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#PowerNeverEnds: Not 1, But 4 ‘Power’ Spin-Offs Are Coming Down The Pipeline & Here’s What They’re All About

“Power” isn’t ending any time soon. Several spin-offs are in the works, following the series finale of the original STARZ series that's already out. Get the deets inside…

Chile….

The series finale episode of “Power” had us SCREAMING! We won’t spill the tea before it airs tonight, but just know the episode was MANY things.

The original STARZ series has ended after 6 seasons, BUT there’s plenty more “Power” for viewers. “Power Book II: Ghost” will pick up where the original series leaves off, which stars Oscar nominated actress Mary J. Blige and rapper-turned-actor Method Man, along with several members of the original “Power” cast, including Natural Naughton (Tasha St. Patrick) and Michael Rainey Jr. (Tariq St. Patrick).

“Power” has been one of the most successful series in premium pay television during its six-year run, garnering more than 10 million multi-platform views in its last two seasons.

“In television history, only a select few shows have inspired four consecutive series extensions, launched into active production and development at the same time,” said Jeffrey Hirsch, President and CEO of Starz. “These new and exciting chapters will continue the journey of some of Power's most controversial characters while featuring a growing ensemble of complex, distinct characters along with the high-octane drama that set Power in a class of its own.”

Fans will get a more in-depth understanding on some of their favorite character with the additional spin-offs thanks to show creator Courtney Kemp and producer/star 50 Cent. Here’s the break down:

“POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN” – the prequel story that takes viewers back to the ‘90s and the early years of iconic “Power” character Kanan Stark.

“POWER BOOK IV: INFLUENCE” which follows Rashad Tate (played by Larenz Tate) in his ruthless pursuit of political power.

“POWER BOOK V: FORCE” in which fans will ride along with Tommy Egan (played by Joseph Sikora) after he cuts ties and puts New York in his rearview mirror for good.

Peep the trailer for the new spin-offs below:

“Power Book II: Ghost" premieres this summer. Get ready!

BONUS:

50 Cent brought his girlfriend Cuban Link (real name Jamira Haines) to the premiere of his new ABC series, "For Life," held at the Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center in NYC.

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The "Power" cast covers the newest issue of VIBE magazine.

“The show kind of told its own end,” says Courtney Kemp, Power’s creator and showrunner. “If you’re writing for as long as we have, the characters start to tell their own stories after a while. You’re not really as much in control of them as you think. There are certain things that they do and certain things that they don’t do, certain things that they will and won’t say and do, and so you go with where the story is leading you.” But how does a bevy of creatives stay in-tune enough with a fictional world to relinquish control and allow for natural progression? Apparently, with an incredible amount of empathy—even for the story’s most devious.

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Brothers of #Power. Tommy, Dre, Ghost, Kanan, and Tariq...it's been real! Sundays will never be the same. #EndofAnEra

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“There’s no father introduced to Ghost. There’s no uncles, no brothers, none of that; he’s just got surrogate people all around him. The only family we know of Ghost is the one he made with Tasha. That’s the only family we know. His major overriding insecurity is that he’s still on a search, not only for betterment but first, to be better, you gotta know who the f**k you are!” — @omarihardwickofficial⁠ ⁠ Link in our bio to read more from our latest cover story! #PowerTV #Ghost

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Omari Hardwick describes his Power character, James “Ghost” St. Patrick, as “dynamic,” “duplicitous,” “big,” “angelic,” and “magnanimous.” Try your luck at adding “narcissist” to that list of adjectives, and Hardwick will stop you in your tracks. “I would say that he’s maybe the most empathetic character in the entire story,” he says. “He went to a little white boy—who was the only white boy in the neighborhood—and to a girl who hid powder and drugs for him, and said, ‘We could be more.’ He didn’t say ‘I could be more,’ he said ‘We can be more.’ By the end of the series he says, ‘Tommy, I got more.’ And that’s only after asking Tommy a million times to believe in we. Tommy said ‘No, ain’t no more.’ Tasha said ‘No, ain’t no more.’ But Ghost kept saying ‘we;’ he never said ‘I.’ Eventually he said ‘I.’ Eventually. The narcissism was a growth pattern.”

