Gypsy Rose Blanchard shut down one social media account, explained her reasoning on another social media account, and then deleted that one, too, in an effort to maintain more privacy after her release from prison.
Earlier this week, Blanchard raised some concerns after she deleted her public Instagram account. She then took to TikTok, according to Entertainment Tonight, where she discussed the decision in a series of lengthy videos. And it now appears that she’s axed that TikTok account, as well.
In one of the videos, Blanchard said the...
Earlier this week, Blanchard raised some concerns after she deleted her public Instagram account. She then took to TikTok, according to Entertainment Tonight, where she discussed the decision in a series of lengthy videos. And it now appears that she’s axed that TikTok account, as well.
In one of the videos, Blanchard said the...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Lifetime is wading into the guardianship debate by greenlighting a fictional movie with the working title The Bad Guardian.
Following the headlines and debate surrounding the guardianships of Wendy Williams and Britney Spears, the network has ordered a movie about a court-appointed guardianship gone wrong.
The Bad Guardian will star Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and La La Anthony (La La’s Full Court Life) and “is inspired by countless true stories of individuals who have been put in the care of a guardian by the courts and raises the question — are these caretakers helpful or harmful?”
The official (and a bit spoiler-filled) description: The Bad Guardian is “about one woman’s fight to save her father from the clutches of a corrupt and greedy court-appointed guardian. When Leigh’s (Melissa Joan Hart) father Jason (Eric Pierpoint) suffers a fall while she’s out of town, the courts assign Jason a guardian,...
Following the headlines and debate surrounding the guardianships of Wendy Williams and Britney Spears, the network has ordered a movie about a court-appointed guardianship gone wrong.
The Bad Guardian will star Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and La La Anthony (La La’s Full Court Life) and “is inspired by countless true stories of individuals who have been put in the care of a guardian by the courts and raises the question — are these caretakers helpful or harmful?”
The official (and a bit spoiler-filled) description: The Bad Guardian is “about one woman’s fight to save her father from the clutches of a corrupt and greedy court-appointed guardian. When Leigh’s (Melissa Joan Hart) father Jason (Eric Pierpoint) suffers a fall while she’s out of town, the courts assign Jason a guardian,...
- 3/1/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Emmy Award-winner Tammy Blanchard has been cast in FX’s American Sports Story, the new FX anthology limited series from creator Stu Zicherman, in a series regular role, sources tell Deadline.
American Sports Story, a new extension of Ryan Murphy’s “American Story” franchise, focuses on a prominent event involving a sports figure and re-examines it through the prism of today’s world, telling that story from multiple perspectives.
The first installment charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez, played by Josh Andrés Rivera, and explores the connections of the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide and his legacy in sports and American culture. Season 1 is based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. and hails from the Boston Globe and Wondery.
Blanchard will portray the mother of the disgraced football star and convicted murderer, Terri Hernandez, we hear.
American Sports Story, a new extension of Ryan Murphy’s “American Story” franchise, focuses on a prominent event involving a sports figure and re-examines it through the prism of today’s world, telling that story from multiple perspectives.
The first installment charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez, played by Josh Andrés Rivera, and explores the connections of the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide and his legacy in sports and American culture. Season 1 is based on the podcast Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. and hails from the Boston Globe and Wondery.
Blanchard will portray the mother of the disgraced football star and convicted murderer, Terri Hernandez, we hear.
- 2/27/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Joey Graziadei is “so sorry” for mixing up Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, two very different public figures. In case you missed it, the current star of The Bachelor made the mix-up in a “How Online Are You?” quiz that Betches posted on YouTube earlier this month. When presented with a photo of Blanchard, who was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2015 death of her abusive mother, Graziadei thought the woman pictured was Ginsburg, the longtime Supreme Court justice who died in 2020. “I do know who this person is,” Graziadei said during the quiz. “Is it Ruth? No? Is [it] Jinsburg? Ginsburg? Something like that. Am I wrong? I know that she had something happen where she went to jail because of her mom.” After hearing the correct answer, Graziadei said, “Ruth Ginsburg — I don’t know what I’m saying.” And in a video ABC posted to the...
