David Banner, Cocoa Brown, Brad James, Erica Peeples and Teresa Celeste are among the cast of the upcoming film, The Soul ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs auditioned to play James Brown in the 2014 Universal biopic “Get on Up,” it was revealed in the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial. The part ultimately went to Chadwick Boseman.

James Brown is the fourth subject in as many weeks in our Film Review of members of the 2025-26 Tar Heel Basketball team. Each week Tar Heel 247 has featured a basketball player for weeklong coverage.

'Get On Up' star said he worked five to eight hours a day with a choreographer. — -- When Chadwick Boseman was approached about taking on the complicated, soulful, split-loving role of James ...