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This article is about the desert in Australia. For the associated locality, see Simpson Desert, South Australia.
Coordinates: 24°34′S 137°25′E / 24.57°S 137.42°E / -24.57; 137.42
Simpson Desert
Desert
Dunes at the edge of the Simpson Desert
Name origin: Alfred Allen Simpson
Country
Australia
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia
Area
176,500 km2 (68,147 sq mi)
Biome
Desert
The IBRA boundaries of the Simpson Desert
Wikimedia Commons: Simpson Desert
The Simpson Desert is a large area of dry, red sandy plain and dunes in Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland in central Australia.[1][2][3] It is the fourth largest Australian desert, with an area of 176,500 km2 (68,100 sq mi) and is the world's largest sand dune desert.[4]
The desert is underlain by the Great Artesian Basin, one of the largest inland drainage areas in the world. Water from the basin rises to the surface at numerous natural springs, including Dalhousie Springs, and at bores drilled along stock routes, or during petroleum exploration. As a result of exploitation by such bores, the flow of water to springs has been steadily decreasing in recent years. It is also part of the Lake Eyre basin.
The Simpson Desert is an erg which contains the world's longest parallel sand dunes.[5] These north-south oriented dunes are static, held in position by vegetation. They vary in height from 3 metres in the west to around 30 metres on the eastern side. The largest dune, Nappanerica, is 40 metres in height.[6]
Contents
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1 History
2 Access
3 Visitor attraction
4 Climate
5 Ecology
6 Dunefields
6.1 Morphology
6.2 Sediment
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
Ted Colson's expedition across the Simpson Desert in 1936
Big Red, Simpson Desert, 2007
Track through the Simpson Desert
Poeppel Corner Marker, South Australia, Northern Territories, Queensland
Edge of Simpson Desert for Chambers Pillar
The explorer Charles Sturt, who visited the region from 1844–1846, was the first European to see the desert.[7] In 1880 Augustus Poeppel, a surveyor with the South Australian Survey Department determined the border between Queensland and South Australia to the west of Haddon Corner and in doing so marked the corner point where the States of Queensland and South Australia meet the Northern Territory. After he returned to Adelaide, it was discovered that the links in his surveyor's chain had stretched. Poeppel’s border post was too far west by 300 metres. In 1884, surveyor Larry Wells moved the post to its proper position on the eastern bank of Lake Poeppel. The tri-state border is now known as Poeppel Corner. In January 1886 surveyor David Lindsay ventured into the desert from the western edge, in the process discovering and documenting, with the help of a Wangkangurru Aboriginal man, nine native wells and travelling as far east as the Queensland/Northern Territory border.
In 1936 Ted Colson became the first non-indigenous person to cross the desert in its entirety, riding camels. The name Simpson Desert was coined by Cecil Madigan, after Alfred Allen Simpson, an Australian industrialist, philanthropist, geographer, and president of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.[8] Mr Simpson was the owner of the Simpson washing machine company.
In 1984, Dennis Bartel was the first white man to successfully walk solo and unsupported west-to-east across the Simpson,[9] 390 km in 24 days, relying on old Aboriginal wells for water. In 2006 Lucas Trihey was the first non-indigenous person to walk across the desert through the geographical centre away from vehicle tracks and unsupported. He carried all his equipment in a two-wheeled cart and crossed from East Bore on the western edge of the desert to Birdsville in the east. In 2008, Michael Giacometti completed the first, and only, east-to-west walk across the Simpson Desert. Starting at Bedourie in Queensland, he walked solo and unsupported, towing all his equipment, food and water in a two-wheeled cart to Old Andado homestead.[10][11] Also in 2008, Belgian Louis-Philippe Loncke became the first non-indigenous person to complete a north-south crossing of the desert on foot and unsupported and through the geographical centre,.[12][13][14]
In 2016, explorer Sebastian Copeland and partner Mark George completed the longest unsupported latitudinal crossing (west-to-east across the dunes) of the Simpson[15] They linked the Madigan Line, Colson Track and French Line for the first time, walking from Old Andado homestead to Birdsville, a distance of 650 kilometres (404 mi) in 26 days.
In 1967, the Queensland Government established the Simpson Desert National Park.
