Month: June 2020

Michael Pack, the new CEO of the government-run global media media entity that oversees Voice of America and other news outlets, plans to clean house of the agency’s top career leadership, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Tuesday. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) said in a statement that he had learned that
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Exclusive One of Jay-Z and Beyonce‘s songs, “Black Effect,” leans heavily on a Jamaican artist, who claims she was never given proper credit or compensation … despite being the leading voice on the track. Dr. L’Antoinette Stines says she’s renowned in Jamaica for “her artistry and wisdom” — and to that point, she says the
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Spindrift is a U.S. psychedelic country western band. Recently, they travelled the American West for five weeks, where they exclusively performed in Ghost Towns and haunted locations. They documented all of their travels in the film Spindrift’s Haunted West. And Spindrift consists of: Kirkpatrick Thomas (lead vocals), Becca Davidson (guitar), Joe Zabielski (drums) and Riley
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Burial Rites by Hannah Kent for $4.99 Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? by Alyssa Mastromonaco for $2.99 Edinburgh by Alexander Chee for $2.99 Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron for $1.99 The Only Girl in the World by Maude
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A few years ago, Representative Emilia Sykes, a Democrat who represents the Akron area, was trying to enter the Ohio statehouse in Columbus when one of the guards stopped her. Sykes, who’s Black, showed him her badge, a lapel pin that denoted her status as an elected official. The colleague she was with—white, male—attested to
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Plus, suggestions for Black-owned businesses where you can shop instead With the recent wave of protests around anti-Black racism and police brutality in the United States and Canada, there’s been a reckoning within some very prominent companies. Execs at female-focused companies like The Wing have resigned amid allegations that they fostering discriminatory and unequal work
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Creators and showrunners aren’t mentioned in the industry’s protocols for the safe reopening of TV production, but they’ll play key roles in on-set safety, according to leaders of the WGA East. “There have been some rumors going around that the protocols aim to exclude creators, showrunners and writer/producers from set. This is not the case,”
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Editor’s note: Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, veteran South African producer Anant Singh, whose films include Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom and 2004 Oscar nominee Yesterday, has penned an open letter on the 44th anniversary of the historic student uprising in Soweto, South Africa. The anti-Apartheid uprising was a series of demonstrations led
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Eva Marcille has announced that she is leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA) after three seasons. Marcille’s exit from the series was announced on Tuesday morning on the Rickey Smily Morning Show. “I appreciate the bond of friendship that I’ve made with my castmates and strong personal relationships I have with numerous executives and producers
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Horror superfan Jay Baruchel produced, directed, and starred in Random Acts of Violence, which will release this summer after have its World Premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest where Trace Thurman called it “a brutal and merciless slasher.” The Cabin in the Woods’ Jesse Williams costars with Jordana Brewster, who you should remember from Platinum Dunes’ remake of  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In
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Today marks the season finale of Dead Still—a show I can only describe as “macabre, but make it delightful”—and one that I enjoyed very much. The series, set in Victorian Dublin, follows an unconventional mortuary photographer and his companions as they are drawn into murder, mystery, and mayhem. I was thrilled to learn that series
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TikTok fans raved over ‘national treasure’ Judi Dench and her 23-year-old grandson, Sam Williams. He has an uncanny resemblance to a certain red-haired pop star! Judi Dench, 85, danced as Old Deuteronomy on Cats, and she’s now bopping to the viral “Laxed (Siren Beat)” song on TikTok. The legendary theater performer and actress proved that her
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EXCLUSIVE: Ordinarily, the Cannes Film Festival would have wrapped a few weeks ago after two weeks of glamorous red carpets, packed cinemas and deal-making. But this is anything but an ordinary year. Instead, due to coronavirus, the world’s leading film festival only announced its Official Selection ten days ago and a Cannes virtual market will
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