Whoopi Goldberg revealed Tuesday she used weight loss drug Mounjaro after weighing around 300 pounds when filming Till, which she starred in and produced. Goldberg joins a growing list of celebrities to speak openly about obesity drugs amid Oprah Winfrey’s ABC special which aired Monday.
Upon the film’s release in 2022, Goldberg took a moment to respond to a reporter’s claim she wore a fat suit to play the role. “I don’t really care how you felt about the movie,” she said at the time, “but you should know that was not a fat suit, that was me. That was steroids.”
While filming the movie, in which she portrayed Emmett Till’s grandmother Alma Carthan, Goldberg suffered a near-fatal health scare that involved double pneumonia and sepsis.
“I had taken all those steroids, I was on all this stuff,” Goldberg said on The View this week, recounting the incident.
Upon the film’s release in 2022, Goldberg took a moment to respond to a reporter’s claim she wore a fat suit to play the role. “I don’t really care how you felt about the movie,” she said at the time, “but you should know that was not a fat suit, that was me. That was steroids.”
While filming the movie, in which she portrayed Emmett Till’s grandmother Alma Carthan, Goldberg suffered a near-fatal health scare that involved double pneumonia and sepsis.
“I had taken all those steroids, I was on all this stuff,” Goldberg said on The View this week, recounting the incident.
- 3/19/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin have joined Oprah Winfrey in speaking out about using weight loss medications, with Goldberg saying she made the decision after hitting almost 300 pounds during the filming of the 2022 film Till.
“I weighed almost 300 pounds when I was made Till,” Goldberg said during the Hot Topics segment of today’s The View on ABC.
See video below.
Goldberg had suffered severe back pain in 2021 and was treated with steroids as part of her recovery, leading to weight gain. Goldberg starred in the 2022 film Till, about the murder of Emmett Till.
“I had taken all those steroids and was on all this stuff,” she said today, “and one of the things that helps me drop the weight is Mounjaro.” (Mounjaro is a prescription weight loss medication similar to Ozempic.)
Goldberg later said she hadn’t previously noticed her weight gain. “I just always felt like me, and...
“I weighed almost 300 pounds when I was made Till,” Goldberg said during the Hot Topics segment of today’s The View on ABC.
See video below.
Goldberg had suffered severe back pain in 2021 and was treated with steroids as part of her recovery, leading to weight gain. Goldberg starred in the 2022 film Till, about the murder of Emmett Till.
“I had taken all those steroids and was on all this stuff,” she said today, “and one of the things that helps me drop the weight is Mounjaro.” (Mounjaro is a prescription weight loss medication similar to Ozempic.)
Goldberg later said she hadn’t previously noticed her weight gain. “I just always felt like me, and...
- 3/19/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“Till” star Danielle Deadwyler and “Black Adam” director Jaume Collet-Serra are teaming up for “The Woman in the Yard,” a thriller from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.
Sam Stefanak wrote the screenplay for “The Woman in the Yard,” though the film’s logline hasn’t been disclosed. It’s scheduled to be released in theaters on Jan. 10, 2025.
Blumhouse founder Jason Blum said he’s been trying to find the right project to work on with Collet-Serra for “over a decade.”
“’The Woman in the Yard’ is the perfect match, a film that’s ambitious in scope but modest in budget that combines Jaume’s vision with the incomparable Danielle Deadwyler,” Blum said in a statement.
In addition to starring, Deadwyler is executive producing “The Woman in the Yard” with Collet-Serra, Gabrielle Ebron, Scott Greenberg and James Mora. Jason Blum and Stephanie Allain will serve as producers. Haley Pigman and Jungyoon Kim...
Sam Stefanak wrote the screenplay for “The Woman in the Yard,” though the film’s logline hasn’t been disclosed. It’s scheduled to be released in theaters on Jan. 10, 2025.
Blumhouse founder Jason Blum said he’s been trying to find the right project to work on with Collet-Serra for “over a decade.”
“’The Woman in the Yard’ is the perfect match, a film that’s ambitious in scope but modest in budget that combines Jaume’s vision with the incomparable Danielle Deadwyler,” Blum said in a statement.
In addition to starring, Deadwyler is executive producing “The Woman in the Yard” with Collet-Serra, Gabrielle Ebron, Scott Greenberg and James Mora. Jason Blum and Stephanie Allain will serve as producers. Haley Pigman and Jungyoon Kim...
- 2/14/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Blumhouse has set Black Adam filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra as director, and Danielle Deadwyler as star and EP on The Woman in the Yard.
The project reteams Collet-Serra and Deadwyler, who recently collaborated on the Netflix thriller pic, Carry On.
The pic, which has a plot line under wraps, is set for theatrical release on Jan. 10, 2025.
“I’ve been trying to find the right project to work on with Jaume, in our system, for over a decade. The Woman in the Yard is the perfect match, a film that’s ambitious in scope but modest in budget that combines Jaume’s vision with the incomparable Danielle Deadwyler. Together with my friend Stephanie Allain, this is a real dream team and I’m excited to collaborate with them on the film,” said Blumhouse Boss Jason Blum.
The Woman in the Yard is written by Sam Stefanak. Blum and Stephanie Allain are producers on the film.
The project reteams Collet-Serra and Deadwyler, who recently collaborated on the Netflix thriller pic, Carry On.
The pic, which has a plot line under wraps, is set for theatrical release on Jan. 10, 2025.
“I’ve been trying to find the right project to work on with Jaume, in our system, for over a decade. The Woman in the Yard is the perfect match, a film that’s ambitious in scope but modest in budget that combines Jaume’s vision with the incomparable Danielle Deadwyler. Together with my friend Stephanie Allain, this is a real dream team and I’m excited to collaborate with them on the film,” said Blumhouse Boss Jason Blum.
The Woman in the Yard is written by Sam Stefanak. Blum and Stephanie Allain are producers on the film.
- 2/14/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Before welcoming Vice President Kamala Harris to ABC’s The View today, moderator Whoopi Goldberg had strong words for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who recently said that America has “never been a racist country.”
“Black folks didn’t climb up in the trees and lynch themselves,” Goldberg said at the top of today’s episode. “Emmett Till did not do that to himself.”
Watch the clip below.
Harris herself addressed the subject during the episode’s roundtable discussion. Asked to comment on Haley’s recent denial of history, the veep cautioned against turning racism into a soundbite before offering her own take: “There’s no denying that we have, in our history as a nation, racism, and that racism has played a role in the history of our nation. I think we all would agree that while it is part of our past and we see vestiges of it today,...
“Black folks didn’t climb up in the trees and lynch themselves,” Goldberg said at the top of today’s episode. “Emmett Till did not do that to himself.”
Watch the clip below.