- 2/18/2024
- TV Insider
After weeks of swirling speculation that Joey King and Gypsy Rose Blanchard may have bad blood, King shares that the two have talked, and that there is no tension between them. “She and I have privately talked a little bit, which has been really nice,” King told Variety. In Hulu‘s drama mini-series The Act, The Kissing Booth actress portrayed Blanchard, a Missouri woman who was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for persuading her then-boyfriend to kill her mother after suffering years of abuse as a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. In late December, Blanchard was released from prison on parole after serving eight years of her 10-year sentence. During the trial, Blanchard revealed that her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, had fabricated illness on her behalf, claiming that she had leukemia, asthma, and muscular dystrophy, as well as deliberately made her ill...
- 2/17/2024
- TV Insider
Joey Graziadei is clarifying that he definitely knows the difference between Gypsy Rose Blanchard and late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The Bachelor lead’s apology came after he accidentally mixed up Blanchard and Ginsburg earlier this month in a Betches video that went viral on TikTok, earning more than 1.6 million views.
When shown a photo of Blanchard during a game called “How Online Are You,” Graziadei said, “I do know who this person is. Is it Ruth? No? Is it Jinsburg? Ginsburg? Something like that. Am I wrong?”
Though the reality star mixed up their names, he knew a bit about Blanchard’s background, adding, “I know that she had something happen where she went to jail because of her mom. … I don’t know what I’m saying.”
Blanchard was recently released from prison after serving eight years for second-degree murder for the death of her mother,...
The Bachelor lead’s apology came after he accidentally mixed up Blanchard and Ginsburg earlier this month in a Betches video that went viral on TikTok, earning more than 1.6 million views.
When shown a photo of Blanchard during a game called “How Online Are You,” Graziadei said, “I do know who this person is. Is it Ruth? No? Is it Jinsburg? Ginsburg? Something like that. Am I wrong?”
Though the reality star mixed up their names, he knew a bit about Blanchard’s background, adding, “I know that she had something happen where she went to jail because of her mom. … I don’t know what I’m saying.”
Blanchard was recently released from prison after serving eight years for second-degree murder for the death of her mother,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joey King says she and Gypsy Rose Blanchard have recently been in touch.
“She and I have privately talked a little bit, which has been really nice,” King told Variety on an upcoming episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.
King portrayed Blanchard, a woman sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for the death mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in Hulu’s limited series “The Act.”
Blanchard was recently released from prison on parole in late December after serving eight years for the 2015 crime. In Blanchard’s trial, she claimed that her mother suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy and had fabricated that Blanchard had illnesses including leukemia, asthma and muscular dystrophy. She also alleged that her mother abused her by deliberately making her sick to back up her false claims. Blanchard and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, conspired to murder Dee Dee, with Godejohn stabbing...
“She and I have privately talked a little bit, which has been really nice,” King told Variety on an upcoming episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.
King portrayed Blanchard, a woman sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for the death mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in Hulu’s limited series “The Act.”
Blanchard was recently released from prison on parole in late December after serving eight years for the 2015 crime. In Blanchard’s trial, she claimed that her mother suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy and had fabricated that Blanchard had illnesses including leukemia, asthma and muscular dystrophy. She also alleged that her mother abused her by deliberately making her sick to back up her false claims. Blanchard and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, conspired to murder Dee Dee, with Godejohn stabbing...
- 2/16/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Could Emily Ratajkowski possibly be (in) Too Much?
The model/actress is in final talks to join Lena Dunham’s aforementioned Netflix comedy series, starring Megan Stalter (Hacks) and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), our sister site Variety reports.
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The model/actress is in final talks to join Lena Dunham’s aforementioned Netflix comedy series, starring Megan Stalter (Hacks) and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), our sister site Variety reports.
