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How 'Krisha' Became a Family Affair; Super Host Steve Harvey
Krisha Fairchild left LA in the 1980’s when her acting career failed to launch. Thirty years later, her nephew wrote and directed a film and cast her in the title role. Now, she's finally having her Hollywood moment. And Steve Harvey tells us how he's fought back against network execs who wanted to pigeonhole him in "black TV."
By Saul Gonzalez • • 29m ListenKrisha Fairchild trained to be an actress and came to LA with an indie already in the can. But once she got to Hollywood, the jobs didn't land. She left for Seattle and became a voice-over actress. Two years ago she retired to Mexico. Then, her nephew wrote a movie and called her up. Fairchild tells us about landing the title role in Krisha, a breakout film that has her back in LA, this time in her 60's. Plus, Steve Harvey shares what was going through his head during the Miss Universe debacle, and how he knew NBC's Little Big Shots would be a hit the moment they started taping.
Photo: Actress Krisha Fairchild in the film Krisha, courtesy of A24.
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Read the story7 minKrisha
The new indie drama Krisha tells the story of a Thanksgiving homecoming gone awry. Krisha Fairchild plays the title role, a newly sober woman trying to reconnect with her family after years lost to addiction and alcohol abuse. Trey Edward Shults, Fairchild's real-life nephew, directed Krisha, and plays her son in the movie.
Read the story10 minSteve Harvey
Barely out of the gate, NBC already has a huge hit with the new reality show Little Big Shots , which features precocious kids singing, dancing, piano-playing, roller skating -- you name it. The series premiered earlier in March, and got picked up for a second season after just two episodes.
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