Harris herself addressed the subject during the episode’s roundtable discussion. Asked to comment on Haley’s recent denial of history, the veep cautioned against turning racism into a soundbite before offering her own take: “There’s no denying that we have, in our history as a nation, racism, and that racism has played a role in the history of our nation. I think we all would agree that while it is part of our past and we see vestiges of it today,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
"Soft & Quiet" is a unique Blumhouse production. It's not about paranormal activity or psychotic killers but the banality of evil. Beth de Araújo's intense film centers on a group of white supremacists who host the first meeting of the "Daughters for Aryan Unity," which escalates into a night of cruel violence. Araújo explores the malevolence that exists right under our noses, whether it be the average suburban mom, an elementary school teacher, or the local grocery store owner. Even these kinds of seemingly innocuous people can have insidious viewpoints that perpetuate the very worst of racial and gender stereotypes.
They are the types of conservative white women who helped Donald Trump ascend to the presidency. The ease with which they spit out some of the most horrible, stereotypical thoughts about people of color is chilling. They believe that they are inherently superior simply because they are white Christians.
They are the types of conservative white women who helped Donald Trump ascend to the presidency. The ease with which they spit out some of the most horrible, stereotypical thoughts about people of color is chilling. They believe that they are inherently superior simply because they are white Christians.
- 12/25/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Dick Wolf and his Wolf Entertainment are planning a feature documentary about Emmett Till.
Wolf and his longtime collaborator Tom Thayer are exec producing Murder In America: The Lynching of Emmett Till, a two-hour feature documentary, alongside James Moll, the Oscar winner behind Holocaust doc The Last Days.
It will be directed by Sam Pollard, who has directed documentaries including MLK/FBI, and Llewellyn Smith, who directed South to Black Power and produced American Experience.
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One was set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never revealed before, including significant new revelations of the case and its findings. The traumatic memory of Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., the last surviving witness to the crime and Emmett Till’s cousin,...
Wolf and his longtime collaborator Tom Thayer are exec producing Murder In America: The Lynching of Emmett Till, a two-hour feature documentary, alongside James Moll, the Oscar winner behind Holocaust doc The Last Days.
It will be directed by Sam Pollard, who has directed documentaries including MLK/FBI, and Llewellyn Smith, who directed South to Black Power and produced American Experience.
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One was set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never revealed before, including significant new revelations of the case and its findings. The traumatic memory of Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., the last surviving witness to the crime and Emmett Till’s cousin,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Nobody can predict the future, but sometimes our predictions are way, way off. Back in 1946, 20th Century Fox studio executive and Oscar-winning film producer Daryl F. Zanuck said television was a fad that would run its course in six months. "People," he argued, "will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
Zanuck was wrong. Television not only changed the industry, it changed the world. And over time this medium that seemed like a flash in the pan developed its own identity, not just as an industry but as an art form. Brilliant writers like Paddy Chayefsky and Rod Serling helped push the stories told on television into exciting and challenging directions, setting the stage for ambitious standalone and serialized entertainments that wowed audiences and made a genuine impact.
One television series that made its mark and remains influential and iconic today is Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone,...
Zanuck was wrong. Television not only changed the industry, it changed the world. And over time this medium that seemed like a flash in the pan developed its own identity, not just as an industry but as an art form. Brilliant writers like Paddy Chayefsky and Rod Serling helped push the stories told on television into exciting and challenging directions, setting the stage for ambitious standalone and serialized entertainments that wowed audiences and made a genuine impact.
One television series that made its mark and remains influential and iconic today is Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone,...
- 11/12/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
In true Riverdale tradition, the final season of The CW drama was all over the place in both tone and subject matter. After six seasons spent in the present day, creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa sent Archie (Kj Apa) and the gang back to 1955 — and back to high school — where they navigated the rigid expectations set forth by Riverdale's adults and society at large. Storylines about a town-wide comic book ban and Archie's internal conflict over whether to pursue poetry or basketball played out alongside references to Emmett Till's murder and the Red Scare, creating exactly the kind of cognitive dissonance for which the show became known.
- 8/24/2023
- by Claire Spellberg Lustig
- Primetimer
"The Twilight Zone" may have only lasted for five seasons during its initial run from 1959 to 1964, but its legacy appears to be eternal. In addition to being revived multiple times over the decades as well as receiving the feature-length treatment from Steven Spielberg and John Landis, the original show is widely regarded as one of the greatest in television history. It's no secret that "The Twilight Zone" was the brainchild of Rod Serling, who wrote most of the episodes and doubled as its suave yet mysterious narrator. In that capacity, h delivered many classic stories that took audiences to strange and wondrous places, blending elements of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy.
However, while the immense imagination behind "The Twilight Zone" alone cements its position in the pantheon of classic TV shows, what really made it so special was its intelligence. On the series' surface, it rated as a piece of well-made escapism.
However, while the immense imagination behind "The Twilight Zone" alone cements its position in the pantheon of classic TV shows, what really made it so special was its intelligence. On the series' surface, it rated as a piece of well-made escapism.
- 8/19/2023
- by Joe Garza
- Slash Film
Walk around or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and chances are you will see the name David Rubenstein.
The co-founder of The Carlyle Group has funded restorations and expansions of the Lincoln Memorial, The Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument, along with the Kennedy Center, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress. “All told, Rubenstein has shaped the cultural landscape of the nation’s capital perhaps more than any other private citizen in the past century,” NPR reported in 2020.
Rubenstein’s PBS series Iconic America, an eight-part series that has been running since the spring, expands on his philanthropic passions by delving into the origins and history of the meaning of monuments and symbols of the United States, from Fenway Park to the Statue of Liberty to the Hollywood sign.
The latest episode, debuting Tuesday, is perhaps the most controversial: Stone Mountain in Georgia,...
The co-founder of The Carlyle Group has funded restorations and expansions of the Lincoln Memorial, The Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument, along with the Kennedy Center, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Library of Congress. “All told, Rubenstein has shaped the cultural landscape of the nation’s capital perhaps more than any other private citizen in the past century,” NPR reported in 2020.
Rubenstein’s PBS series Iconic America, an eight-part series that has been running since the spring, expands on his philanthropic passions by delving into the origins and history of the meaning of monuments and symbols of the United States, from Fenway Park to the Statue of Liberty to the Hollywood sign.
The latest episode, debuting Tuesday, is perhaps the most controversial: Stone Mountain in Georgia,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
When Dr. Karlos K. Hill first watched Jason Aldean’s video for “Try That in a Small Town,” he saw the current conservative American political moment flash before his eyes. “It’s the narrative of Make America Great Again, of white nationalism,” Hill, a professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, tells Rolling Stone. “But it’s packaged in this really nice, seemingly benign package of country music.”
Aldean released the video for “Try That in a Small Town” last week and, up until then,...
Aldean released the video for “Try That in a Small Town” last week and, up until then,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Riverdale's final season has pushed its characters from their adult states back to a teenage facsimile -- only this time, they're stuck in the 1950s.
