‘Beyond the Gates’ star Tamara Tunie thinks the show has arrived at the ‘perfect’ time

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‘Beyond the Gates’ star Tamara Tunie thinks the show has arrived at the ‘perfect’ time

“Beyond the Gates,” the first Black soap opera in over 30 years, starring Tamara Tunie premiered on Monday on CBS. […]

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Taye Diggs was born on January 2, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the oldest of five children born to Marcia and Andre Young. Diggs grew up in Rochester, New York where he attended Allendale Columbia School. He later transferred to School of the Arts. He also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

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