source: People.com
By Tiffany McGee and Jessica Herndon
Originally posted Tuesday April 21, 2009 08:00 PM EDT
R&B singer and actress Jill Scott and her fiancé, drummer Lil John Roberts, have welcomed their first child, a boy, her manager confirms to PEOPLE.
Jett Hamilton Roberts was born at 4:20 p.m. on April 20. He weighed in at 7 lbs., 8 oz.
Scott, who stars on HBO's new series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, based on the popular novels by Alexander McCall Smith, discovered she was pregnant shortly before leaving for Botswana to film the show.
"At one point I was trying to gain weight for the role, and I noticed I had put on 7 lbs. in 7 days. And I thought, my god! What's going on here," she tells PEOPLE. "I thought something was wrong with me, and I found out I was [continue reading]
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
R&B Singer and Actress Jill Scott Is Pregnant
source: People.com
By Lisa Ingrassia
Originally posted Friday January 09, 2009 07:25 PM EST
Jill Scott is pregnant with her first child, the R&B singer and actress revealed to reporters at the Television Critics Association conference in Los Angeles on Friday.
Promoting her new HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, based on the popular novels by Alexander McCall Smith, Scott said she discovered that she was pregnant just before leaving for Botswana where she filmed the show.
"The first trimester I spent in Botswana," said the star, who is due April 25. "That was one of the biggest challenges of my life. First trimester! You're sick every morning. It was seven hours time difference, the heat, the bugs, the 14 hour days."
Still, the actress, who is engaged to drummer Lil' John Roberts, says she's glad she went [continue reading]
Friday, March 21, 2008
Jill Scott treasures local experience
source: Botswana Press Agency
19 March, 2008
LONDON - The immensely successful advertisement for the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency-Mma Ramotswe movie has put Botswana on the international map.
The London daily newspaper, The Independent has already interviewed the movies leading actress Jill Scott.
The American singer told the paper that she had not visited Africa before she came to Botswana for the film, and that she will forever treasure the experience.
She said before her visit she had plenty of questions in her mind and had no idea what to expect.
But after a few days of looking for what they didnt have, I noticed all the things they have. My eyes suddenly opened, and everything was new and wonderful, she told the paper.
Scott said Africa does not leap on you immediately, but it seeps slowly and its incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
She mentioned a couple of places in Botswana that took her breath away. One of the things she talked about was the Safari experience in the Kalahari Desert.
I was stuck by the pure silence and the stillness. I looked around [continue reading]
19 March, 2008
LONDON - The immensely successful advertisement for the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency-Mma Ramotswe movie has put Botswana on the international map.
The London daily newspaper, The Independent has already interviewed the movies leading actress Jill Scott.
The American singer told the paper that she had not visited Africa before she came to Botswana for the film, and that she will forever treasure the experience.
She said before her visit she had plenty of questions in her mind and had no idea what to expect.
But after a few days of looking for what they didnt have, I noticed all the things they have. My eyes suddenly opened, and everything was new and wonderful, she told the paper.
Scott said Africa does not leap on you immediately, but it seeps slowly and its incredibly important to be respectful and humble there.
She mentioned a couple of places in Botswana that took her breath away. One of the things she talked about was the Safari experience in the Kalahari Desert.
I was stuck by the pure silence and the stillness. I looked around [continue reading]
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Jill Scott Mourns Loss Of Anthony Minghella
source: HippHopp Elements
Posted on: March 19, 2008 08:04 PDT
British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, who directed the upcoming two-hour HBO pilot "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" starring Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose, died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, reports the AP. He was 54.
"Much more than a TRUE artist who thrilled in offering his divine gift with the world, Anthony Minghella was a dear, dear trusted friend," said Scott in a statement. "My heart aches with grief. Words can not express how deeply he will be missed or [continue reading]
Posted on: March 19, 2008 08:04 PDT
British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, who directed the upcoming two-hour HBO pilot "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" starring Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose, died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, reports the AP. He was 54.
"Much more than a TRUE artist who thrilled in offering his divine gift with the world, Anthony Minghella was a dear, dear trusted friend," said Scott in a statement. "My heart aches with grief. Words can not express how deeply he will be missed or [continue reading]
Friday, October 12, 2007
Jill Scott finds herself with Words and Sounds
source: msnbc
The singer and actress is flourishing with release of her new album, films
Seth Wenig / AP
NEW YORK - While some artists choose to keep their private life cloaked in mystery, Jill Scott’s music was so rich with details about her most intimate thoughts, even a casual listener could tell that she was madly in love with her man.
From “He Loves Me (Lyzell in E Flat)” to “Bedda at Home,” much of Scott’s first two albums detailed her relationship with her husband and manager, Lyzell Williams. The songs were passionate, sensual, emotional and spoke of a love, while not perfect, so enduring that it seemed almost too good to be true.
As it turns out, it was — Scott’s soundtrack was a lot rosier than real life.
“Sometimes I think I try to hold on [continue reading]
The singer and actress is flourishing with release of her new album, films
Seth Wenig / AP
NEW YORK - While some artists choose to keep their private life cloaked in mystery, Jill Scott’s music was so rich with details about her most intimate thoughts, even a casual listener could tell that she was madly in love with her man.
From “He Loves Me (Lyzell in E Flat)” to “Bedda at Home,” much of Scott’s first two albums detailed her relationship with her husband and manager, Lyzell Williams. The songs were passionate, sensual, emotional and spoke of a love, while not perfect, so enduring that it seemed almost too good to be true.