For some, the '50s were the reset they'd been hoping to see from Riverdale, which can offer fresh, campy storytelling. For others, Riverdale's foray into the '50s has fallen hopelessly flat.
Riverdale Season 5 starts with a seven-year time jump that aged all the characters from high school seniors to aimless twenty-somethings. Divulging in more mature plots and relationships that the high school years hadn't seen before, the time jump allowed the characters to continue to grow.
Riverdale Season 6 moved into the supernatural, with the season culminating in Riverdale Season 6 Episode 22, "Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: The Night Of The Comet," wherein the residents of Riverdale were faced with a new kind of peril as a comet hurdled towards them, threatening to wipe them...
For some, the '50s were the reset they'd been hoping to see from Riverdale, which can offer fresh, campy storytelling. For others, Riverdale's foray into the '50s has fallen hopelessly flat.
Riverdale Season 5 starts with a seven-year time jump that aged all the characters from high school seniors to aimless twenty-somethings. Divulging in more mature plots and relationships that the high school years hadn't seen before, the time jump allowed the characters to continue to grow.
Riverdale Season 6 moved into the supernatural, with the season culminating in Riverdale Season 6 Episode 22, "Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen: The Night Of The Comet," wherein the residents of Riverdale were faced with a new kind of peril as a comet hurdled towards them, threatening to wipe them...
- 6/29/2023
- by Cher Thompson
- TVfanatic
If you’re looking for something new to watch on Amazon Prime Video, you’ve come to the right place. May brings a couple of high-profile 2022 releases to the streaming service for the first time, as well as the streaming debut of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s feel-good sports story “Air,” which opened exclusively in theaters earlier this year. Whether you’re looking for an auteur-driven drama, whimsical comedy or a full-on Western, there’s truly something for everyone in our curated list of the best films newly streaming this month.
Check out some of the best new movies to stream on Amazon Prime Video in May below.
“Air”
Have you ever wondered how Nike secured the rights to Michael Jordan’s likeness and created the unstoppable Air Jordan brand? Well, even if you haven’t, here’s a movie that explains it anyway. Matt Damon stars as Sonny Vaccaro,...
Check out some of the best new movies to stream on Amazon Prime Video in May below.
“Air”
Have you ever wondered how Nike secured the rights to Michael Jordan’s likeness and created the unstoppable Air Jordan brand? Well, even if you haven’t, here’s a movie that explains it anyway. Matt Damon stars as Sonny Vaccaro,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Adam Chitwood and Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose claim that 14-year-old Emmett Till whistled at her during a grocery store visit led to the Black teenager’s brutal murder in August 1955, died of cancer Tuesday in Westlake, Louisiana. She was 88.
Donham’s death while under hospice care was confirmed today in a report filed by the Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office.
Donham, known as Carolyn Bryant at the time of Till’s lynching, was the 21-year-old owner-cashier of a small general store in Money, Mississippi, when she first encounter Till, a Chicago boy who was visiting relatives in town. After Donham told her then-husband Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam that Till had whistled at her in the store – a claim that has been much disputed and remains unfounded – the two men abducted, tortured and murdered the boy.
The crime went unpunished – an all-white jury acquitted the two men,...
Donham’s death while under hospice care was confirmed today in a report filed by the Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, coroner’s office.
Donham, known as Carolyn Bryant at the time of Till’s lynching, was the 21-year-old owner-cashier of a small general store in Money, Mississippi, when she first encounter Till, a Chicago boy who was visiting relatives in town. After Donham told her then-husband Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam that Till had whistled at her in the store – a claim that has been much disputed and remains unfounded – the two men abducted, tortured and murdered the boy.
The crime went unpunished – an all-white jury acquitted the two men,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Clockwise from left: The Rundown (Screenshot: Universal Pictures/YouTube), Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure(Screenshot: Orion Pictures/YouTube), Howard The Duck (Screenshot: Universal Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club
As we all welcome the move to warmer weather, Prime Video has a great lineup in May to try and keep you indoors.
As we all welcome the move to warmer weather, Prime Video has a great lineup in May to try and keep you indoors.
- 4/27/2023
- by Don Lewis
- avclub.com
In May, Prime Video will return to the world of live awards shows as it again broadcasts the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 11. The major event will be hosted by country-music superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. The 58th ACM Awards will stream live from The Star in Frisco, Texas. One of the benefits of an awards show on a streaming service is that it doesn’t run commercials. If Prime Video continues the tradition it started last year, the ACMs will utilize the entire venue to keep the action moving throughout the show.
Coming to the streaming service in May is Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” a charming, stylized coming-of-age adventure about two offbeat 12-year-olds (played by Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman) who find solace in each other. Their touching romance is a potent reminder that love comes at all ages — and adults have much to learn from children.
Coming to the streaming service in May is Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” a charming, stylized coming-of-age adventure about two offbeat 12-year-olds (played by Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman) who find solace in each other. Their touching romance is a potent reminder that love comes at all ages — and adults have much to learn from children.
- 4/25/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
The estate of Tyre Nichols has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Memphis, the city’s police department, and the officers in the Scorpion Unit whose encounter with Nichols ultimately resulted in his death days later.
The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee federal court Wednesday on behalf of Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells, comes just three months after the death of Nichols, a 29-year-older skateboarder and father who died of injuries he sustained following a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Five since-fired Memphis police officers face charges including second-degree murder in Nichols’ death.
The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee federal court Wednesday on behalf of Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells, comes just three months after the death of Nichols, a 29-year-older skateboarder and father who died of injuries he sustained following a Jan. 7 traffic stop. Five since-fired Memphis police officers face charges including second-degree murder in Nichols’ death.
- 4/19/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Rob Corddry is set as a lead opposite Terry Crews and Ryan Michelle Bathé in JumpStart, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot based on Robb Armstrong’s long-running comic strip, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV and CBS Studios. He rounds out the series regular cast of the pilot, which Glynn Turman has joined as a guest star in a recurring role.
JumpStart, whose pilot was written by Wayne Conley and will be directed by Phill Lewis, is set in Philadelphia and follows Joseph L. Cobb (Crews), a cop, his wife Marcy (Bathé), a nurse, and Joe’s partner Crunchy (Corddry).
In addition to being Joe’s police partner, Crunchy is his best friend. They’re so inseparable the Cobb children call him “ Uncle Crunchy”. Marcy calls him Joe’s “ hubby”. Crunchy was “woke” long before the word was a thing. He knows when to be serious...
JumpStart, whose pilot was written by Wayne Conley and will be directed by Phill Lewis, is set in Philadelphia and follows Joseph L. Cobb (Crews), a cop, his wife Marcy (Bathé), a nurse, and Joe’s partner Crunchy (Corddry).
In addition to being Joe’s police partner, Crunchy is his best friend. They’re so inseparable the Cobb children call him “ Uncle Crunchy”. Marcy calls him Joe’s “ hubby”. Crunchy was “woke” long before the word was a thing. He knows when to be serious...
