Actress Yaya DaCosta is back on the market. The America's Next Top Model alum and Big Words star, 32, has parted ways with her husband Joshua Bee Alafia, her rep confirms exclusively to Us Weekly. DaCosta, who next stars as Whitney Houston in the upcoming Lifetime biopic Whitney, married filmmaker Alafia in June 2012. No reason has been given for the split after two years of marriage. A runner-up on Cycle 3 of Antm, DaCosta gave birth to the couple's son Sankara in September 2013. After competing on [...]...
- 12/19/2014
- Us Weekly
Shockingly, of the more than 3-dozen replies to my "Cast This" post earlier this week (with regards to the announced Lifetime Original Movie on the early years of the relationship between Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown), only one of you mentioned Yaya DaCosta (although I believe she goes by Yaya Alafia now, since getting married to filmmaker Joshua Bee Alafia in 2012). I didn't think of her at the time I wrote that piece, but, now that she has been cast as Whitney Houston, I can actually see her in the part, so we're off to a good start. Keep in mind that the film will be set in the late 1980's to early 1990's, during the first 5 years, following the couple's initial meeting in...
- 6/7/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Our first crowdfunding campaign post of 2014! Let's see if we can also make it out first successful crowdfunding campaign post of 2014! From renaissance man Joshua Bee Alafia, the project is titled Havana Habibi. I'll let the filmmaker speak for himself: In 2003, Tiffany Madera aka “Hanan,” enraged her Cuban family in Miami by getting on a plane to Havana to participate in an artistic exchange that led to the formation of Cuba’s first Arabic dance troupe; Grupo Aisha Al-Hanan. The troupe founded by hanan was composed of eight women at the University of Havana’s History Department. A live band of musicians shortly followed from Havana’s colorful and diverse music scene. Guided by hanan,...
- 1/6/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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