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“I think Tommy Egan's legacy is that there's humanity in everyone. That everybody needs love. And sometimes, maybe not even sometimes, all the time, it's that you can always judge the action but you should hold back from judging the man.” — @josephsikora4 ⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our bio to read more from our latest cover story! #PowerTV #TommyEgan

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“[Tommy’s emotions] also can be his downfall with trying to build his family and find love, probably because of the lack of love he had from his mother growing up and then obviously growing up with a father who was absent,” Joseph Sikora says. “A lot of that comes out of him trying to fill those holes.” Ultimately, Sikora brings it back to the beating heart of the matter. “I think Tommy Egan's legacy is that there's humanity in everyone. That everybody needs love. And sometimes, maybe not even sometimes, all the time, it's that you can always judge the action but you should hold back from judging the man.”

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“Ghost and Tariq’s relationship is kind of similar to me and my father's relationship. That's a reason I really relate to those scenes with Ghost and Tariq where they're really going at each other because that's something real in my life.” — @MichaelRaineyJr⁠ ⁠ Link in our bio to read more from our latest cover story! #PowerTV #Tariq

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��Actually, all of this feels like an achievement,” he says between elated laughter. “If people are in tune and they're engaging with my character, then it makes me feel good. No matter if they hate my character, I love my character. But I feel like if you could make an audience hate you then that's a good thing.”

“Ghost and Tariq’s relationship is kind of similar to me and my father's relationship,” he reveals. “That's a reason I really relate to those scenes with Ghost and Tariq where they're really going at each other because that's something real in my life.” Though the St. Patrick’s father-son fissure suffered a bloody ending, Rainey Jr. points to the admonition in their story. “I feel if they watch it, then they could learn from it. Just because you don't have the best relationship with your father, it doesn't mean you should rebel and act the same way,” he warns. “I feel like there's always a way around things. And if you just talk things out, and just hear each other out and listen, then I feel like things could get straightened out and you can have a healthy relationship.”

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“Motherhood requires us to become superhuman. And I think that every superhero sometimes gets hit. Every superhero sometimes falls or their wings don't always open up the right way. Or their cloak doesn't always help them fly. I think people forget we're also human sometimes...I hope that Tasha signifies the strength of us as black women, the resilience that we possess.” — @naturi4real ⁠ ⁠ Link in our bio to read more from our latest cover story! #PowerTV #Tasha

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“To see two mothers come down to that and as Keisha was laying there pleading for her life, she's saying, ‘What about Cash?’ Like, what about my son? That was heartbreaking because that's just a mother's love.” — @LaLa Anthony⁠ ⁠ Click the link in our bio to read more from our latest cover story! #PowerTV #LaKeishaGrant

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“It was poetic,” Anthony says about her murder scene. “And it was tough to shoot too, because we've had such a journey on the show, Naturi’s character and mine, as friends. To see it come down to this was very sad and hurtful.” The showdown, which finds actress Naturi Naughton committing Tasha’s first on-screen murder, also finds Anthony at her most vulnerable. “To see two mothers come down to that and as Keisha was laying there pleading for her life, she's saying, ‘What about Cash?’ Like, what about my son? That was heartbreaking because that's just a mother's love.”

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"Power" will be taking over this summer. You ready?

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investmart007 · 7 years ago

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ATLANTA | Black women look to flex power in Georgia governor's race

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ATLANTA | Black women look to flex power in Georgia governor's race

ATLANTA — This week’s primary election in Georgia presents black women voters with a rare opportunity: To give a Democrat who looks like them a chance at occupying the governor’s mansion in a Republican-controlled state.

A Democratic primary win Tuesday for Stacey Abrams or Stacey Evans — both lawyers and former state lawmakers — means Georgia could elect its first woman governor later this year.