- 4/10/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
How did the gang wind up in the 1950s?
On Riverdale Season 7 Episode 1, the gang found themselves trapped in a simpler time period.
Archie attempted to impress a Hollywood starlet, but his attention quickly shifted to someone else.
Meanwhile, Toni, Tabitha, and Betty took a stand after Principal Featherhead after he stonewalled their attempts to write about the murder of Emmett Till.
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On Riverdale Season 7 Episode 1, the gang found themselves trapped in a simpler time period.
Archie attempted to impress a Hollywood starlet, but his attention quickly shifted to someone else.
Meanwhile, Toni, Tabitha, and Betty took a stand after Principal Featherhead after he stonewalled their attempts to write about the murder of Emmett Till.
Watch Riverdale Season 7 Episode 1 Online
Use the video above to watch Riverdale online right here via TV Fanatic.
Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love TV as much as you.
TV Fanatic is your destination for the latest news, spoilers, reviews, and so much more!
- 3/30/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Season 7 Episode 1 of Riverdale, “Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don’t Worry Darling.”] Happy days are here again. Or more like Happy Days. On jingle-jangle, that is. Because Riverdale returned tonight for its seventh and final season doing the time warp back to the ’50s. Thanks to the Bailey’s Comet catastrophe that was seemingly thwarted at the end of the supernatural-infused Season 6, our gang was transported to the era of James Dean’s death, Emmett Till’s trial, and hot-rodding teens, with only Jughead (Cole Sprouse) clued-in to the mix-up. The rest were busy being typical teens (again), with the head-turning arrival of transfer student and Hollywood kid Veronica (Camila Mendes), the growing civil-rights movement, and the storybook romance of high-school sweethearts Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) and … future gay icon Kevin Keller (Casey Cott)? Yeah, things are a little different this season. One thing that hasn’t changed, however, is that Betty remains...
- 3/30/2023
- TV Insider
It's a blast from the past for our favorite sweet little dreary town.
Archie Comics has finally found a closer home to the heart of Riverdale. It's a whole new 1950's aesthetic (and a time-traveling misadventure) that kicked off a new season on Riverdale Season 7 Episode 1.
Is Jughead living a Marty McFly fantasy? Not quite, but the pieces were there for plenty of juicy drama.
"Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don't Worry Darling" threw us back into the mystery that kept us on our toes since Riverdale Season 6 Episode 22.
It's another reboot for Riverdale, the second after Riverdale Season 5 Episode 4, so the series already knows how to refresh and pick things up where it left off. In this case, the reboot felt like a nice love letter to the teen drama of its former self.
As wild as some of Riverdale's plots have been (and there have been plenty!), the first...
Archie Comics has finally found a closer home to the heart of Riverdale. It's a whole new 1950's aesthetic (and a time-traveling misadventure) that kicked off a new season on Riverdale Season 7 Episode 1.
Is Jughead living a Marty McFly fantasy? Not quite, but the pieces were there for plenty of juicy drama.
"Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: Don't Worry Darling" threw us back into the mystery that kept us on our toes since Riverdale Season 6 Episode 22.
It's another reboot for Riverdale, the second after Riverdale Season 5 Episode 4, so the series already knows how to refresh and pick things up where it left off. In this case, the reboot felt like a nice love letter to the teen drama of its former self.
As wild as some of Riverdale's plots have been (and there have been plenty!), the first...
- 3/30/2023
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the Season 7 premiere of The CW’s Riverdale.
It’s the beginning of the end for Riverdale. The series kicked off its final season on Wednesday, picking up where the last moments of Season 6 left off, after the characters were suddenly transported back in time to the 1950s right before Bailey’s comet decimated the town.
Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica and the rest of the gang are back in high school, in a decade that showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa says is “most associated with Archie Comics.” But while the season will certainly feel nostalgic, it also won’t shy away from the realities of the decade, Aguirre-Sacasa said.
“It would have been disingenuous to erase the real struggles and the real hardships that a lot of people in the 1950s faced, especially for our queer characters and our characters of color,” he told Deadline,...
It’s the beginning of the end for Riverdale. The series kicked off its final season on Wednesday, picking up where the last moments of Season 6 left off, after the characters were suddenly transported back in time to the 1950s right before Bailey’s comet decimated the town.
Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica and the rest of the gang are back in high school, in a decade that showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa says is “most associated with Archie Comics.” But while the season will certainly feel nostalgic, it also won’t shy away from the realities of the decade, Aguirre-Sacasa said.
“It would have been disingenuous to erase the real struggles and the real hardships that a lot of people in the 1950s faced, especially for our queer characters and our characters of color,” he told Deadline,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Riverdale is heading back to the squeaky-clean 1950s for its final season… but maybe things back then weren’t as squeaky-clean as they seemed.
Wednesday’s Season 7 premiere kicks off with “Rock Around the Clock” playing on the jukebox and Archie and the gang getting Happy Days-style intros, so we’re definitely back in the year 1955. Jughead likes that a hamburger and fries only cost 30 cents, but he doesn’t like that he’s the only one here who remembers they got zapped back in time by that meteor at the end of last season. He and his friends are juniors in high school again,...
Wednesday’s Season 7 premiere kicks off with “Rock Around the Clock” playing on the jukebox and Archie and the gang getting Happy Days-style intros, so we’re definitely back in the year 1955. Jughead likes that a hamburger and fries only cost 30 cents, but he doesn’t like that he’s the only one here who remembers they got zapped back in time by that meteor at the end of last season. He and his friends are juniors in high school again,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
With final Oscar balloting closed on March 7, we’re continuing with our sixth annual series of interviews with Academy voters from different branches for their unfiltered takes on what got picked, overlooked, and overvalued in the 2023 award season. Interview edited for brevity.
Best Picture
Well, this year is the year of the repeat for me. I watched more movies a second time to try and figure out why I didn’t like them the first time.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” I watched three and a half times. I thought it was a generational thing. But then everyone else I know loved it. So I watched it once in the theater and I go, “I don’t really get it.” And I tried it a second time on the [Academy screening] portal. And I gave up halfway. And then it won all the awards. And I said to myself, “I’m not sure,...
Best Picture
Well, this year is the year of the repeat for me. I watched more movies a second time to try and figure out why I didn’t like them the first time.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” I watched three and a half times. I thought it was a generational thing. But then everyone else I know loved it. So I watched it once in the theater and I go, “I don’t really get it.” And I tried it a second time on the [Academy screening] portal. And I gave up halfway. And then it won all the awards. And I said to myself, “I’m not sure,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: We hear that Apple has won a multiple-studio bidding war for Cin Fabré’s memoir Wolf Hustle, about a young Black woman’s ascent on male-dominated Wall Street. Till filmmaker Chinonye Chukwu is adapting it as a feature, and directing and producing under her Where’s the Fire banner alongside Entertainment 360.
