Haile Gerima, the legendary Ethiopian director behind Sankofa and Ashes and Embers, made two feature films before graduating from UCLA in 1976: Bush Mama, his thesis, and Harvest: 3,000 Years. Forty years later, his son, Merawi Gerima, found himself in film school at USC, with the same dreams of finishing a feature before exiting into
Month: September 2020
NeNe Leakes was on the receiving end of a ton of love from many celebrities after she revealed she won’t be on the upcoming ‘RHOA’ season. It was a sad day in the world of Real Housewives as another legend, NeNe Leakes, said goodbye to her time on the show. The OG RHOA star revealed
Sienna Miller: I was in New York. I’d been to a play or something at the beginning of March; I’d been on the subway. A friend of mine had a launch for this bag they were doing—it was for a charity—and I got a call saying that somebody from that party had tested positive. We
Father Time has been as kind to Gavin Rossdale as it has to his ex Gwen Stefani. The 54-year-old singer looked super sexy shirtless, showing off his toned torso during a sunny tennis session. For a 54-year-old man, Gavin Rossdale sure looks like a snack! The former Bush frontman and Gwen Stefani‘s ex-husband has always been
Exclusive Navarro College says Jerry Harris‘ arrest should not reflect on the school or its celebrated cheer squad … because he wasn’t part of their program even before the child pornography bust. As you know … Jerry, one of the stars of Netflix’s cheerleading docuseries “Cheer,” was arrested Thursday and hit with a charge of
Maria Paola Gaglione (R) died in a motorcycle accident after her brother, enraged she was marrying a trans man Ciro Migloiore (L), tailed her. (Facebook) A trans man was seriously injured and his fiancé, a cisgender woman, tragically slain by her transphobic brother who wanted to “teach her” a lesson. Maria Paola Gaglione, 22, was
Exclusive Lil Baby‘s going to war with the baby mama of his 5-year-old son, and it’s gone beyond social media squabbles … they’ve now taken it to court. Here’s what’s up — the rapper has been going back and forth with Ayesha Howard for weeks after she accused him of failing to pay for their
As The Rock detailed, he was dealing with a power outage at his home and the electronic gate that usually allows him to leave the premises was not budging. Dwayne Johnson said he tried to override the hydraulic system, but it was not going to open for him for another 45 minutes. The actor was
Joe Rogan, the podcast king who recently moved his show, and its millions of listeners, to Spotify, treated them to a debunked right-wing conspiracy theory this week by asserting that “left-wing” activists are behind the wildfires currently raging across the West Coast. After insinuating that Black Lives Matter and anti-fascist protesters’ nightly clashes with police
We’ve mentioned Punch Punk Games’ This is The Zodiac Speaking a couple of times over the past year, but that ever-elusive release date has never been nailed down until now. The game, which is based on the very-real story of The Zodiac Killer in the 1970s, will be arriving on PC via Steam and consoles
Paris Hilton gushed her ‘love’ for Kim Kardashian and declared they ‘invented the 2000’s’ with this glam TikTok. Kim even whipped out the Louis Vuitton Miroir Alma GM bags they used to tote in all their paparazzi photos! Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, both 39, brought us right back to the glory days of the
The idea of India as a secular nation—one that is greater for its diversity and plurality—is in jeopardy both in A Suitable Boy and in today’s world. The trauma of Partition hangs over the newly birthed independent nation in the series, and even as friendship and romance blooms between Hindus and Muslims, a conflict brews
It’s awards season! Those of you who love book prizes and reading lists (a group that includes me) have a LOT to geek out about. Earlier this week we got the shortlist for the Booker Prize, and now we have the National Book Award Longlists from the National Book Foundation! So, so many good books
Colton Underwood’s friends have found his behavior ‘odd and out of character,’ a source EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife after Cassie Randolph filed for a restraining order. Colton Underwood, 28, “is shook with everything that has happened with the breakup” after splitting from Cassie Randolph, 25, midway into April of 2020, a source close to the Bachelor star
Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop-cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the trailblazing Supreme Court justice who advocated passionately for women’s rights, died on Friday, according to NPR. She was 87, and had survived cancer multiple times; the cause of death, according to her family, was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. “Our nation has lost a justice of historic stature,“ Chief Justice
