For Michael Cooper Jr., landing the lead role in Forever was "a quantum leap," as his mentor Sanaa Lathan calls it. Still ...

The actor talks about his role in the hit new show by Mara Brock Akil and loosely based on Judy Blume’s novel.

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

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 ...

Netflix Forever stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone play Justin and Keisha in the new adaptation of the Judy Blume ...

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

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 ...

"Forever" stars Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone opened up about the first time they encountered one another, with no idea ...

Michael Cooper Jr. is the leading man in Netflix’s new series Forever. He stars as Justin Edwards alongside Lovie Simone in ...