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  Taye Diggs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taye Diggs (born Scott Diggs on January 2, 1972) is an American theatre and film actor.
Diggs also had a stint as Billy Flynn in the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago and temporarily filled in for Norbert Leo Butz (an original Rent standby) as the love interest of Menzel's character in the runaway hit Wicked.
In 2003, Diggs was on Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher or his crew members, while his body is being inspected at a Punk'd-operated hospital.
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 The sly charm of Taye Diggs
This is life for Diggs nowadays: marathon shooting days, endless rounds of promotional interviews, the constant pressure of headlining a new drama on a network that has banked on his box-office appeal to bring it some new buzz - and a broader viewership.
Diggs' winning smile and eyes - and a few other features - became a sensation with his breakthrough role as the hot younger man who gave "Stella" her groove back in the 1998 film starring Angela Bassett as an over-40 divorced businesswoman who falls in love on vacation.
Diggs' wife of nearly two years is actress Idina Menzel, who won a Tony this year for her starring role as Elphaba the witch in the Broadway musical "Wicked." "She definitely wants to have children, but right now she's focusing on her own career," he says.
www.azcentral.com /ent/tv/articles/1028diggs.html   (1200 words)

  
 Taye Diggs
The eldest of five siblings, Taye Diggs and his family grew up in Rochester, New York.
Taye attended a Fine Arts high school and later earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater.
Diggs spent some time performing as a Carribean singer at Disney's Tokyo theme park before coming back to New York to perform in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Rent as Benny, the evil landlord.
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 Taye Diggs Biography
Diggs portrays an actor who is hired to “scare the white” into Jamie Kennedy’s character who is obsessed with the culture of south central Los Angeles.
Diggs was also seen in the Artisan thriller "The Way of the Gun," directed and written by Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") and produced by Kenneth Kokin.
Diggs received much acclaim for his lead role in last year's romantic comedy, "The Best Man." The film, co-starring Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Harold Perrineau Jr., is the story of a group of college friends who learn secrets of their past when reunited for a wedding.
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 Taye Diggs Actor
Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel were married in a private ceremony at the Round Hill resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica on January 11, 2003.
Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel have gotten at least three letters in which the writer threatens to "burn" and "castrate" Diggs, and calling him a "sellout" for marryng a white woman.
Diggs' winning smile and eyes became a sensation with his breakthrough role as the hot younger man who gave "Stella" her groove back in the 1998 film starring Angela Bassett as an over-40 divorced businesswoman who falls in love on vacation.
www.mytelevision.com /tv_stars/taye_diggs.html   (4698 words)

  
 Taye Diggs biography, videography,movies, and dvds
Taye Diggs made his feature film debut in 1998 starring opposite Angela Bassett in 20th Century Fox's box-office hit How Stella Got Her Groove Back and since then has turned heads in every role he has chosen.
Taye is also featured in the Miramax/Dimension Films’ futuristic thriller Equilibrium directed by Kurt Wimmer ("The Thomas Crown Affair") and produced by Jan de Bont ("Speed") and Lucas Foster.
Diggs received much acclaim for his lead role in the 1999 romantic comedy, The Best Man. The film, co-starring Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Harold Perrineau Jr., is the story of a group of college friends who learn secrets of their past when reunited for a wedding.
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 Taye Diggs Photos - Taye Diggs News - Taye Diggs Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
More Pictures Taye Diggs was born Scott Digs on January 2nd, 1972 in New Jersey.
Taye is all that and a Gat fareal.
A hot-shot attorney at a prestigious entertainment law firm, Kevin Hill (Taye Diggs) is a star on the rise.
www.tv.com /taye-diggs/person/28475/summary.html   (447 words)

  
 Taye Diggs's charm is UPN's star attraction - The Boston Globe
TORONTO -- Taye Diggs is caught between two love interests, and apparently he's busted.
On the first take, Diggs hems and haws his way through his predicament, employing shrill laughter and some overnervous body language that, his costars insist, would be a dead giveaway to any real woman getting two-timed by her man.
This is life for Diggs nowadays: marathon shooting days, endless rounds of promotional interviews, the constant pressure of headlining a new drama on a network that has banked on his box-office appeal to bring it some new buzz -- and a broader viewership.
www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/10/31/taye_diggss_charm_is_upns_star_attraction   (440 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Taye Diggs
Diggs' talent finally found its proper outlet when he was cast as Benny the landlord in the original production of Rent, the hottest Broadway show of the mid-1990s.
Scott "Taye" Diggs was born on January 2nd, 1972, in New Jersey.
The eldest of five siblings, Diggs was raised by his mother in Rochester, New York, after the death of his father.
www.askmen.com /men/entertainment_100/136_taye_diggs.html   (527 words)