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The forthcoming show follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic recovering from a breakup who decides to move to London to get...
- 2/6/2024
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
All eyes have been on Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose intriguing story has been told through a Hulu TV series, an HBO documentary and countless news stories. Fresh off the success of Lifetime’s special, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the cable network will continue chronicling her life in a new unscripted series.
Expected to debut later this year, the new Lifetime show comes after the 32-year-old’s exclusive two-hour interview on 20/20. Missed catching Blanchard’s six-episode docuseries when it aired live in January? Keep reading to find out how to watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online.
How to Stream The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard On-Demand
Lifetime released a six-hour documentary series, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, with aired in three installments (each spanning two episodes) from Jan. 5-7. If you prefer to watch live, you can check your local cable listings...
Expected to debut later this year, the new Lifetime show comes after the 32-year-old’s exclusive two-hour interview on 20/20. Missed catching Blanchard’s six-episode docuseries when it aired live in January? Keep reading to find out how to watch The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard online.
How to Stream The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard On-Demand
Lifetime released a six-hour documentary series, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, with aired in three installments (each spanning two episodes) from Jan. 5-7. If you prefer to watch live, you can check your local cable listings...
- 2/6/2024
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following her interview Sunday night with ABC News, Gypsy Rose Blanchard will be the focus of a new reality/docuseries about her post-prison life on Lifetime, A&e Networks announced Monday.
“As a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Gypsy was abused for years by her mother and has lived her entire life in one prison or another… until now. The series follows Gypsy as she experiences life as a free woman, including finally living with her husband Ryan Anderson for the first time,” the network said in a press release.
“Millions have followed Gypsy’s story and are invested in seeing what is in store for her next. After a lifetime of trauma and serving her time, we are all rooting for Gypsy to embrace all that life has to offer and become the woman she always wanted to be,” Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and head of programming for A&e,...
“As a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Gypsy was abused for years by her mother and has lived her entire life in one prison or another… until now. The series follows Gypsy as she experiences life as a free woman, including finally living with her husband Ryan Anderson for the first time,” the network said in a press release.
“Millions have followed Gypsy’s story and are invested in seeing what is in store for her next. After a lifetime of trauma and serving her time, we are all rooting for Gypsy to embrace all that life has to offer and become the woman she always wanted to be,” Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and head of programming for A&e,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Lifetime will continue chronicling the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
On the heels of its January documentary The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the cable network has greenlit a new unscripted show that will chronicle her life following her release from prison. The untitled series comes from Prison Confessions producer Category 6 Media, which is part of A+E Factual Studios.
“Millions have followed Gypsy’s story and are invested in seeing what is in store for her next,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vp and head of programming for A&e, Lifetime and Lmn. “After a lifetime of trauma and serving her time, we are all rooting for Gypsy to embrace all that life has to offer and become the woman she always wanted to be.”
The docuseries will follow Blanchard starting days before her Dec. 28, 2023, release from prison, where she served 8 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence for persuading a boyfriend to kill her mother,...
On the heels of its January documentary The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the cable network has greenlit a new unscripted show that will chronicle her life following her release from prison. The untitled series comes from Prison Confessions producer Category 6 Media, which is part of A+E Factual Studios.
“Millions have followed Gypsy’s story and are invested in seeing what is in store for her next,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vp and head of programming for A&e, Lifetime and Lmn. “After a lifetime of trauma and serving her time, we are all rooting for Gypsy to embrace all that life has to offer and become the woman she always wanted to be.”
The docuseries will follow Blanchard starting days before her Dec. 28, 2023, release from prison, where she served 8 1/2 years of a 10-year sentence for persuading a boyfriend to kill her mother,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gypsy Rose Blanchard will continue to chronicle her life, now as a free woman, in a new Lifetime docuseries.
Following “The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard,” the network has greenlit a series that will follow her life from the days right before her release from prison on Dec. 28. Produced by Category 6 Media, part of the A+E Factual Studios group, the new show will debut later this year.
