Chloé Zhao The last POC filmmaker on our list to watch is Chinese filmmaker, Chloé Zhao. She’s another independent writer/director who has impressed the film festival circuit with her early work Songs My Brother Taught Me in 2015 and The Rider in 2017. Zhao struck big when she was hired to make the upcoming Marvel
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Oh, what a complicated web of deceit! On We Are Who We Are Season 1 Episode 5, battle lines were drawn between characters, while relationships imploded, and it was a banner hour of this HBO drama series. We’ll start with Maggie and Jenny because their sexual encounter came out of left field. They were forming a
Exclusive A crazy jewelry heist scene on “NCIS: New Orleans” got way too real for the actors involved … when real cops showed up and pointed their guns at them … and now they’re suing. The 2 actors involved in the scene, along with the jewelry store owner, have filed a lawsuit in L.A against
This week is another great week of TV. It’s pretty amazing how much stuff the streaming services had banked/were able to finish remotely so people would have stuff to watch as the year dragged on. And there’s also stuff like The Bachelorette, which was postponed, filmed in the summer as safely as possible, and is
Killer Mike is one of the founding members of the new Black-owned digital bank Greenwood. As CNN reports, the venture officially launches in January of 2021 but has already received “tens of thousands” of account requests. Greenwood is the brainchild of chairman Ryan Glover, the creator of Bounce TV. He co-founded the bank along with
The Save Our Stages initiative is as self-explanatory as it comes, vying to save independent music venues from ruin as shows around the world are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the Save Our Stages Act has been added to the new coronavirus relief bill, which President Trump himself has said he will not
Play video content @bobbylytes, @theestallion, @achontishanise / Instagram Cardi B turned 28 Sunday in spectacular fashion, and it looks like — we say LOOKS like — she and Offset may have worked things out. We’re just here trying to connect the dots, so here’s Cardi laying on top of Offset, giving him what a lap
Dizzee Rascal has been named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, as the BBC reports. The grime pioneer has been made an MBE for his services to music. (“Lovely stuff,” he wrote on Instagram.) Electric Light Orchestra co-founder Jeff Lynne will also be made
Lost producer Carlton Cuse revealed that the original scripts for the series were littered with f-bombs. The series ran for six seasons on ABC from 2004-2010. With 121 mysterious, thrilling episodes, the show was known for its puzzle-box plot and its crazy twists. Centering a group of castaways after their plane crash-landed on an uncharted island,
There has been some concern by industry insiders that the family film may have gone the way of the dinosaurs during the pandemic, particularly as Disney has taken its marquee theatrical releases Mulan and Soul to Disney+. Some of those maneuvers stem from polling which shows that families aren’t entirely ready to head back to the box office
November 5, 2020 – Operation Christmas Drop (New Netflix Original) When congressional aide Erica Miller (Kat Graham) is sent across the Pacific Ocean to determine if an Air Force base should lose its funding, she ends up clashing with her guide, Captain Andrew Jantz (Alexander Ludwig). As her mission goes on, however, Miller learns more
HBO Max will welcome another superhero to its ranks. Months after being announced as in development, Green Lantern has landed a series order at the relatively new streamer. Variety confirmed the series order, revealing that a 10-part first season has been announced. The series “will depict the adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, including Guy
Play video content @PACRONYM / Twitter “Seinfeld” star Wayne Knight‘s still got it — he’s unleashing a trademark Newman rant to point the postal finger at the Trump administration for slowing mail service ahead of the election. Newman threw on his old U.S. Post Office wardrobe for a PSA video dedicated to Friday’s World Post
Like many of you, I had never heard of Daimon Helstrom before this. I vaguely knew the character was a Marvel property, but as someone who has only seen one and a half MCU films (I fell asleep in Iron Man, sue me), that wasn’t a big draw for me. But when the trailer for
After a whirlwind start to their career, it’s been a quiet 2020 for Greta Van Fleet. Of course, the pandemic has a lot to do with that, but the rock sensations are back with a surprise new song, “My Way, Soon”. It’s been two years since Greta Van Fleet released their debut album, 2018’s Anthem
René LaVice is back with another heater on his own label, Device. “Through The Fire” featuring The Melody Men, a name born of irony given they are a team of two women. More similar to his recent song “Bad Luck” than “Boomshaka,” “Through The Fire” is a sultry and smooth drum & bass tune that