q news: Nina Simone biopic starring Zoe Saldana chastised for 'lightwashing'

q producer Lisa Rundle sits in for Mitch Pollock with the latest edition of the q news. Today:

• The new trailer for the Nina Simone biopic Nina, directed by Cynthia Mort, is attracting a chorus of online criticism. The film's casting of Zoe Saldana as Simone was condemned as Hollywood "lightwashing," and her appearance in the trailer wearing facial prosthetics and her complexion darkened with make-up has only continued to feed the outrage - including from Simone's estate.
• Someone Knows Something, a new true-crime podcast examining unsolved cases of missing or murdered individuals, debuted this week on CBC. The weekly series hosted by David Ridgen focuses on a single Canadian cold case each season in hopes of uncovering new information, while also exploring how the cases have affected the families and communities involved.
• Netflix confirmed Wednesday that it's renewed Fuller House for a second season. The reboot of the 1980s-90s sitcom has received mixed reviews. Earlier this week, blogger Ryan Alexander-Tanner talked about watching and reviewing all 192 episodes of the original Full House, and why he called it "everything wrong with America."