The television movie based on Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, attracted 12 million viewers when it aired on ABC Monday, giving the network its best Monday numbers since November. The Kenny Leon-directed telefilm was the first of its kind to screen at the Sundance Film Festival, and starred, as I'm sure you are more than aware, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan, and Mr. Sean "Diddy" Combs. I confess it's on my DVR, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. If you saw it, what did you think?

• Rihanna's helping a woman find a bone marrow donor. Nice. [People]

• Whenever I see an interview with the cast from A Raisin in the Sun, I think "who in this cast doesn't belong." [EW]

• I happen to like a lot of stuff white people like, such as expensive sandwiches. [TAN]

• Are you a faith flip-flopper? [CNN]

• Janet Jackson pokes fun at MTV. MTV pokes fun at itself. I feel bad for watching so many bad reality shows on MTV. [MG]

Sanaa Lathan and friends celebrated the LA premiere of the soon-to-be televised production of A Raisin in the Sun, which also stars Phylicia Rashad and Diddy. The show airs on Feb. 25th at 8pm on ABC. More pics from the premiere after the jump.

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If you can imagine sitting through a feature film in which Sean "Diddy" Combs is so prominently featured, you're probably looking forward to seeing the television-movie version of A Raisin in the Sun, starring the man himself, Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, and John Stamos. It premieres Feb. 25th on ABC. I have it on good-but-biased authority* (more on that tomorrow) that it's a hell of a show. [IDC]

*Hint: Phylicia Rashad told me!