In Wolf Hustle, Fabré, who was a broker on Wall Street, offers an engrossing and unapologetic portrait of a young Black woman succeeding in the testosterone-laden New York business world. In her deconstruction of the business world, the author grapples with what is most meaningful in life, ultimately beating Wall Street at its own game. The project is billed as being a mix of The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short set in 1990s New York. Wolf Hustle is her debut book.
Entertainment 360’s Priya Satiani, Guymon Casady and Alex Holcomb will produce.
Chukwu recently...
In Wolf Hustle, Fabré, who was a broker on Wall Street, offers an engrossing and unapologetic portrait of a young Black woman succeeding in the testosterone-laden New York business world. In her deconstruction of the business world, the author grapples with what is most meaningful in life, ultimately beating Wall Street at its own game. The project is billed as being a mix of The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short set in 1990s New York. Wolf Hustle is her debut book.
Entertainment 360’s Priya Satiani, Guymon Casady and Alex Holcomb will produce.
Chukwu recently...
- 3/8/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Bob Dylan began his career as a protest singer, but he quickly moved away from this type of song. As early as 1963, Dylan said he wanted to distance himself from politics. In 1971, though, Dylan wrote a song in response to the murder of Black Panther leader George Jackson. Though his fans had been wanting Dylan to return to his roots, some thought his new music lacked sincerity. While there was likely real emotion behind the song, Dylan’s more authentic self was not a protest singer.
Bob Dylan | Val Wilmer/Redferns Bob Dylan started his career as a protest singer
Dylan’s second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, primarily contained songs he wrote, many of which were protest songs. Songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Masters of War,” and “The Times They Are a-Changin'” from his early albums cemented this reputation.
In 1963, Dylan’s music brought him to the National...
Bob Dylan | Val Wilmer/Redferns Bob Dylan started his career as a protest singer
Dylan’s second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, primarily contained songs he wrote, many of which were protest songs. Songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Masters of War,” and “The Times They Are a-Changin'” from his early albums cemented this reputation.
In 1963, Dylan’s music brought him to the National...
- 2/26/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Till was honored by the PGA on Saturday night with the Stanley Kramer Award.
The film’s producer and co-writer Keith Beauchamp accepted the award and said, “We dedicate this film to Mamie Till-Mobley, who in her heroism chose to reframe her grief in order to raise the consciousness of mankind.”
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“I was 10 years old when I first heard the story of Emmett Till,” Beauchamp recalled. “The journey to this story has...
The film’s producer and co-writer Keith Beauchamp accepted the award and said, “We dedicate this film to Mamie Till-Mobley, who in her heroism chose to reframe her grief in order to raise the consciousness of mankind.”
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“I was 10 years old when I first heard the story of Emmett Till,” Beauchamp recalled. “The journey to this story has...
- 2/26/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Gina Prince-Bythewood addressed the lack of Black representation among this year’s Oscar nominees during the red carpet for the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday evening.
“The Woman King” director penned an essay in The Hollywood Reporter after her historical drama found itself completely shut out of the Academy Awards, despite landing several precursor noms across other awards bodies and craft institutions. Prince-Bythewood called the season “an eye-opener” and that “the Academy made a very loud statement, and for me to stay quiet is to accept that statement.”
“We know the issues exist, but they felt amplified this year,” Prince-Bythewood told Variety senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson on the red carpet, discussing her essay. “The responses have been really amazing. The number of people that have reached out and sharing it — whole companies are sharing it — and then going to the BAFTAs and having people reference it as well, there...
“The Woman King” director penned an essay in The Hollywood Reporter after her historical drama found itself completely shut out of the Academy Awards, despite landing several precursor noms across other awards bodies and craft institutions. Prince-Bythewood called the season “an eye-opener” and that “the Academy made a very loud statement, and for me to stay quiet is to accept that statement.”
“We know the issues exist, but they felt amplified this year,” Prince-Bythewood told Variety senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson on the red carpet, discussing her essay. “The responses have been really amazing. The number of people that have reached out and sharing it — whole companies are sharing it — and then going to the BAFTAs and having people reference it as well, there...
- 2/26/2023
- by Julia MacCary and J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
A podcast may not seem like the most obvious choice to tell a story so tied in the public imagination to one photograph. But it proved an ideal medium to recount the efforts of Mamie Till-Mobley to seek justice for the horrific lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, at the hands of two white men in Mississippi in 1955. The single mother’s decision to allow the press to publish photos of Emmett’s open casket, his face mutilated beyond recognition, and her courageous testimony before an all-white jury galvanized support for the civil rights movement in the Jim Crow South just a few months before Rosa Parks’ act of defiance in Montgomery.
ABC Audio’s Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley, which leads the 2023 Ambie Awards with three nominations including podcast of the year, serves as a companion podcast to the ABC News docuseries Let the World See. The...
ABC Audio’s Reclaimed: The Story of Mamie Till-Mobley, which leads the 2023 Ambie Awards with three nominations including podcast of the year, serves as a companion podcast to the ABC News docuseries Let the World See. The...
- 2/24/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Just as film and TV have the Oscars and the Emmys, The Podcast Academy is positioning the Ambies to become the event of the year for the podcast industry as well as the newest fixture of Hollywood awards season, complete with shiny statuettes and a swanky ceremony that, for at least one evening, compels podcasters to dress for the camera.
Hosted by Larry Wilmore, the annual event’s third edition is taking place March 7 at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The company to beat will be Audible, which received a total of 19 nominations across the 26 Ambies categories, including several nods for podcast of the year (see below).
The Podcast Academy received a record 1,700 submissions this year, which were narrowed down by a blue-ribbon panel of judges — who apply every year to be part of the panel — to determine the nominees in each category. From there, voting opened up...
Hosted by Larry Wilmore, the annual event’s third edition is taking place March 7 at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The company to beat will be Audible, which received a total of 19 nominations across the 26 Ambies categories, including several nods for podcast of the year (see below).
The Podcast Academy received a record 1,700 submissions this year, which were narrowed down by a blue-ribbon panel of judges — who apply every year to be part of the panel — to determine the nominees in each category. From there, voting opened up...
- 2/24/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Barbara Broccoli is perplexed as we grab a moment alone at the swanky soirée Saturday for BAFTA Film Awards nominees at the National Gallery just off Trafalgar Square.
Far classier than the clumsy awards show the following night.
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“They looked away,” Broccoli says of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters who flat-out denied Chinonye Chukwu’s movie Till movie any Oscar nominations.
They looked away...
Far classier than the clumsy awards show the following night.
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“They looked away,” Broccoli says of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters who flat-out denied Chinonye Chukwu’s movie Till movie any Oscar nominations.
They looked away...
