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'Fame: A Temptations Story': Keri Hilson Says Losing Her Father Inspired Performance In New Lifetime Film
'Fame: A Temptations Story': Keri Hilson Says Losing Her Father Inspired Performance In New Lifetime Film

Art imitates life for songstress Keri Hilson in her latest Lifetime film , Fame: A Temptations Story . As character Cherish Jordan, Hilson steps into the role of one half of a singing sister duo The Jordan Sisters, alongside Keshia Chanté, who plays Roxy Jordan. “I would say that I am informed by my character Cherish Jordan in the obvious way because we both are famous, also because I have a sister, and I know and understand the dynamics of sisterhood,” Hilson told Blavity’s Shadow and Act. “I would also say that there are some not-so-obvious woven threads, although they’re motivated by different things. She wants certain things out of life and has a certain way of going about it. I want certain things in life, but I approach them in a different way. I’m more surrendered, and she’s more methodical and calculated. There are some similarities, and also some differences.” Like her character, Hilson has also experienced the loss of her father — something that she said she had sort of...

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