Access[edit]
No maintained roads cross the desert. The Donohue Highway is an unpaved outback track passing from near Boulia towards the Northern Territory border in the north of the desert. There are tracks that were created during seismic surveys in the search for gas and oil during the 1960s and 1970s. These include the French Line, the Rig Road, and the QAA Line. Such tracks are still navigable by well-equipped four-wheel-drive vehicles which must carry extra fuel and water. Towns providing access to the South Australian edge of the Simpson Desert include Innamincka to the south and Oodnadatta to the southwest; and from the eastern (Queensland) side include Birdsville, Bedourie, Thargomindah and Windorah. Last fuel on the western side is at the Mount Dare hotel and store. Before 1980, a section of the Commonwealth Railways Central Australian line passed along the western side of the Simpson Desert.
Visitor attraction[edit]
The desert is popular with tourists, particularly in winter, and popular landmarks include the ruins and mound springs at Dalhousie Springs, Purnie Bore wetlands, Approdinna Attora Knoll and Poeppel Corner (where Queensland, South Australia and Northern Territory meet). Because of the excessive heat and inadequately experienced drivers attempting to access the desert in the past, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has decided since 2008-2009 to close the Simpson Desert during the summer — to save unprepared "adventurers" from themselves.[16][17]
Climate[edit]
The area has an extremely hot, dry desert climate. Rainfall is minimal, averaging only about 150 mm per year and falling mainly in summer.[18] Temperatures in summer can approach 50 °C and large sand storms are common. Winters are generally cool, however, heatwaves even in the middle of July are not unheard of.
Some of the heaviest rain in decades occurred during 2009-2010, and has seen the Simpson Desert burst into life and colour. In early March 2010, Birdsville recorded more rain in 24 hours than is usual in a whole year. Rain inundated Queensland’s north-west and Gulf regions. In total, 17 million megalitres of water entered the State’s western river systems leading to Lake Eyre.[19] In 2010, researchers uncovered the courses of ancient river systems under the desert.[20]
Ecology[edit]
Emus in Simpson Desert
Emu bush growing in the desert
The IBRA regions, with the Channel Country in red
The IBRA regions, with the Simpson-Strzelecki Dunefields in red
The Simpson Desert is also a large part of the World Wildlife Fund ecoregion of the same name [21] which consists of the Channel Country and the Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields bioregions of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA).[22][23]
The flora of the Simpson Desert ecoregion is limited to drought-resistant shrubs and grasses especially Zygochloa paradoxa grass that holds the dunes together and the spinifex and other tough grasses of sides slopes and sandy desert floor between the dunes. The Channel Country section of the ecoregion lies to the northeast of the desert proper around the towns of Bedourie and Windorah in Queensland, and consists of low hills covered with Mitchell grass cut through with rivers lined with coolabah trees. The ecoregion also includes areas of rocky upland and seasonally wet clay and salt pans, particularly Lake Eyre, the centre of one of the largest inland drainage systems in the world, including the Georgina and Diamantina Rivers.
Wildlife adapted to this hot, dry environment and seasonal flooding includes the water-holding frog (Litoria platycephala) and a number of reptiles that inhabit the desert grasses. Endemic mammals of the desert include the kowari (Dasycercus byrnei) while birds include the grey grasswren (Amytornis barbatus) and Eyrean grasswren (Amytornis goyderi).[24] Lake Eyre and the other seasonal wetlands are important habitats for fish and birds, especially as a breeding ground for waterbirds while the rivers are home to birds, bats and frogs. The seasonal wetlands of the ecoregion include Lake Eyre and the Coongie Lakes as well as the swamps that emerge when Cooper Creek, Strzelecki Creek and the Diamantina River are in flood. The birds that use these wetlands include the freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa), musk duck (Biziura lobata), silver gull (Larus novaehollandiae), Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), great egret (Ardea alba), glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), and banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus). Finally the mound springs of the Great Artesian Basin are important habitat for a number of plants, fish, snails and other invertebrates.