- 2/23/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2023 Athena Film Festival is set to open with a screening of Chinonye Chukwu’s acclaimed Till and close with the New York premiere of the timely Sundance selection Plan C.
The screening of Till, about how Emmett Till’s mother transformed her grief into a movement for justice, is just the latest in Chukwu’s history with the Barnard College festival focused on female leadership.
Her first film, Clemency, was on The Athena List, the festival’s Black List-inspired selection of best unproduced screenplays. That film also screened at the 2020 festival. And Athena launched the Chinonye Chukwu Emerging Writer Award in 2021.
And the Till screening comes after the acclaimed film surprisingly missed out on Oscar nominations including for star Danielle Deadwyler’s celebrated performance as Mamie Till-Mobley.
The festival will close with the New York premiere of Plan C, Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary about a grassroots network fighting to...
The screening of Till, about how Emmett Till’s mother transformed her grief into a movement for justice, is just the latest in Chukwu’s history with the Barnard College festival focused on female leadership.
Her first film, Clemency, was on The Athena List, the festival’s Black List-inspired selection of best unproduced screenplays. That film also screened at the 2020 festival. And Athena launched the Chinonye Chukwu Emerging Writer Award in 2021.
And the Till screening comes after the acclaimed film surprisingly missed out on Oscar nominations including for star Danielle Deadwyler’s celebrated performance as Mamie Till-Mobley.
The festival will close with the New York premiere of Plan C, Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary about a grassroots network fighting to...
- 2/22/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may have appallingly snubbed Till this year when it came to Oscar nominations, but the President of the United States today had nothing but accolades for the Chinonye Chukwu directed film about the 1955 lynching of civil rights activist teenage Emmett by racists and his mother’s relentless fight for justice.
“To everyone involved in this film, to paraphrase Maya Angelou: People will never forget how you make them feel,” Joe Biden said Thursday before the Till screening at the White House. “People will never forget how you make them feel,” the President added. “You know, you have that artist’s gifts of making us feel our common humanity.”
Based on the horrific events of Emmett Till’s death in Mississippi almost 70 years ago, and the determination of Mamie Till-Mobley to literally open her son’s casket at his Chicago funeral and...
“To everyone involved in this film, to paraphrase Maya Angelou: People will never forget how you make them feel,” Joe Biden said Thursday before the Till screening at the White House. “People will never forget how you make them feel,” the President added. “You know, you have that artist’s gifts of making us feel our common humanity.”
Based on the horrific events of Emmett Till’s death in Mississippi almost 70 years ago, and the determination of Mamie Till-Mobley to literally open her son’s casket at his Chicago funeral and...
- 2/17/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the especial role and significance of the image when it comes to the systematically marginalized. Particularly as state officials and educational organizations diminish or outright ban curriculum that teaches facts about or from the perspective of those outside the dominant population, the potential impact of filmed narratives that portray these lost truths becomes all the more poignant. If Americans cannot study the West African kingdom of...
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the especial role and significance of the image when it comes to the systematically marginalized. Particularly as state officials and educational organizations diminish or outright ban curriculum that teaches facts about or from the perspective of those outside the dominant population, the potential impact of filmed narratives that portray these lost truths becomes all the more poignant. If Americans cannot study the West African kingdom of...
- 2/14/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It is often said, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” and make no mistake about it; these words ring more true than ever.
Keith Beauchamp
The foundation of our country was shaken once again with the Jan. 27 release of police surveillance footage of Tyre Nichols’ deadly police arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols, a 29-year-old father, was pulled over by Memphis police on suspicion of reckless driving. What would happen next, just two minutes away from his home, would spark national outrage and open old wounds that would further divide the historically strained relationship between law enforcement and the Black community.
Media outlets announced constantly throughout the days prior that the Nichols video would soon be released to the public; like many, I was hesitant to join the spectacle of watching the demise of another Black life. Nevertheless, as someone devoted to telling the stories of those who suffered grave injustice,...
Keith Beauchamp
The foundation of our country was shaken once again with the Jan. 27 release of police surveillance footage of Tyre Nichols’ deadly police arrest in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols, a 29-year-old father, was pulled over by Memphis police on suspicion of reckless driving. What would happen next, just two minutes away from his home, would spark national outrage and open old wounds that would further divide the historically strained relationship between law enforcement and the Black community.
Media outlets announced constantly throughout the days prior that the Nichols video would soon be released to the public; like many, I was hesitant to join the spectacle of watching the demise of another Black life. Nevertheless, as someone devoted to telling the stories of those who suffered grave injustice,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Keith Beauchamp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michelle Yeoh stands by the “integrity” of her fellow Best Actress Oscar nominees.
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star addressed the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s Academy Award nomination for indie film “To Leslie” following discussions of possible voter tampering.
“The Academy has always prided itself on having regulations and playing by the rules and if [cheating them] was so easy it would have done before,” Yeoh said during BBC Radio 4’s “Today” (via The Independent). “We are always evolving on how to protect our integrity and I have great faith we will continue to do that.”
Academy Award darlings Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, and Jane Fonda campaigned for Riseborough’s nomination, leading to an investigation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. While Riseborough’s nomination still stands, Academy CEO Bill Kramer announced that “social media and outreach campaigning tactics that...
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star addressed the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s Academy Award nomination for indie film “To Leslie” following discussions of possible voter tampering.
“The Academy has always prided itself on having regulations and playing by the rules and if [cheating them] was so easy it would have done before,” Yeoh said during BBC Radio 4’s “Today” (via The Independent). “We are always evolving on how to protect our integrity and I have great faith we will continue to do that.”
Academy Award darlings Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston, and Jane Fonda campaigned for Riseborough’s nomination, leading to an investigation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. While Riseborough’s nomination still stands, Academy CEO Bill Kramer announced that “social media and outreach campaigning tactics that...
- 2/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Danielle Deadwyler is speaking out on her Best Actress Oscars snub.
The “Till” star addressed the “misogynoir” of Academy Awards voters when it comes to viewing contenders, speculating that Academy members most likely did not see the historical feature directed by Chinonye Chukwu.
“We’re talking about people who perhaps chose not to see the film. We’re talking about misogynoir, like it comes in all kinds of ways, whether it’s direct or indirect,” Deadwyler said during the “Kermode & Mayo’s Take” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly). “It impacts who we are.”
The actress added, “I think the question is more on people who are living in whiteness, white people’s assessment of the spaces they are privileged by.”
Deadwyler is nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTA and SAG Awards and was recognized at the Critics Choice Awards. The star likened the lack of diversity among Academy Award nominees...
The “Till” star addressed the “misogynoir” of Academy Awards voters when it comes to viewing contenders, speculating that Academy members most likely did not see the historical feature directed by Chinonye Chukwu.
“We’re talking about people who perhaps chose not to see the film. We’re talking about misogynoir, like it comes in all kinds of ways, whether it’s direct or indirect,” Deadwyler said during the “Kermode & Mayo’s Take” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly). “It impacts who we are.”