If Abrams wins the primary and the general election, America would get its first black woman governor. Given that black women are Georgia’s third largest voting bloc, many such voters are relishing the possibility of making history happen twice over.

“Everybody’s saying no black woman could ever become governor,” said Abrams supporter Mo Ivory, 48, a lawyer who, like Abrams, is a graduate of all-female, historically black Spelman College in Atlanta.

“We thought no black man could ever become president of the United States, but he did,” Ivory said, referring to Barack Obama. “If we think so small, like it could never happen, we’ll never have these historic moments in time.”

The U.S. currently has six women governors — two Democrats and four Republicans — serving in Alabama, Iowa, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon and Rhode Island. With 2018 shaping up to be the biggest boon for women in American politics since a wave of female candidates were elected to Congress in 1992, the rising influence of black women at the polls is hard to ignore.

According to Higher Heights, a national organization focused on increasing black women’s political participation, more than 70 percent of black women voters went to the polls when Obama was re-elected in 2012, outpacing turnout by white women (65.6 percent), white men (62.6 percent), and black men (61.4 percent).

In the 2016 presidential election, more than 90 percent of black women voters cast their ballots for Democrat Hillary Clinton; 53 percent of white women voters chose Republican Donald Trump.

Political observers cite the influence of black women in Alabama’s 2017 U.S. Senate special election, when blacks cast ballots in greater numbers than their share of the population to lift Democrat Doug Jones over Republican Roy Moore. They point out the role black women played recently in electing black women mayors, most notably Keisha Lance Bottoms in Atlanta, whose white opponent, Mary Norwood, also enjoyed broad support in the black community.

Bottoms hasn’t officially endorsed a candidate in the gubernatorial race but counted Evans among her supporters. She said she feels compelled to help empower other women, especially black women.

“As black women go, so go our communities,” Bottoms said in an interview at Atlanta City Hall shortly after her January inauguration. “We may not have the titles or recognition, but we lead. We stand in the gap a lot of times when the rest of our community is falling short.”

This makes black women a good return on investment for Democrats, said Higher Heights co-founder Glynda Carr.

“She doesn’t go to the polls alone,” Carr explained. “She brings her house, her church, her block, and her sorority. When you actually invest in us, we overperform.”

Abrams, 44, is counting on that sense of sisterhood. Among those stumping for her this month were actress Tracee Ellis Ross and California Democratic Senator Kamala Harris, a potential 2020 presidential contender who also campaigned for Bottoms.

The “really strong margin” Abrams needs to secure the Democratic nomination makes black women’s votes matter even more, said Emory University political scientist Andra Gillespie.

“While some black women will no doubt support Evans, others will no doubt be drawn to the historic nature of Abrams’ candidacy,” Gillespie said.

Evans, 40, who’s white, is well aware of this. She’s curried endorsements from several black elected officials and made a campaign theme out of Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship, a popular college-aid program.

“That was number one for me,” said Janean Lewis, 39, a black Atlanta educator who’s backing Evans — a decision she says wasn’t easy.

The struggle between the issues and race loyalty isn’t lost on Abrams, the first woman party leader in the state General Assembly and the first African-American to lead its House of Representatives.

“It is sometimes our own communities that question … how we see black women as part of the larger community,” Abrams said in an interview at her campaign headquarters. “We have to imagine more for our politics and more for our people.”

Ivory said she’s heard “a surprising number of black women” say they’re supporting ‘the white Stacey,'” and she wonders how much this could hurt Abrams.

“We all lined up, no matter how we felt about Keisha,” Ivory said, referring to Bottoms. “It doesn’t seem like the same thing is applying here.”

Last November, Lewis voted for Bottoms as mayor because she considered Bottoms’ race and gender “icing on the cake.” While she’s now backing Evans, she can’t bring herself to oppose Abrams publicly.

“At the end of the day, she is my sister,” Lewis said. “I just don’t know if she needs to be my governor. It’s a hard pill to swallow.”

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK, AP National Writer,By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (A.S)

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