Native vegetation is largely intact as the desert is uninhabitable. Therefore, habitats are not threatened by agriculture, but are damaged by introduced species, particularly rabbits and feral camels. The only human activitiy in the desert proper has been the construction of the gas pipelines, while the country on its fringes has been used for cattle grazing and contains towns such as Innamincka. Mound springs and other waterholes are vulnerable to overuse and damage. Protected areas of the ecoregion include the Simpson Desert, Goneaway, Lochern, Bladensburg, Witjira and Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Parks as well as the Simpson Desert Conservation Park, Innamincka Regional Reserve and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve. Ethabuka Reserve is a nature reserve in the north of the desert owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia.[25]
Dunefields[edit]
The extensive dunefields of the Simpson Desert display a range of colours from brilliant white to dark red and include pinks and oranges.[26]
Morphology[edit]
Simpson Desert, visible dune lines and Lake Eyre at bottom left
The sand ridges have a trend of SSE-NNW and continue parallel for kilometers. This pattern is seen throughout the deserts of Australia. Some of the ridges continue unbroken for up to 200 km. The height and the spacing between the ridges are directly related. Where there are 5-6 ridges in a kilometer, the height is around 15 meters but when there is one or two ridges per kilometer the height jumps to 35–38 meters.[1] In cross section, the lee side is the eastern slope with an incline of 34-38 degrees, while the stoss side is the western slope with an incline of only 10-20 degrees. In cross section, the cross beds are planar with foresets alternating between east and west. The foresets have incline angles of 10-30 degrees.[1]
Sediment[edit]
The sand is predominately made up of quartz grains. The grains are rounded and sub angular. They range in size from 0.05 mm to 1.2 mm with 0.5 mm being the average size for the crests and 0.3 mm being the average size on the dune flanks. The active crests have sand sediment but on the inter-dunes, the sediment is not as well sorted.[1] The sediment varies in color from pink to brick red, but by the rivers and playas the sediment color is light grey. The progression of the color from grey to red is due to the release of iron oxide from the sediment when weathered.[1]
See also[edit]
Australia portal
Australasia ecozone
Ecoregions of Australia
List of deserts by area
Simpson (disambiguation)
Simpson Desert Important Bird Area
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Twidale, C.R. (1980). "The Simpson Desert, central Australia". South African Geographic Journal. 65: 3–17.
Jump up ^ "Desert Parks of South Australia" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage, South Australia. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
Jump up ^ "Simpson Desert". Britannica Encyclopedia Inc. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
Jump up ^ "Fastest crossing of the Simpson Desert on foot". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
Jump up ^ Madigan, C.T. 1936. The Australian sand-ridge deserts. The Geographical Review 26(2):205-227.
Jump up ^ "Who said it's no place for a lady?" Check |url= value (help). Manly Daily. New Limited. 24 June 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
Jump up ^ Sturt, C. 1848-49. Narrative of an expedition into central Australia, performed under the authority of Her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6: together with a notice of the province of South Australia, in 1847. London: T. and W. Boone, 2 vols, 416 pp. and 392 pp.
Jump up ^ Madigan, C.T. 1930. An aerial reconnaissance into the southeastern portion of central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 30:83-108.
Jump up ^ https://www.4x4australia.com.au/explore/1604/history-simpson-desert-adventurer
Jump up ^ AdventurePro, "Adventurer emerges from the Simpson Desert to complete the first east-to-west foot crossing", 25 July 2008
Jump up ^ Giacometti, M. 2009. Traversing Sturt's Hell. Wild 112:18-23
Jump up ^ Herald Sun, "If the desert doesn't get you, the camels might", 23 August 2008
Jump up ^ The Monitor, p7, "36 days alone in the desert", 28 August 2008
Jump up ^ Sudpresse Archive, "800km en 35 jours", 17 November July 2008
Jump up ^ Moye, Jayme. "Sebastian Copeland's Record 404-Mile Trek Across Australia’s Simpson Desert". Men's Journal. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
Jump up ^ (11 November 2008).Desert danger forces outback shutdown. ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Jump up ^ Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve, Parks SA. Accessed 3 October 2010
Jump up ^ Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 344–345. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
Jump up ^ Quentin Chester (13 April 2010). Simpson Desert bursts with life. Australian Geographic.
Jump up ^ James Glenday. (10 March 2010). Ancient river courses found below Simpson Desert. ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Jump up ^ "Simpson desert". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Jump up ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report". Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
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Jump up ^ Shephard, Mark (1999). The Simpson Desert:Natural History and Human Endeavour. North Adelaide SA: Corkwood Press. ISBN 1-876247-07-X.
Jump up ^ Ethabuka Reserve. Bush Heritage Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
Jump up ^ "Australia's Simpson Desert: A Land of Extremes". OurAmazingPlanet. TechMediaNetwork.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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Being Mary Jane is an American drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and starring Gabrielle Union,[1] that debuted January 7, 2014 on BET.[2] The 90-minute-pilot for the series aired on July 2, 2013.[3] The series follows professional and personal life of successful TV news anchor Mary Jane Paul, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Being Mary Jane has received positive reviews from critics,[4][5] and the series premiere on BET had more than 4 million viewers.[6][7][8] The second and third seasons received critical acclaim, specifically praising Gabrielle Union's leading performance, Mara Brock Akil's writing, and directing work by Regina King.[9][10][11][12] On January 6, 2016, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on January 10, 2017.[13] Set in New York, season 4 reaches a milestone and a record as it is made with 20 episodes. It was announced on October 11, 2017 that the series would conclude in 2018 with a two-hour movie finale.[14]
At the 45th NAACP Image Awards, the pilot movie won award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, and Union for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.[15] The series later received another nine NAACP Image Awards nominations, include two for Outstanding Drama Series.