“As a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Gypsy was abused for years by her mother and has lived her entire life in one prison or another… until now,” the official press release says. “The series follows Gypsy as she experiences life as a free woman, including finally living with her husband Ryan Anderson for the first time.”
In 2015, Blanchard was convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, a murder she planned with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn.
Following “The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard,” the network has greenlit a series that will follow her life from the days right before her release from prison on Dec. 28. Produced by Category 6 Media, part of the A+E Factual Studios group, the new show will debut later this year.
“As a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Gypsy was abused for years by her mother and has lived her entire life in one prison or another… until now,” the official press release says. “The series follows Gypsy as she experiences life as a free woman, including finally living with her husband Ryan Anderson for the first time.”
In 2015, Blanchard was convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, a murder she planned with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn.
- 2/6/2024
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Photograph by Courtesy of Brownie Harris/Hulu Five years ago, The Act was released on Hulu to wide acclaim, and Patricia Arquette even won a Primetime Emmy Award for her supporting role on the eight-part miniseries. Fast forward to today, and the show has emerged as one of Hulu’s hottest shows currently streaming, thanks to its subject, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, being back in the headlines after her release from prison. The Act told Blanchard’s story, about how she was convinced by her mother than she was sick — a clear case of Munchausen Syndrome — and then got involved in a plot to kill her mother when she learned about all of the lies. When the series premiered, Arquette and Chloe Sevigny about Munchausen Syndrome and what they learned about it while making The Act. (Click on the media bar below to hear Patricia Arquette & Chloe Sevigny) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.
- 2/3/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Harlan Coben’s “Fool Me Once” delivered quite the opening week as it managed to record 3.04 billion viewing minutes during the Jan. 1-7 viewing window and cracking Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 chart at No. 1. For context, that’s an impressive feat considering that’s more minutes viewed than the No. 2 and No. 3 titles combined.
Amazon’s “Reacher” marked its fourth week among the top 10 titles following the release of Season 2 with another recorded 1.38 billion minutes viewed. That now marks the show’s fourth consecutive week recording over 1 billion minutes viewed. Nielsen also adjusted its previous rankings for “Reacher” after addressing an audio asset capture interruption affected the reporting intervals of Dec. 18-24 and Dec. 25-31. With the revised data taken into consideration, the title moved to No. 1 overall with 1. 451 million viewing minutes for the Dec. 18-24 viewing window and landed at No. 1 with 1.443 million minutes viewed during the Dec. 25-31 interval.
Amazon’s “Reacher” marked its fourth week among the top 10 titles following the release of Season 2 with another recorded 1.38 billion minutes viewed. That now marks the show’s fourth consecutive week recording over 1 billion minutes viewed. Nielsen also adjusted its previous rankings for “Reacher” after addressing an audio asset capture interruption affected the reporting intervals of Dec. 18-24 and Dec. 25-31. With the revised data taken into consideration, the title moved to No. 1 overall with 1. 451 million viewing minutes for the Dec. 18-24 viewing window and landed at No. 1 with 1.443 million minutes viewed during the Dec. 25-31 interval.
- 2/1/2024
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Your hormone monster would like a word with you.
Florence Pugh, Miley Cyrus, Eugene Levy and Isabella Rossellini will guest star in the Season 2 of Netflix’s bawdy animated series “Human Resources,” the show that follows Netflix’s equally raunchy adult animation series “Big Mouth.” The new season has 10 episodes and is set to premiere on June 9.
“Human Resources” follows the creatures that help people through the awkward journey of puberty and the hard life of parenthood. Even as they assist their human clients, the hormone monsters, depression kitties, shame wizards and other creatures lead hilarious lives of their own, both in and out of the office.
Season 2 will also star Sam Richardson, Niecy Nash-Betts and Jason Mantzoukas along with returning guest stars Hugh Jackman, Pamela Adlon, Rosie Perez, Henry Winkler, Thandiwe Newton, Jemaine Clement, Maria Bamford, Bobby Cannavale and Cole Escola. Series regulars include Nick Kroll, Maya Rudolph, Aidy Bryant,...
