17) in Los Angeles.

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Regina donned a pretty floral-print dress paired with a gray duster and black sneakers as she arrived at the studio to get some work done.

In honor of her 50th birthday on Friday, January 15th, Regina released her directorial debut movie One Night In Miami on Amazon Prime Video – and it’s getting tons of awards seasons buzz already!

During a recent interview, Regina King shared her thoughts about turning 50.

Regina King will be celebrating a big birthday next week and she’s opening up about the milestone!

The Oscar and Emmy-winning actress will be turning 50 on January 15 and she chatted with British Vogue about reaching the age.

“I feel like I’m so much more interesting now, as a soon to be 50 year old woman, than I was at 25,” Regina said. “I can bring so much more to the table. I think that’s the same for all people. You may not have the stamina that you had at 25, but what you know now? So much better.”

Regina also talked about the Academy’s efforts to increase visibility of under-represented groups on screen and diversity among crews.

“I hope that it will encourage people to broaden their perspective and make for richer storytelling,” she said. “The Oscars, at the end of the day, were designed for promotion, and obviously I’m not taking away that it’s also to honor filmmakers and artists, but it was the intent with these awards shows to boost ticket sales.”

Read more from the interview at Vogue.co.uk.