The actress added, “I think the question is more on people who are living in whiteness, white people’s assessment of the spaces they are privileged by.”
Deadwyler is nominated for Best Actress at the BAFTA and SAG Awards and was recognized at the Critics Choice Awards. The star likened the lack of diversity among Academy Award nominees...
- 2/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Danielle Deadwyler is offering her thoughts on Hollywood and systemic racism after she missed out on a 2023 Academy Award nomination for her role as Mamie Till-Mobley, mother to Emmett Till, in director Chinonye Chukwu’s film Till.
Deadwyler was a guest on Kermode & Mayo’s Take in an episode of the podcast released Thursday. During the conversation, the actress was asked about Chukwu posting to Instagram on Jan. 24 about “unabashed misogyny towards Black women” after the film did not receive any Oscar nominations earlier that day.
The actress said she agreed with the director and went on to describe “residual effects” of systemic racism in both a governmental and societal capacity. She mentioned that Gone With the Wind star Hattie McDaniel was unable to sit with her white co-stars when she became the first Black person to win an Oscar at the 1940 ceremony, and Deadwyler added that it should be...
Deadwyler was a guest on Kermode & Mayo’s Take in an episode of the podcast released Thursday. During the conversation, the actress was asked about Chukwu posting to Instagram on Jan. 24 about “unabashed misogyny towards Black women” after the film did not receive any Oscar nominations earlier that day.
The actress said she agreed with the director and went on to describe “residual effects” of systemic racism in both a governmental and societal capacity. She mentioned that Gone With the Wind star Hattie McDaniel was unable to sit with her white co-stars when she became the first Black person to win an Oscar at the 1940 ceremony, and Deadwyler added that it should be...
- 2/10/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2023 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced on January 11 in film and television, as voted on by members of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Who will prevail in the category of Best Film Actress during Netflix’s YouTube ceremony on Sunday, February 26? This year’s five nominees are Cate Blanchett (“TÁR”), Viola Davis (“The Woman King”), Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”), Ana de Armas (“Blonde”) and Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”).
Scroll down to see Gold Derby’s 2023 SAG Awards Predictions for Best Film Actress, listed in order of their racetrack odds. Our SAG Awards odds are based on the combined forecasts of thousands of readers, including Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years, and the mass of...
Scroll down to see Gold Derby’s 2023 SAG Awards Predictions for Best Film Actress, listed in order of their racetrack odds. Our SAG Awards odds are based on the combined forecasts of thousands of readers, including Experts we’ve polled from major media outlets, Editors who cover awards year-round for this website, Top 24 Users who did the best predicting the winners last time, All-Star Users who had the best prediction scores over the last two years, and the mass of...
- 2/8/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
With just six feature film credits under her belt, Danielle Deadwyler has already hit a major career milestone by earning her first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. This recognition comes for her harrowing work as Mamie Till-Mobley in “Till,” which, after a long development period, finally exists as an emotionally impactful account of one of the darkest pieces of American history. Although her competition is stiff, the sheer power of her performance in her regrettably timely film may be more than enough to secure her victory.
Along with Ana de Armas (“Blonde”), Deadwyler is one of two total SAG Awards newcomers in this year’s Best Film Actress lineup. Also new to the category is Michelle Yeoh, who, after being recognized as a “Crazy Rich Asians” ensemble member in 2019, has now received solo and cast bids for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Rounding out the group are SAG Awards heavy-hitters...
Along with Ana de Armas (“Blonde”), Deadwyler is one of two total SAG Awards newcomers in this year’s Best Film Actress lineup. Also new to the category is Michelle Yeoh, who, after being recognized as a “Crazy Rich Asians” ensemble member in 2019, has now received solo and cast bids for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Rounding out the group are SAG Awards heavy-hitters...
- 2/7/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Hello and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen podcast, and I am your host, Valerie Complex. Sorry for not posting last week, but the Sundance Film Festival was brutal and couldn’t get an episode out in time.
Today’s guest is Till star Jalyn Hall.
At 15 years old, Hall has already developed a following as fan favorite on the uber-popular CW series All American, where he has played Dillon James since 2018. Segueing into film, he turned in a groundbreaking performance portraying civil rights icon Emmett Till in MGM/Orion Pictures’ Till, which hit theaters in October. The film, an biographical drama written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, also stars Danielle Deadwyler and Whoopi Goldberg, who also produced the film. It tells the real-life story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Deadwyler), an educator and activist who pursues justice after the 1955 lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett.
In addition to Till, Hall recently wrapped...
Today’s guest is Till star Jalyn Hall.
At 15 years old, Hall has already developed a following as fan favorite on the uber-popular CW series All American, where he has played Dillon James since 2018. Segueing into film, he turned in a groundbreaking performance portraying civil rights icon Emmett Till in MGM/Orion Pictures’ Till, which hit theaters in October. The film, an biographical drama written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, also stars Danielle Deadwyler and Whoopi Goldberg, who also produced the film. It tells the real-life story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Deadwyler), an educator and activist who pursues justice after the 1955 lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett.
In addition to Till, Hall recently wrapped...
- 2/2/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Memphis man who was beaten to death by police officers earlier this month, made new headlines this week when body camera footage from the killing was released. The haunting footage, which features Nichols screaming for his mother as he explains that he was just trying to get home, sparked another debate about the United States’ ongoing problem with police brutality and seeming inability to make progress on the issue.
As the tragic video made rounds on social media, Tyler Perry took to his personal Instagram account to mourn Nichols’ death and implore his followers not to let the footage of the beating turn into entertainment.
“I said for my own peace of mind, for the sake of my own sanity, for my hope for what’s left of the human race, I would not watch the awful murder of another Black man,” Perry wrote.
As the tragic video made rounds on social media, Tyler Perry took to his personal Instagram account to mourn Nichols’ death and implore his followers not to let the footage of the beating turn into entertainment.
“I said for my own peace of mind, for the sake of my own sanity, for my hope for what’s left of the human race, I would not watch the awful murder of another Black man,” Perry wrote.
- 1/28/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
For Danielle Deadwyler, it’s never been about the praise. At the time of our phone call, the 40-year-old actor was days away from receiving a Bafta nomination for her performance in Till and had already scooped Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards in November. She is the lead in Chinonye Chukwu’s film about the true story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched by white men in Mississippi in 1955. His killing, and the uproar that resulted, is considered a catalyst for the American civil rights movement and is an integral part of the country’s modern history.
Deadwyler stars as Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who was instrumental in ensuring that Emmett’s name would not be forgotten. Her portrayal of a heartbroken, furious, robbed mother, mourning the racist murder of her only child while campaigning for his justice, is one that is truly unforgettable.