Florence Pugh, Miley Cyrus, Eugene Levy and Isabella Rossellini will guest star in the Season 2 of Netflix’s bawdy animated series “Human Resources,” the show that follows Netflix’s equally raunchy adult animation series “Big Mouth.” The new season has 10 episodes and is set to premiere on June 9.
“Human Resources” follows the creatures that help people through the awkward journey of puberty and the hard life of parenthood. Even as they assist their human clients, the hormone monsters, depression kitties, shame wizards and other creatures lead hilarious lives of their own, both in and out of the office.
Season 2 will also star Sam Richardson, Niecy Nash-Betts and Jason Mantzoukas along with returning guest stars Hugh Jackman, Pamela Adlon, Rosie Perez, Henry Winkler, Thandiwe Newton, Jemaine Clement, Maria Bamford, Bobby Cannavale and Cole Escola. Series regulars include Nick Kroll, Maya Rudolph, Aidy Bryant,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello, McKinley Franklin and Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents Champion—an opera by Terence Blanchard, with a libretto by Michael Cristofer—featuring performances by members of the cast and a moderated discussion about the work’s forthcoming company premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. Tickets available now at worksandprocess.org.
Champion
An Opera by Terence Blanchard
Libretto by Michael Cristofer
Monday, March 20, 7:30Pm
Tickets 35–45, Choose What You Pay
Experience highlights from six-time Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard’s haunting “opera in jazz.” Following their triumphant 2021 collaboration on Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown reunite with Blanchard to explore the life of boxer Emile Griffith. Blanchard’s first opera, Champion tells the story of Griffith’s rise from obscurity to world champion, his struggle with his sexuality, and how a knockout of a homophobic rival in the early 1960s led to tragedy.
Champion
An Opera by Terence Blanchard
Libretto by Michael Cristofer
Monday, March 20, 7:30Pm
Tickets 35–45, Choose What You Pay
Experience highlights from six-time Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard’s haunting “opera in jazz.” Following their triumphant 2021 collaboration on Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, director James Robinson, and choreographer Camille A. Brown reunite with Blanchard to explore the life of boxer Emile Griffith. Blanchard’s first opera, Champion tells the story of Griffith’s rise from obscurity to world champion, his struggle with his sexuality, and how a knockout of a homophobic rival in the early 1960s led to tragedy.
- 2/6/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
New York, NY – – See Me As I Am: Lincoln Center’s Year-Long Celebration of Terence Blanchard launches in March 2023, the first cross-campus exploration of a single artist. Following a long and deep relationship with Jazz at Lincoln Center, and building off of 2021’s historic staging of Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones at The Metropolitan Opera and its forthcoming production of Champion, his work will be featured across Lincoln Center in a diverse and expanded range of art forms. A collaboration of seven arts organizations across campus: Film at Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the year will feature jazz, opera, chamber music, orchestral music, film scores, dance, and more.
Portrait of musician Terence Blanchard at his home in New Orleans, LA.
“One...
Portrait of musician Terence Blanchard at his home in New Orleans, LA.
“One...
- 1/19/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
When it comes to memorable scores, the five artists on the Gold Derby “Meet the Experts” composers panel are second to none. In fact, it’s likely Isobel Waller-Bridge, Abel Korzeniowski (“Till”), Benjamin Wallfisch (“Thirteen Lives”), Terence Blanchard (“The Woman King”) and Nathan Johnson (“Glass Onion”) will end up on more than a few Spotify Wrapped lists by year’s end. Not that most of those composers are actually focused on how their music will live beyond their film projects.
Watch our exclusive roundtable panel above with all 5 composers. Click on each name to watch that person’s individual video interview.
I don’t think about if it’s going to be an enjoyable or interesting listen outside the context of the film,” Waller-Bridge says. “I’m so involved with how it serves the story and what the journey of the music is doing and how it’s feeding the...
