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Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi relaxes at LA park after being cast as Tinkerbell in Disney’s live action Peter Pan By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 04:58 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 04:58 BST, 20 October 2020 She’s signed on to play Tinkerbell in Disney’s live action re-imagining of Peter Pan. And it looks like … Read more
Disney has tapped Yara Shahidi to sprinkle a little bit of pixie dust as Tinker Bell in the upcoming live-action reboot, Peter Pan & Wendy, bound for theaters not Disney+. The 20-year-old Grown-ish star’s casting makes her the ‘first person of color’ to portray the sassy sidekick of the film’s title character, which has traditionally been … Read more
Yara Shahidi has said she is not an activist but ‘a creative and socially engaged human.’ Now the 20-year-old black-ish and grown-ish star told the Wall Street Journal that she is hoping to make changes that will last. ‘The goal at the end of the day is to make powerful media but to also push the … Read more
Yara Shahidi speaks out against executions in Iran and acknowledges the dangers for her family living there: ‘If you know me, you know I value life’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 08:15 BST, 16 July 2020 | Updated: 09:33 BST, 16 July 2020 Yara Shahidi is speaking out against scheduled executions of anti-government protestors … Read more
Yara Shahidi has been outspoken about social issues since she was a teenager starring on a major network sitcom. But the Harvard University student believes that sometimes the best use of her platform is to amplify the voice of someone else. The 20-year-old was featured in the August digital issue of Elle magazine which was … Read more
Yara Shahidi oozes style in off-the-shoulder top during panel discussion at SCAD aTVfest in Atlanta By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:09 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 08:42 GMT, 29 February 2020 Yara Shahidi first gained recognition for her starring role as the oldest daughter Zoey Johnson on the sitcom Black-ish. That led to the … Read more