Deadwyler stars as Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who was instrumental in ensuring that Emmett’s name would not be forgotten. Her portrayal of a heartbroken, furious, robbed mother, mourning the racist murder of her only child while campaigning for his justice, is one that is truly unforgettable.
- 1/27/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - Film
‘Till’ Director Chinonye Chukwu Slams ‘Unabashed Misogyny Towards Black Women’ Following Oscars Snub
To director Chinonye Chukwu, the Academy Awards snub of “Till” only makes the historical film more relevant.
Chukwu, who was among the many female contenders shut out of the Best Director category, took to Instagram to address Hollywood’s reception of her feature charting Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight for justice following her son Emmett Till’s murder. The film has received SAG and BAFTA nominations for lead actress Danielle Deadwyler but was not recognized by the 95th Academy Awards in any category.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu wrote. “And yet, I am forever in gratitude for the greatest lesson of my life: Regardless of any challenges or obstacles, I will always have the power to cultivate my own joy, and it is this joy that will continue to be...
Chukwu, who was among the many female contenders shut out of the Best Director category, took to Instagram to address Hollywood’s reception of her feature charting Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight for justice following her son Emmett Till’s murder. The film has received SAG and BAFTA nominations for lead actress Danielle Deadwyler but was not recognized by the 95th Academy Awards in any category.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu wrote. “And yet, I am forever in gratitude for the greatest lesson of my life: Regardless of any challenges or obstacles, I will always have the power to cultivate my own joy, and it is this joy that will continue to be...
- 1/25/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Till director Chinonye Chukwu has shared a powerful message about the treatment of Black women in Hollywood following the 2023 Oscar nominations.
On Tuesday (24 January), the nominations were announced for the 95th Academy Awards. You can read the full list of nominees here.
Some of the biggest snubs and surprises came in the Best Actress category, after Till star Danielle Deadwyler and The Woman King’s Viola Davis failed to earn nominations, despite being deemed frontrunners in the category.
The acclaimed biopic Till, in which Deadwyler plays Mamie Till-Bradley, the mother of murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till, did not receive any nominations.
Following the announcement, director Chukwu shared a photo to Instagram in which she is seen crouching next to a woman in a wheelchair, smiling up at her.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,...
On Tuesday (24 January), the nominations were announced for the 95th Academy Awards. You can read the full list of nominees here.
Some of the biggest snubs and surprises came in the Best Actress category, after Till star Danielle Deadwyler and The Woman King’s Viola Davis failed to earn nominations, despite being deemed frontrunners in the category.
The acclaimed biopic Till, in which Deadwyler plays Mamie Till-Bradley, the mother of murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till, did not receive any nominations.
Following the announcement, director Chukwu shared a photo to Instagram in which she is seen crouching next to a woman in a wheelchair, smiling up at her.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
Chinonye Chukwu, director of Till, is reacting to the Oscar snub after her film was not nominated at the Academy Awards.
In addition, Danielle Deadwyle was left out of the Best Actress nominations for her portrayal of Mamie Till-Mobley, the activist looking for justice after the murder of her son Emmett Till.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu posted on Instagram.
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She continued, “And alas. I am forever in gratitude...
In addition, Danielle Deadwyle was left out of the Best Actress nominations for her portrayal of Mamie Till-Mobley, the activist looking for justice after the murder of her son Emmett Till.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu posted on Instagram.
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She continued, “And alas. I am forever in gratitude...
- 1/25/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Till writer-director Chinonye Chukwu called out “unabashed misogyny towards Black women” after her film was notably left out of the 2023 Oscar nominations, with star Danielle Deadwyler missing out on the best actress nod many experts predicted she’d receive for her portrayal of Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu wrote in part on Instagram Tuesday.
Still, she tried to find her own happiness in the Oscar disappointment.
“I am forever in gratitude for the greatest lesson of my life – regardless of any challenges or obstacles, I will always have the power to cultivate my own joy, and it is this joy that will continue to be one of my greatest forms of resistance,” Chukwu wrote.
Her comments accompanied a picture of the director with civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams,...
“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu wrote in part on Instagram Tuesday.
Still, she tried to find her own happiness in the Oscar disappointment.
“I am forever in gratitude for the greatest lesson of my life – regardless of any challenges or obstacles, I will always have the power to cultivate my own joy, and it is this joy that will continue to be one of my greatest forms of resistance,” Chukwu wrote.
Her comments accompanied a picture of the director with civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If there is one thing that Oscars nominations morning teaches every year, it’s to never be too sure of a sure thing.
While it’s unsurprising that A24 breakout “Everything Everywhere All at Once” would lead the pack with 11 nominations going into the 95th Academy Awards, as it is pegged to be a Best Picture frontrunner, it is shocking to see crowdpleaser “The Woman King” come up empty-handed, with even Oscar winner Viola Davis not making the final cut for Best Actress.
For the 2023 Oscars, Academy members gave little regard to films directed by women. Was that at the expense of recognizing more international talent, with the German-language “All Quiet on the Western Front” taking a stunning nine nominations?
Some surprises were predictable: We knew that there were a few straggling, unpredictable slots, but didn’t know who would fill them. Now we know voters really did like “Triangle of Sadness,...
While it’s unsurprising that A24 breakout “Everything Everywhere All at Once” would lead the pack with 11 nominations going into the 95th Academy Awards, as it is pegged to be a Best Picture frontrunner, it is shocking to see crowdpleaser “The Woman King” come up empty-handed, with even Oscar winner Viola Davis not making the final cut for Best Actress.
For the 2023 Oscars, Academy members gave little regard to films directed by women. Was that at the expense of recognizing more international talent, with the German-language “All Quiet on the Western Front” taking a stunning nine nominations?
Some surprises were predictable: We knew that there were a few straggling, unpredictable slots, but didn’t know who would fill them. Now we know voters really did like “Triangle of Sadness,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Though many prognosticators do their best to try and predict who will be nominated for Academy Awards, there are always a few shockers — both good and bad — when the names are finally announced. This year’s nominations for the 95th annual Academy Awards saw its fair share of shockers. Actors like Andrea Riseborough, Brian Tyree Henry and Paul Mescal found themselves landing their first nominations against tough competition. Then there were notable omissions, like a lack of female directors making the cut after seeing both Chloe Zhao and Jane Campion take home the prize in the last two years.
Here, Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 2023 Oscar nominations.
Snub: Viola Davis, “The Woman King”
Davis seemed certain to land her fourth acting nomination (and perhaps her first as a producer) for her stunning work in “The Woman King,” a movie that not only garnered critical accolades...
Here, Variety breaks down the biggest snubs and surprises of the 2023 Oscar nominations.
Snub: Viola Davis, “The Woman King”
Davis seemed certain to land her fourth acting nomination (and perhaps her first as a producer) for her stunning work in “The Woman King,” a movie that not only garnered critical accolades...
- 1/24/2023
- by Jenelle Riley and Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
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