Exclusive Details Dr. Dre‘s estranged wife says he secretly transferred valuable assets to himself after they split — in particular his stage name and “The Chronic” — but sources connected to Dre call her claim “ridiculous” and an attempt to embarrass him into submission. Nicole Young just filed legal docs claiming the mogul created a
Kanye West is back from his Twitter time-out with an outrageous claim — he’s offering to get back Taylor Swift‘s master recordings from Scooter Braun!!! Yeezy just offered his services to his longtime enemy, vowing … “I’M GOING TO PERSONALLY SEE TO IT THAT TAYLOR SWIFT GETS HER MASTERS BACK. SCOOTER IS A CLOSE FAMILY
US Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87 after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg died at home in Washington DC surrounded by her family. She was a member of the US Supreme Court since 1993 and was well regarded as a champion for LGBT+ rights. In a statement, US
Lykke Li has released a new cover of Gloria Gaynor’s legendary 1978 disco hit “I Will Survive.” Li offers a stripped-down, voice-and-piano rendition of the track. Listen below. Lykke Li’s last full-length, so sad so sexy, arrived in June 2018. The following year, Li released the still sad still sexy EP. Check out Pitchfork’s “The
EXCLUSIVE: Break, which is one of Rutger Hauer’s finals movies, will be getting a multiplatform release via Conduit Presents, the distribution division of Conduit Now. Conduit Presents acquired the Michael Elkin-directed crime sports drama and has set a release for Jan. 5, 2021. Break follows a young inner city kid who is wasting his talents on petty crime.
2020, amiright? Model BFFs JoJa get real about how their industry has shifted this year and why they’ll continue to speak up for social justice If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that the status quo doesn’t quite cut it anymore (and really, it never should have). In a year marked by crises—including the COVID-19 pandemic,
Katie Holmes is so crazy about new boyfriend Emilio Vitolo and is happily showing off her affection for him. Once again she stopped by his NYC restaurant for a hot public make out session. Katie Holmes and chef Emilio Vitolo Jr.‘s romance just gets more sizzling by the day. In two short weeks, the lovebirds
Here’s the “Even Stevens” reunion we’ve all been waiting for … Ren Stevens is back, and she’s bringing along her trusty sidekick Beans!!! The “Even Stevens” reunion 17 years in the making went down on Christy Carlson Romano‘s YouTube series, “Christy’s Kitchen Throwback,” and she’s got a lot of catching up to do with Steven
Much like what they’ve done with previous entries in Capcom’s classic series, Laced Records has announced that they will be releasing another Resident Evil soundtrack on vinyl in Resident Evil 5. And much like they’ve done with previous entries, they’re going all out. Pre-orders for the triple vinyl release are open now, with the set
Canadian actor Tatiana Maslany has been cast in the lead role for upcoming Marvel series She-Hulk, which will be streamable on Disney+. Maslany, born in Regina, SK, hasn’t had a leading role since sci-fi show Orphan Black ended in 2017. She currently stars on reboot Perry Mason. Kat Coiro, whose credits include It’s Always Sunny
As part of a recurring feature of his presidency, Donald Trump took to a podium in the White House Friday afternoon to rattle off a string of incoherent lies. Kicking things off with a COVID-19-based rant, Trump once again insisted a vaccine is just around the corner and that Joe Biden has “anti-vaccine theories,” because
In his latest Twitter rant, Kanye West is taking on the music industry again and claims he’s going help Taylor Swift get her master recordings back from ‘close’ family friend Scooter Braun. Kanye West‘s back and forth feelings toward longtime enemy Taylor Swift, 30, now has him in her corner and wanting to help her
The pans are empty, save for the carefully placed parchment paper lining the bottom, and both cast long shadows on the edge of the wooden table. Barbara Pratt first took pictures of them a decade ago, when she was baking a wedding cake for her brother. “They looked so gorgeous, empty like that, and I
After a tumultuous summer featuring Kanye West’s presidential-campaign kickoff, lengthy Twitter screeds, and tense trips back and forth between Calabasas and Wyoming, Kim Kardashian is reportedly “at the end of her rope—again.” According to a source that spoke to People, the reality star feels “like she can only take so much.” This comes after her
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