NEW YORK (AP) — Alexandra Shipp has very little time to get ready for her new role as the late R&B singer Aaliyah. Lifetime spokeswoman Kannie Yu LaPack confirmed Friday that Shipp will play the ...

The television movie will chronicle the life of the 'Try Again' hit maker, who died tragically in a plane crash in 2001. Shipp replaced singer/actress Zendaya, who pulled out of the project in June.

She's portrayed late singer Aaliyah in the 2014 telemovie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B and played the fierce Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse, but no role of Alexandra Shipp's has been quite like her latest ...

In preparation for her new role Hollywood starlet, Alexandra Shipp, is cutting it close—literally! You may remember her from her role as late recording artist, Aaliyah, in the 2014 film, Aaliyah: ...

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