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How Netflix's 'Forever' Costume Designer Tanja Caldwell Nailed West Coast Style, One Look at a Time
Caldwell breaks down the inspiration and intent behind the quietly powerful wardrobe worn by Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie ...
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‘Forever’ Season 2 Is Coming—Here’s Everything We Know!
Judy Blume’s iconic 1975 novel, Forever, is a groundbreaking story about first relationships, first love and…the first time.
What Judy Blume's "Forever" still gives us — and the teen dramas that followed her won't
The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new TV series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen.
‘Forever’ Showrunner Mara Brock Akil Wants to ‘Give Boys Their Full Humanity’
Forever' showrunner Mara Brock Akil talks about bringing Judy Blume's story of teen sex and love to Netflix as a story about ...
Mara Brock Akil Says Being Her Own ‘First Audience’ Led to Her Reinvention of Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’
For IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking, Mara Brock Akil talks reinventing Judy Blume novel 'Forever' in her own image. — 'What ...
Lena Waithe to Receive Humanitas’ ‘Voice for Change Award’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Lena Waithe will receive Humanitas' 'Voice for Change Award' at the 2025 Humanitas Prizes Award Show & Toast on Sept. 7.
Netflix’s “Forever” Reframes Black Parenting—And It’s Exactly What America Needs Right Now
At first glance, Forever is about teenage love. Justin Edwards (played by Michael Cooper, Jr.) and Keisha Clark (played by ...
Mara Brock Akil’s Take on Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ Is the ‘Girlfriends’ Creator’s Finest Work: TV Review
Inspired by the groundbreaking Judy Bume novel, Netflix's "Forever" created by Mara Brock Akil showcases the anguish of Black ...
'Forever' Creator Mara Brock Akil Wrote an Open-Ended Finale in Case Netflix Series Doesn't Get a Season 2
I don't have a Season 2 right now. I have a Season 1 that I'm so proud of," Akil told TheWrap. "I wanted to also be able to, ...
Beyond Blume: Mara Brock Akil Shares 9 More Books That Inspired Her Netflix Hit Forever
With TV hits like Girlfriends, The Game, and Being Mary Jane under her belt, Mara Brock Akil is a bona fide legend—and her latest project, Netflix’s swoon-worthy Forever, is the newest TV show I can’t ...
Netflix Forever : Michael Cooper Jr., Lovie Simone & Mara Brock Akil Tease Season 2 Dreams
Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume ...
How to Redirect Rejection: Advice from Mara Brock Akil | ‘What No One Tells You’
For IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking, Mara Brock Akil shares advice on how to redirect rejection. — 'What No One Tells You' ...