Michael Cooper Jr. decided to pursue acting thanks to a production of 'High School Musical.' Michael Cooper Jr., 23, was born ...

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Cooper Jr., 23, tells PEOPLE about working with the "powerhouse" actress and their off-screen mother-son dynamic ...

Simone told TheWrap, “I was not familiar with Michael, but when I first met him, I was really upset because we were on our ...

Both stars also tell PEOPLE about watching the series for the first time with their moms, which led to a lot of ...

The actors reimagine the story first told in Judy Blume's beloved 1975 novel in a new Netflix series from Mara Brock Akil ...

Famed producer and screenwriter, Mara Brock Akil, reimagined Judy Blume's popular yet controversial novel of the same name, ...

The series, which premiered on May 8, 2025, stars newcomers Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr. as Keisha Clark and Justin ...

The newcomer plays a complicated teen swept into a love more tangled than he ever imagined in Mara Brock Akil’s Judy Blume ...

Fans of teen romance rejoice — we’ve got new bingeable content. Forever, a Netflix series based on the controversial young ...

The two characters at the heart of Netflix‘s Forever may not have a love story everyone can relate to, but their experiences ...