Watch our exclusive roundtable panel above with all 5 composers. Click on each name to watch that person’s individual video interview.
I don’t think about if it’s going to be an enjoyable or interesting listen outside the context of the film,” Waller-Bridge says. “I’m so involved with how it serves the story and what the journey of the music is doing and how it’s feeding the...
- 11/21/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When two-time Oscar nominee Terence Blanchard was first approached to score “The Woman King,” the composer was struck by the heroism of the Agojie army and how the citizens of the African kingdom Dahomey respected those women warriors.
“The first thing that I thought of was a scene after the battle, where they’re coming back to the kingdom – that’s actually where I started scoring the film,” Blanchard tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview as part of our “Meet the Experts” composers panel.
SEEGina Prince-Bythewood interview: ‘The Woman King’ director
Based on true events, “The Woman King” focuses on the struggle of the Agojie and their leader, played by Viola Davis, to defend Dahomey against interlopers both foreign and domestic. The result is an old-school Hollywood epic that combines big action with bold ideas. In fact, director Gina Prince-Bythewood has cited films like “Braveheart” and “Gladiator” as inspirations for “The Woman King.
“The first thing that I thought of was a scene after the battle, where they’re coming back to the kingdom – that’s actually where I started scoring the film,” Blanchard tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview as part of our “Meet the Experts” composers panel.
SEEGina Prince-Bythewood interview: ‘The Woman King’ director
Based on true events, “The Woman King” focuses on the struggle of the Agojie and their leader, played by Viola Davis, to defend Dahomey against interlopers both foreign and domestic. The result is an old-school Hollywood epic that combines big action with bold ideas. In fact, director Gina Prince-Bythewood has cited films like “Braveheart” and “Gladiator” as inspirations for “The Woman King.
- 11/21/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The reality of who Louis Armstrong was came as quite a shock to Sacha Jenkins as he was working on his new documentary “Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues.” “He was the exact opposite of who I thought he might have been based on being a young, Black kid in New York in the ‘80s, finding my identity, being into this Black consciousness that hip-hop was delivering at the time,” he tells Gold Derby during our Meet the Experts: Documentary Film panel (watch the exclusive video interview above).
In addition to discovering the immense talent that Armstrong possessed, Jenkins came to realize how he was not at all what he thought he was. “What I knew about him felt contrary to the revolution or being pro-Black based on what other people might have said or based on my perceptions and when I did the research, it was completely the opposite of that.
In addition to discovering the immense talent that Armstrong possessed, Jenkins came to realize how he was not at all what he thought he was. “What I knew about him felt contrary to the revolution or being pro-Black based on what other people might have said or based on my perceptions and when I did the research, it was completely the opposite of that.
- 11/20/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Do you feel the need? The need for ... another Blu-ray column? The biggest entry in this latest Blu-ray round-up is, of course, the mega-hit "Top Gun: Maverick." But there are a bunch of other major releases here, including a Criterion Collection edition of "Malcolm X," Mia Goth going crazy in "Pearl," a massive box set from Columbia Pictures, a 4K release of "Punisher: War Zone," the latest from George Miller, and a Brian De Palma classic. So keep spinning those discs.
Top Gun: Maverick
I wasn't as high on "Top Gun: Maverick" as most people, but I appreciate it as an old-school blockbuster. Tom Cruise is back, training a new generation of fighter pilots to pull off a move that really seems like the plan to blow up the Death Star at the end of "Star Wars." Blending practical effects with digital seamlessly, "Maverick" is a fist-pumping, action-packed adventure that...
Top Gun: Maverick
I wasn't as high on "Top Gun: Maverick" as most people, but I appreciate it as an old-school blockbuster. Tom Cruise is back, training a new generation of fighter pilots to pull off a move that really seems like the plan to blow up the Death Star at the end of "Star Wars." Blending practical effects with digital seamlessly, "Maverick" is a fist-pumping, action-packed adventure that...
- 11/10/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
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