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WEEK IN WOMEN: Nyong’o and Gurira reunite for AMERICANAH – Brandy McDonnell reports

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The “Black Panther” dream team of Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira are reuniting on HBO Max.

The pair’s planned adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel “Americanah” has earned a straight-to-series order at the upcoming streaming service, Variety reports.

An Oscar winner for “12 Years a Slave,” Nyong’o will star as Ifemelu in the series, which will “Americanah” will be her first regular TV role. Gurira will write the pilot and work as showrunner. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.