  
 Taye Diggs @ Filmbug
Forthcoming for the perpetually busy Diggs are such films as John McTiernan's Basic with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson; the futuristic thriller Equilibrium, directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Jan de Bont and Lucas Foster; the urban comedy Brown Sugar and Chicago: The Musical.
Previously Diggs was seen in the hostage crisis thriller The Way of the Gun, directed and written by Chris McQuarrie and starring with Juliette Lewis, Ryan Phillipe, James Caan and Benicio Del Toro.
Diggs also received much acclaim for his lead role in 1999's romantic comedy, The Best Man. The film, co-starring Nia Long, Morris Chestnut and Harold Perrineau Jr., received rave reviews and has since gone on to become one of the top ten highest grossing African-American films in history.
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 CNN.com - Entertainment - Taye Diggs: From paying the 'Rent' to 'Ally McBeal' - February 22, 2001
Taye Diggs has established himself on Broadway and in the movies.
Diggs: Oh absolutely, because not only was it a special moment for me, but it was a special moment for everyone.
Diggs: In hindsight, I don't know what I was on or what I was thinking, but at the time I remember telling myself that there was no time to be nervous because this was a big chance and you just gotta rise to the occasion and bring it.
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 USATODAY.com - Taye Diggs tries the small screen in UPN's 'Kevin Hill'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Actor Taye Diggs stars in the title role of the new UPN series Kevin Hill," which premieres at 9 p.m.
Diggs says his transformation into the proverbial swan was a slow process that started when he went to a performing arts high school.
Diggs, 32, plays flashy bachelor lawyer Kevin Hill, whose lifestyle takes a sharp turn for the more complicated when he inherits Sarah, an orphaned 10-month-old.
yahoo.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-09-27-taye-diggs_x.htm?csp=1   (727 words)

  
 Interview - Taye Diggs and Anthony Rapp for "Rent"
At the time, Taye Diggs and Anthony Rapp were unknown, fledgling actors on the way to critical acclaim.
Diggs: The same way they do with scenes, where they take the editing and cuts and what not, so it's very interesting.
Diggs: My next one coming out is a movie called "Rent." I'm doing a play now and we're developing a TV show for ABC.
www.darkhorizons.com /news05/rent3.php   (2725 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Taye Diggs pictures
Diggs is even thankful when he gets attention for his good looks.
While Diggs has the talent and looks to become the next Denzel Washington, he has yet to really break onto the Hollywood A-list.
Diggs keeps his hair close-cropped and is often clean-shaven -- especially when he's playing a young intellectual or professional character -- though from time to time he'll grow a small goatee to keep himself from looking too conservative.
www.askmen.com /men/entertainment_100/136b_taye_diggs.html   (898 words)

  
 News Search: taye diggs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I've been noticing more and more ads for the new ABC suspense-drama Daybreak, which stars Taye Diggs as a cop who begins to experience the same day over and over and over again when his girlfriend is murdered.
Taye Diggs surivives the House on Haunted hill remake.
The main character is a cop named Brett Hopper (Taye Diggs), whose life lands squarely in the toilet on the day he's supposed to meet with Internal Affairs about a corruption case.
www.topix.net /search?q=taye+diggs   (880 words)