Contents
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1 Series overview
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Regular cast
2.2 Recurring cast
2.3 Guest stars
3 Production
4 Controversy
5 References
6 External links
Series overview[edit]
Further information: List of Being Mary Jane episodes
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
First aired
Last aired
1 9 July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)
2 12 February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)
3 10 October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20) December 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)
4 20 10 January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10) March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21)
10 July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) September 19, 2017 (2017-09-19)
Cast and characters[edit]
Regular cast[edit]
Gabrielle Union as Pauletta ("Mary Jane Paul") Patterson: a successful TV news anchor for Satellite News Channel (SNC) who remains devoted to a family that doesn't share her motivation as she juggles her life, her relationships, her work, and commitments.
Lisa Vidal as Kara Lynch: the executive producer of the Talkback (Mary Jane's show) at SNC and Mary Jane's best friend.
Margaret Avery as Helen Patterson: Mary Jane's overprotective mother, who is battling lupus.
Latarsha Rose as Dr. Lisa Hudson: Mary Jane's best friend since elementary school, an OB/GYN. (Seasons 1-3)
Aaron D. Spears as Mark Bradley: a co-anchor at the newsroom and the closeted gay friend of Mary Jane. (Seasons 1-3)
Richard Brooks as Patrick Patterson: Mary Jane's older, less-motivated brother.
B.J. Britt as Paul Patterson, Jr.: Mary Jane's responsible younger brother.
Raven Goodwin as Niecy Patterson: Mary Jane's niece; Patrick Patterson's daughter, who is also a mother.
Richard Roundtree as Paul Patterson, Sr.: Mary Jane's compassionate father.
Omari Hardwick as Andre Daniels: Mary Jane's married love interest. (Season 1)[16]
Stephen Bishop as David Paulk - Mary Jane's playboy love interest. (Seasons 2-3; recurring Season 1)
Recurring cast[edit]
Robinne Lee as Avery Daniels - Andre's wife, who learns of her husband's affair with Mary Jane. (Season 1)
Tatom Pender as Tracy - Patrick's girlfriend and mother of their child.
Madison Alsobrook as D'Asia - Patrick's daughter (Season 4). Formerly Navia Robinson (Seasons 1-3)
Brély Evans as Nichelle - Mary Jane's friend and publicist to the stars.
Kelly Rutherford as Cynthia Phillips (Seasons 1-2)
Ryan Homchick as Lance (Season 1-3)
Salli Richardson as Valerie (Season 2)
Gary Dourdan as Sheldon (Season 2)
Kyle Massey as Cameron (Season 2)
Loretta Devine as Cece (Season 3)
Daniella Alonso as Marisol Esparza (Season 3)
Thomas Jones as Brandon (Season 3)
Paul Rolfes as Aaron Felty (Seasons 3-4)
Michael Ealy as Justin Talbot (Season 4)
Chiké Okonkwo as Lee Truitt (Season 4)
Valarie Pettiford as Ronda Sales (Season 4)
Ashton Holmes as Garrett (Season 4)
Julian Walker as Ty (Season 4)
Cesar Cipriano as Dante (Season 4)
Tian Richards as Jovan (Season 4)
Guest stars[edit]
Jasmine Dustin as Ana Hoem (Season 1)
Lesley-Ann Brandt as Tamiko Roberts (Season 1)
Sheila Frazier as Catherine Stafford (Season 1)
Darrin Dewitt Henson (Season 1)
Lorraine Toussaint as Aunt Toni, Paul's younger sister and Mary Jane's aunt (Season 1)
Wayne Brady as Sean Anders (Season 1)
Ludacris as Terrence Mitchell (Season 1)
Dorian Missick as Detective Cedric Rawlins (Season 1)
Frances Burnett as Dana Shultz (Season 1)
India Arie as herself (Season 2)
Christina Vidal as Lilly (Season 2) (Christina Vidal plays the sister of Kara, played by her real-life sister Lisa)
Nina Parker (season 3, episode 6)
Jill Scott (season 3, episode 5)
Kelly Rowland as Robin (season 3, episode 6)
Tamar Braxton as Herself (season 3, episode 10)
Adrienne Bailon as Herself (season 3, episode 10)
Ava DuVernay (Season 1)
Cardi B (Season 4)
Loren "Lo London" Jordan (Season 4)
Dave East (Season 4)
Production[edit]
The show was originally to be called Single Black Female.[17] The series centers on successful broadcast journalist Mary Jane Paul (played by Gabrielle Union) and her professional and private family life while searching for "Mr. Right":
Mary Jane Paul has it all: she's a successful TV news anchor, entirely self-sufficient – an all-around powerhouse who remains devoted to a family that doesn’t share her motivation. As Mary Jane juggles her life, her work and her commitment to her family, we find out how far she's willing to go to find the puzzle pieces that she, and society, insist are missing from her life as a single Black female.[18]
