Fort Worth native and Netflix breakout star Michael Cooper Jr. comes to recharge. “I actually bring a lot of scripts here to ...

Michael Cooper Jr. decided to pursue acting thanks to a production of 'High School Musical.' Michael Cooper Jr., 23, was born ...

The classic coming-of-age novel that inspired a new TV series remains timeless and necessary, on the page and screen.

The actors reimagine the story first told in Judy Blume's beloved 1975 novel in a new Netflix series from Mara Brock Akil ...

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In Forever, Mara Brock Akil's adaptation of Judy Blume's beloved 1975 novel, Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play ...

For Michael Cooper Jr., landing the lead role in Forever was "a quantum leap," as his mentor Sanaa Lathan calls it. Still ...

The prolific TV creator explains how she turned a Judy Blume adaptation into another modern love letter to Black audiences.

Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume ...

Famed producer and screenwriter, Mara Brock Akil, reimagined Judy Blume's popular yet controversial novel of the same name, ...

Cooper Jr., 23, tells PEOPLE about working with the "powerhouse" actress and their off-screen mother-son dynamic The onscreen ...