As it turns out, it was — Scott’s soundtrack was a lot rosier than real life.
“Sometimes I think I try to hold on [continue reading]
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
Scott relishes Mma Ramotswe
source: Mmegi
MAUREEN ODUBENG
STAFF WRITER
Jill Scott, the star playing the lead role in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, does not take the role as a character. She has made the character she is playing a part of her. In an interview, Scott, who is currently in the middle of filming, said she talked to the director of the movie and award winner Anthony Mingella that Mma Ramotswe should be a regular person.
Scott, who felt she was lucky to have beaten all those who auditioned to play the role of Mma Ramotswe is more than passionate about her character in the movie.
"Mma Ramotswe is great, she is a strong brave woman," Scott said excitedly.
Mma Ramotswe, the character, apart from being a strong and brave woman, is doing something out of the ordinary, and Scott notes that anyone would be happy to play such a character. When talking about the character, one can see that Scott really enjoys playing the role. She said while Mma Ramotswe was doing something out of the ordinary, she was at the same a very gentle being.
"I don't know if I have done [continue reading]
MAUREEN ODUBENG
STAFF WRITER
Jill Scott, the star playing the lead role in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, does not take the role as a character. She has made the character she is playing a part of her. In an interview, Scott, who is currently in the middle of filming, said she talked to the director of the movie and award winner Anthony Mingella that Mma Ramotswe should be a regular person.
Scott, who felt she was lucky to have beaten all those who auditioned to play the role of Mma Ramotswe is more than passionate about her character in the movie."Mma Ramotswe is great, she is a strong brave woman," Scott said excitedly.
Mma Ramotswe, the character, apart from being a strong and brave woman, is doing something out of the ordinary, and Scott notes that anyone would be happy to play such a character. When talking about the character, one can see that Scott really enjoys playing the role. She said while Mma Ramotswe was doing something out of the ordinary, she was at the same a very gentle being.
"I don't know if I have done [continue reading]
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Lead Actress Checks in At Marina
source: allAfrica
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
1 August 2007
Posted to the web 1 August 2007
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Jill Scott, the US R&B singer who is in Botswana for the shooting of the No.1 Lady's Detective Agency, had a taste of Botswana hospital facilities after being admitted to Princess Marina Hospital last week.
The filming of Mma-Ramotswe suffered a setback when the lead actress was bed-ridden, according to unit publicist Joy Sapieka.
Scott spent a few days at Princess Marina after a chest infection last Thursday, forcing her to temporarily halt her shooting. Sapieka told Showbiz that Scott, who plays the famous character in Alexander McCall Smith's novel, was one of the worst hit by flu that also affected other members of the film crew.
"She returned Monday morning for the shooting, she had not been too well, and was in hospital. A lot of crew members, including myself, had bouts of flu from last week," Sapieka said.
The publicist suspects the dusty environment was responsible for the infection. "It is dusty here all the time, she must have got it because of the dust," Sapieka said. She however would not indicate to what extent the bug had affected their filming schedule.
The movie is scheduled for [continue reading]
Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
1 August 2007
Posted to the web 1 August 2007
Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe
Jill Scott, the US R&B singer who is in Botswana for the shooting of the No.1 Lady's Detective Agency, had a taste of Botswana hospital facilities after being admitted to Princess Marina Hospital last week.
The filming of Mma-Ramotswe suffered a setback when the lead actress was bed-ridden, according to unit publicist Joy Sapieka.
Scott spent a few days at Princess Marina after a chest infection last Thursday, forcing her to temporarily halt her shooting. Sapieka told Showbiz that Scott, who plays the famous character in Alexander McCall Smith's novel, was one of the worst hit by flu that also affected other members of the film crew.
"She returned Monday morning for the shooting, she had not been too well, and was in hospital. A lot of crew members, including myself, had bouts of flu from last week," Sapieka said.
The publicist suspects the dusty environment was responsible for the infection. "It is dusty here all the time, she must have got it because of the dust," Sapieka said. She however would not indicate to what extent the bug had affected their filming schedule.
The movie is scheduled for [continue reading]
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Singer Scott on the case as `perfect` choice for Botswana detective role
source: Scotsman.com News
TIM CORNWELL ARTS CORRESPONDENT (tcornwell@scotsman.com)
SHE was voted one of the world's most beautiful women and her extraordinary vocal skills have won her two coveted Grammy awards.
Now the American jazz and blues singer Jill Scott, 35, faces the challenge of playing the "traditionally built" Botswana heroine of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Scott has won the central role in the television series of the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, penned by the Edinburgh author Alexander McCall Smith, it was confirmed yesterday.
A 90-minute pilot costing £20 million is being filmed in Botswana, where the stories of Mma Ramotswe, the philosophical but persistent lady detective, are set. It is directed by Anthony Minghella, who made The English Patient.
The shortlist for the role is said to have included the rap star and actress Queen Latifah, as well as the former Botswanan minister of health, after a sustained effort to find a Botswanan actress.
But a publicist for author Alexander McCall Smith confirmed Ms Scott's selection after the news began leaking out.
The screenwriter Richard Curtis, who co-wrote the script with Minghella, told The Scotsman: "I'm delighted and think she'll be great - but I'll know more after I've been to the read through in Botswana next week.
"It was Anthony Minghella who found her, and told me to check her out on the web, where she does indeed look perfect."
Jill Scott grew up in Pennsylvania and studied to be a teacher before she began performing poetry readings.
She became a singer after [continue reading]
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