  
 Taye Diggs News
The series, which stars Taye Diggs of RENT and Kevin Hill fame, will launch in America on Wednesday, November 15 at 9pm, replacing Lost in the network's mid-week lineup until February.
Adam Pascal is about to see his life pass before his eyes - some of it anyway - and he's in the fortunate position of being able to smile at the prospect.
Taye Diggs, who stars in the upcoming ABC SF series Day Break, told SCI FI Wire he was still a little hot under the collar about questions concerning the new show.
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 House On Haunted Hill
Actor Taye Diggs (born Scott Diggs) may have a pretty face, but he has an even more appealing voice.
Diggs made his professional debut with the ensemble cast of the award-winning revival of Carousel.
Diggs is scheduled to star in Basic, with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, in 2002.
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 Taye Diggs
The excitement surrounding Diggs' performance netted him both media exposure and more work, and the following year he could be seen in no less than four films.
In 2001, Diggs returned to the small-screen with a recurring role on Fox's Ally McBeal.
Premiering in 2004 on UPN, the primetime drama starred Diggs in the title role, a fast-living bachelor who finds his life turned upside down with the unexpected introduction of an infant.
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 Taye Diggs Pictures, Biography, Filmography, News, Trailers,
Diggs came to film by way of the theater.
Born in 1971 in New Jersey, he was raised as the oldest of five children in Rochester, NY.
Discuss Taye Diggs with Starpulse members in the forums...
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 Boston.com / A&E / Movies / Actor Taye Diggs joining wife in 'Wicked'
Taye Diggs is joining his wife, Idina Menzel, in the Broadway musical "Wicked" on Christmas night for a four-week run.
NEW YORK -- Taye Diggs is joining his wife, Idina Menzel, in the Broadway musical "Wicked" on Christmas night for a four-week run.
Diggs will play Fiyero, the romantic lead in the show, which is based on Gregory Maguire's cult novel about the two witches of Oz.
www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2003/12/10/actor_taye_diggs_joining_wife_in_wicked   (173 words)

  
 Playbill News: ABC Greenlights Taye Diggs Drama
Stage and screen star Taye Diggs will be seen in a new ABC series this coming season.
While trying to figure out who framed him, Diggs' character must also race to stop another murder from happening." Diggs previous television series was titled "Kevin Hill" and was seen on the UPN network.
Taye Diggs has appeared on Broadway in Wicked, Carousel, Rent and Chicago.
www.playbill.com /news/article/99692.html   (284 words)

  
 Taye Diggs - Everything on Taye Diggs (bio, latest news, photo gallery,...)
Taye Diggs (born January 2, 1972) is an American actor.
Diggs married Broadway star Idina Menzel on January 11, 2003.
Day Break stars Taye Diggs as Brett Hopper, a narcotics cop who's been framed for murder, who relives the same day over and over again.
www.world-of-celebrities.com /taye_diggs   (527 words)

  
 Taye Diggs DVD and VHS Movies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Taye Diggs, Hugh Jackman, Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Ellen Barkin, Boris Kodjoe, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Queen Latifah, Marisa Tormei.
Taye Diggs, Cliff Saunders, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Dominic West, Jayne Eastwood, Bruce Beaton, Roman Podhara, Jon C. Reilly, Colm Feore, Rob Smith, Shawn Wayne Doyle, Steve Behal, Robbie Rox.
Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Sean Nelson.
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 My Way - Star Magazine
NYC cops are on the hunt for a fanatic who's terrorizing TV hunk Taye Diggs and his wife, Broadway star, singer and actress Idina Menzel, with racist, threatening letters.
Of at least three handwritten letters sent so far, the most recent one reportedly threatens to "burn" and "castrate" Diggs, who plays a lawyer in UPN's Kevin Hill, because of his interracial marriage to Menzel (the couple wed in January 2003).
The death threat against Diggs, 33, was reportedly sent to The League of American Theatres and Producers on Dec. 1.
entertainment.myway.com /celebgossip/star/id/12_16_2004.html   (203 words)

  
 Taye Diggs | Idina Menzel | tv : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
According to reports in Newsday and the New York Post, Menzel and her husband, actor Taye Diggs, were both named as targets in a series of threatening letters that cited the couple's interracial marriage.
Diggs, who stars in the new UPN drama hit Kevin Hill, was threatened with bodily harm in one letter, a source close to the police probe of the missives told Newsday, while two other letters threaten to burn down the Gershwin Theater.
Diggs, who is fl, met Menzel, who is white and Jewish, when they costarred in the original cast of Rent in 1995.
www.ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,911452_3_0_,00.html   (400 words)

  
 Playbill News: Taye Diggs Returns to “Will & Grace” Feb. 2
Taye Diggs, who guest starred on the Jan. 5 broadcast of “Will & Grace,” will again appear on the Emmy-winning series Feb. 2.
Diggs returns as a character named James on the comedy series, which airs on NBC-TV at 8 PM ET; check local listings.
Coincidently, Will runs into James (Taye Diggs) while in LA, but to his surprise James is Canadian and in jeopardy of being deported.
www.playbill.com /news/article/97634.html   (361 words)

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