Poppa’s House has a merry band of comedy legends in its cast, and we’re not just talking about Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Wendy Raquel Robinson of The Game, The Steve Harvey Show, Martin, and more was previously announced as a recurring guest star in the new CBS sitcom, but her character hasn’t been seen until now. Robinson is seen in character as Catherine in a behind-the-scenes preview of the Poppa’s House debut season, above.
“There’s something so special about them being father and son in real life,” she says. “They bring so much of that to the screen.” As Atkins later adds, “This is extra special because we’re actually working with a family.” The family bonds extend behind the camera, too. Wayans family members work on the series behind the scenes.
“In real life, our language that we speak to each other is comedy,” Wayans Sr. says with his son by his side. Geoffrey Owens, who plays Nina’s father, J.J., then pipes in and says that the set is “the most affectionate, supportive, encouraging environment I’ve ever been on.”
Wayans Sr. stars as Poppa, a legendary talk radio host and happily divorced man who has his point of view challenged at work when Ivy (Essence Atkins), a new female cohost, is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son, Junior (Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband to Nina (Tetona Jackson).
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On Friday’s (October 18) new live episode, the hosts of The View had a lot to say about Donald Trump‘s appearance at Thursday’s Al Smith dinner in New York. The annual event is a fundraiser by the Catholic Church that raises money for children in need, and Trump was a featured speaker.
About that, Joy Behar joked, “I’ve got a good one: A felon, a liar, and a traitor walk into a Catholic event. That’s the joke!”
After she and the other panelists debated the wisdom and appropriateness of having Trump at the event, given his indictments and alleged indiscretions, they also discussed whether it was enough for Kamala Harris to submit a recorded video while she kept on the campaign trail. After a commercial break, they then turned to the specific comments he made about The View during his address.
Calling it a “stupid show,” Trump said in the clip they reviewed. “The View is so bad now that the other day I was watching, thinking to myself, ‘You know what?’ They really need to bring Rosie O’Donnell back … The show is bad. The people are bad. I know every one of them, I want to tell you, and it doesn’t do very well. I always like to say ratings are very important, when they don’t do well, it doesn’t do very well.”
The brothers fatally shot Rickey J. Lathan, 35, on July 12, 2022, in front of Lathan’s two children.
Lathan had been standing outside in his bathrobe that night, setting off fireworks in the 2500 block of Semple Avenue. Lathan’s 10-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter were with him.
A wayward firecracker exploded across the street near where Devin and Davon lived with their grandfather.
The grandfather, Ronald Curry Sr., confronted Lathan and told him to shoot fireworks on a vacant lot instead. Suddenly, the Griffin-Curry brothers ran outside and began firing shots from 9 mm guns, police said.