Drum – 08 August 2019

5 things about...

Michael Ealy

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3

Michaelis married

toactressKhatira

Rafiqzada.

Thecoupletiedtheknot

in 2012 andtheyhavea son,

Elijah(5),anda two-year-

olddaughter,whosename

they’veyettorevealpublicly.

“I don’tputeverythingout

onsocialmedia.I don’tlive

thatrealitylifestyle.

“Ifyouwantsomethingto

work,if it meansthatmuch

toyou,keepit toyourself.”

4

InSecretsand Lies

Michaelplaysa wealthy

manaccusedofmurdering

hiswife.He’sfullof praise

forhisco-stars,but not their

characters.

“I’dbecuriousto see who

canidentifywithsome of

thesecharactersbecause

I foundnoconnection with

thesecharacters,”he said.

“I wasthankfulfor my

familyandthelack of drama

in my family after doing this

show.”

5

Michael’s new series,

Stumptown, is based

on a graphic novel series

which follows Dex Parios

(Cobie Smulders) an army

veteran-turned-private

detective who is frequently

at odds with the cops.

In a Facebook video post

Michael told fans, “I’m really

excited for you guys to see

this show. It’s a lot of fun.”

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STAND-UP COMEDY. 63 MIN. 2019.

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The actor and comedian returns to

TV a year after his career was nearly

derailed by allegations of sexual

misconduct, something he’s quick

to address at the start of his show. 

The set is very, very good. He

riffs on race, the state of popular

culture and social-media outrage in

a special that is easily one of the

year’s best stand-up routines. 

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The singer has given her fans

everything they could want in this

42-track double album. From her

early chart-toppers such as The

Loco-Motion, Especially for You and

Hand on Your Heart to her later hits

such as Can’t Get You Out of My

Head, Spinning Around, Kids, Slow

and Breathe – it’s all here and more.

This is a must-have for any die-

hard fan.

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The blue-eyed heartthrob

has had movie-goers smitten

for years.

He’s now starring in the

second season of the TV

thriller series Secrets

and Lies, streaming on

Showmax, and he’s also set

to appear in new cop series

Stumptown later this year.

Here are five things you

probably don’t know about

Michael.

1

He’s been a regular on TV

and movie screens since

his breakthrough perfor-

mance in Barbershop (2002),

but he spent years working

as a waiter in New York.

“There were times where

I’d feel like, ‘I’m a waiter. I’m

not an actor. I’m a waiter’,”

he told Essence magazine. 

2

There can’t be many

people who’ve rejected

Beyoncé, but Michael has!

He didn’t want to be in the

video for her 2006 hit

Irreplaceable because, “I

didn’t want to be the guy

who she said, ‘To the left, to

the left’,” he told BET. “Who

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