In 2019, the New York Times Magazine published 10 articles written by a team headed by Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones. Collectively known as the 1619 Project, these essays argue that the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619 ​​was a defining event for our nation, one that has affected basically every
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Spoilers for season one of Peacemaker ahead. In creating Peacemaker’s title sequence dance number, James Gunn has said that his goal was to “vanquish the skip forward button,” and it’s hard to argue that he wasn’t 100% percent successful. The opening number features the show’s cast dancing to Wig Wam’s “Do Ya Wanna Taste It”—a
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The road to the finish line continues on The Walking Dead Season 11 Part II, premiering on February 20 on AMC. TV Fanatic got the chance to catch up with Khary Payton (Ezekiel), Lauren Ridloff (Connie), and Paola Lázaro (Princess) about what’s ahead as the long-running drama prepares for the end. The Walking Dead Season
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As Oscar nominees circulate in theaters, exhibitors are studying where and when to play Best Picture contenders during the long run-up from nominations February 8 through the awards March 27, juggling holdovers and new releases. (See this weekend’s specialty box office offerings below). In an interview with Deadline, Zach Nix, senior film buyer at Alamo
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In the spirit of rewriting history (and, you know, including more of the herstory side of things), the show will “peel back the curtain on the personal and political lives of three unique, enigmatic women, tracing their journeys to Washington through interweaving storylines with an enlightening intimacy, with season one focusing on Michelle Obama, Betty
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Warning: The following interview contains spoilers from The Peacemaker season one finale “It’s Cow or Never”, now available to watch on HBO Max. So, Peacemaker wins and the world is safe from alien butterflies. For a moment there, it seemed that the possessed Detective Sophie (Annie Chang) made a persuasive argument to Christopher Smith to
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Last year’s Sundance Film Festival brought period Gothic horror Eight for Silver from writer/director Sean Ellis. The filmmaker introduced exciting new werewolf lore and gruesome gore, but it got bogged down by superfluous subplots and pacing issues. The film has since been retooled, recut, and retitled The Cursed. The updated feature doesn’t entirely excise all flaws, but the streamlined
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Earlier this month, we reported on an appeal sent to the Walla Walla, Washington, school district, following the Library Materials Committee decision to keep four books on shelves. The board met last week to consider the appeal and agreed to keep The Bluest Eye, All Boys Aren’t Blue, Gender Queer, and The Hate U Give
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Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal talk about The Tipping Point, their first new album in 18 years, and how their friendship has changed as they’ve grown older.  By Al Shipley February 18, 2022 Curt Smith (left) and Roland Orzabal (right) of Tears for Fears.Frank Ockenfels At their peak, Tears For Fears made some of the
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Afternoon subscribers. Max Goldbart here with your weekly dose of International Insider news and analysis and it’s been as busy as ever over the past seven days. Scroll down for more. Of Paramount Importance Via-Who? ViacomCBS is no more. Paramount (or Paramount Global to be precise) is here and streaming is the name of the
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The BBC has struck a six-year deal for the MasterChef franchise and is moving production from London to Birmingham. MasterChef, MasterChef: The Professionals, Celebrity MasterChef and newly-announced BBC Three series Young MasterChef will air until 2028 and move to the UK’s second city’s Digbeth Loc in 2024. Produced by Banijay label Shine TV, the titles have established themselves as high-rating
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In The Goodbye Coast, author Joe Ide abandons his popular crime-solver Isaiah Quintabe in favour of a 21st century private investigator: Philip Marlowe. Yes, really! Raymond Chandler’s definitive detective has been reinvented by Ide and he’s working on two compelling missing persons cases at once.   In his acknowledgements, Ide quotes Chandler himself, who once
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Before this beaming little girl with a head full of red hair was responsible for some notable characters on big television shows like “Mad Men,” “The Good Wife” and “The Mindy Project” … she was just another southern belle smiling for the camera in Columbia, South Carolina. If you’re still having trouble putting your finger
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News Tame Impala Share New Song “The Boat I Row”: Listen A previously unreleased track from their collection of The Slow Rush B-sides and remixes By Evan Minsker February 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Tame Impala have released their deluxe box set edition of The Slow Rush, which
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