Month: December 2020

In Education, the final film of his Small Axe anthology, British director Steve McQueen desentimentalizes the formative years when young imaginations are transformed through knowledge. Instead, what protagonist Kingsley Smith (the excellent newcomer Kenyah Sandy) experiences is bullying and ostracism from his white teachers. He’s a boy of West Indian origin, born and raised in
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After a series of historic picks for leading cabinet positions, president-elect Joe Biden on Thursday selected Congresswoman Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary. If confirmed, Haaland will be the first Native American to serve in the position, leading a department that “oversees the federal government’s relationship with 567 federally recognized tribes and 1.9 million American
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Netflix is adapting Todd Grimson’s horror novel “Brand New Cherry Flavor” in the form of a horror-thriller revenge series, with Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel) set to lead the cast. The series will also star Catherine Keener (Get Out), Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora), Jeff Ward (“Agents of Shield”) and Manny Jacinto (“The Good Place”), and Deadline reports today that Hannah Levien (The Magicians, Siren), Leland Orser (I Am
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Exclusive Phew! That’s the operative word after “Shameless” had to deal with a massive COVID-19 outbreak scare following tons of false-positive results on set … TMZ has learned. Production sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell TMZ … the set went into full panic mode after recent COVID tests revealed 18 positive results. We’re
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Black LGBT+ lives land in the intersection of racism and homophobia. (Getty/Hollie Adams) The COVID-19 pandemic is placing huge strain on Black queer households as decades of discrimination compound economic insecurity, a worrying new study has found. The report released by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) identifies American communities that are bearing the brunt of
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HAIM have shared a new holiday song called “Christmas Wrapping 2020 (all I want for christmas is a vaccine).” The lyrics were penned by Slave Play writer Jeremy O. Harris. On the track, the Haim sisters recap 2020, referencing “WAP,” the pandemic, Zendaya’s Emmy, the election, TikTok, and more. It comes with a fun video
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Prince (ahem, King) Akeem is back! The ‘Coming to America’ sequel, ‘Coming 2 America,’ will be released in Jan. 2020, and the first photos have been revealed. See the iconic cast then and now. The Zamundan royal family still reigns supreme! Coming 2 America, the highly-anticipated sequel to the 1988 comedy Coming to America, will
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After 42 years of profitable operation, the Moviehouse, in Millerton, New York, has become yet another victim of the pandemic. On March 16, as the magnitude of the spreading virus began to register throughout New York State, owner Carol Sadlon decided to close the three-theater, almost-500-seat cinema in this small, rural Dutchess County village, a
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Korean Pop megastar PSY blasted onto the scene stateside in the middle of 2012 after his hit single Gangnam Style — complete with an eye-popping music video consisting of hilarious antics and kooky choreography — washed over the United States like a tidal wave leaving Americans amazed and addled. PSY (real name Park Jae-sang) was
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It’s been over thirty-five years since A Christmas Story was released, but this charming tale remains a holiday essential and a familiar favorite. Adapted from Jean Shepherd’s short stories, the 1983 vignette-style film journeys back to the Christmas when then-9-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wanted nothing more than a grand new Red Ryder BB gun
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Bill Barr will not be missed by most of the hundreds of nonpartisan career prosecutors inside the Department of Justice. Least of all, though, by the lawyers working for the Southern District of New York, whose jurisdiction covers most of Donald Trump’s hometown—and whose continuing probes of the president’s associates, including an investigation of Rudy
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