Omari Hardwick plays a potential Mr. Right. Other cast members include Latarsha Rose, Lisa Vidal, Aaron D. Spears, Richard Roundtree, Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, Tika Sumpter, Raven Goodwin, B.J. Britt, and Robinne Lee.[18]
The series is produced by Mara Brock Akil, who produced BET's most successful series ever, The Game, and the romantic comedy film Jumping the Broom. The pilot episode was filmed in April 2012 at 780 N. Highland Ave. in the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta.[19][20][21]
On September 12, 2013, BET renewed Being Mary Jane for a second season, before the first season premiered.[6] The second season premiered on February 3, 2015, and on February 5 the series was renewed for a third season,[22] which premiered October 20, 2015.
Controversy[edit]
In 2016, Gabrielle Union sued BET for allegedly depriving her of agreed upon compensation.[23]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "BET Networks Announces New Programming at Annual Upfront Presentation". The Futon Critic. April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
Jump up ^ "BET Networks' First Original Scripted Series "Being Mary Jane" Starring Gabrielle Union Premieres on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 10 P.M. ET/PT" (Press release). The Futon Critic. October 24, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ Braxton, Greg (May 24, 2013). "Pilot for BET's 'Being Mary Jane' gets late start time on July 2". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Being Mary Jane - Season 1 Reviews". Metacritic. July 9, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Being Mary Jane: Season 1". 7 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Andreeva, Nellie (September 11, 2013). "BET Preps Second Season Of 'Being Mary Jane', Cancels 'Reed Between The Lines'". Deadline.com. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ O'Connell, Michael. "TV Ratings: BET's 'Being Mary Jane' Scores Huge Premiere". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Solid Ratings Debut For BET's 'Being Mary Jane' - 4 Millions Viewers, Highest-Rating On Cable | Shadow and Act". Blogs.indiewire.com. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Regina King talks directing 'Being Mary Jane' and 'Scandal'". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "'Being Mary Jane' season 2 premiere review - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Being Mary Jane finale postmortem: Mara Brock Akil addresses policy brutality story line - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Being Mary Jane premiere postmortem: Gabrielle Union on Mary Jane's car crash, beauty standards, more - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Jump up ^ http://deadline.com/2016/01/being-mary-jane-renewed-for-season-4-by-bet-tca-1201676854/
Jump up ^ "'Being Mary Jane' To End In 2018 With 2-Hour Series Finale Movie On BET". Deadline.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
Jump up ^ Aaron Couch, Arlene Washington (22 February 2014). "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
Jump up ^ http://www.bet.com/shows/being-mary-jane/cast-info.html
Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 13, 2012). "BET Greenlights 'Single Black Female' Pilot From Mara Brock Akil And Salim Akil". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b "BET unveils new programming at Upfront". Radio & Television Business Report. April 18, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
Jump up ^ Hirsch, Jaclyn (April 23, 2012). "Photos: TV Pilot Filming in Virginia-Highland - 'Being Mary Jane' filming all day Monday on N. Highland Avenue". Virginia Highland-Druid Hills Patch. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
Jump up ^ ""Being Mary Jane" TV Pilot filming 4/23 & 4/24". Virginia-Highland Civic Association. April 19, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Being Mary Jane Production Department letter to residents" (PDF). Virginia-Highland Civic Association. April 17, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley (February 5, 2015). "BET's 'Being Mary Jane' Renewed for Third Season". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ Counthios; Stone, Auriel; Natalie (2016-10-12). "Gabrielle Union Sues BET Over Being Mary Jane For Allegedly Depriving Her of 'Agreed-Upon Compensation'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
External links[edit]
Official website
Being Mary Jane on IMDb
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