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Cicely Tyson was an Emmy Award-winning actress for “The Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All” in 1994 and 20 years earlier for “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.”

Tyson worked steadily in film and television since the 1960s until her death in 2021 at age 96 . Her Emmy nominations were for a variety of categories and for some highly acclaimed television shows such as “Roots” and “King”.

Tyson also had an acclaimed career on the Broadway stage. She appeared in a number of productions both on and off-Broadway throughout her life. In 2013 and at age 88, Tyson won the Tony as Best Actress in a Play for a revival of the Horton Foote play “The Trip to Bountiful.” (That was the same role that won Geraldine Page the Best Actress Oscar in 1985.)

She received an honorary Oscar for life achievement, induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Center Honors. But its her...

When my late husband, Stanley Kramer, created his own independent film production company in 1947, his goal was to make some level of difference with his work in Hollywood.

The first success of that stated direction was the World War II drama “Home of the Brave” in 1949, adapted from Arthur Laurents’ play about anti-Semitism in the military. Radically, Stanley saw an opportunity with the material to shift his lens to building racial tensions in the United States, and so, in secret, he cast an African American (James Edwards) in the leading role and translated Laurents’ story about the Jewish GI experience to one about the Black GI experience. It would become the most-picketed film in history. It would also mark the start of one of our industry’s most consequential filmmaking careers.

Stanley did make a difference with his work, from stoking disarmament talks with “On the Beach” to crusading for...

“Nickel Boys” writer/director RaMell Ross has already been toasted as a filmmaker to watch this awards season for his acclaimed adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Now, ahead of the film’s premiere, a new trailer is giving more details about the elusive plotline that plays with perspective.

The official synopsis reads: “Elwood Curtis’ college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity,...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Telluride Film Festival. “Nickel Boys” opens December 13.

A leaf twirls through a pair of Black fingers. A deck of playing cards is bridged together in extreme close-up. A dry-cleaned suit hangs out the window of a parked car like it’s waiting for its body to come back. A boy named Elwood studies his reflection in his grandmother’s steaming iron, and later in the window display of the local Tallahassee electronic shop whose TVs are broadcasting a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. The year is 1962, Jim Crow laws are still in full effect across the South, and young Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse) can’t help but see himself in the world around him — he can’t help but think he can change it.

In the news, Elwood sees men shooting themselves into outer space. At home, Elwood sees...

It could be a sign that exhibitors are feeling good about their recovery.

In the late summers of 2022 and 2023, Cinema Foundation (a division of the National Association of Theater Owners) celebrated “National Cinema Day.” A promotion designed to goose movie attendance post-Covid,most theaters showed all films for $3 (2022) or $4 (2023). After skipping 2024, a version of it will return in 2025 — with some significant changes.

Gone is the promise of deeply discounted tickets. Instead, Cinema Foundation announced four discrete dates for “@ The Movies” that appear to target specific audience sectors. January 19, the Sunday of Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, the offer is “National Popcorn Day” with discount concessions. “Sneak Peek Saturday” on April 19, about two weeks after CinemaCon, will debut footage and trailers from highly anticipated upcoming movies shared at the convention.

There’s also “Date Night” August 15 and “Family Day” November 9, but Cinema Foundation offered no further details around those events.

While...

Former Scream Queens star Keke Palmer has accused showrunner Ryan Murphy of bullying.

“It was kind of like I was in the dean’s office,” Palmer, 31, said of the incident in her new book, Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative.

The actress commented on her interactions with Murphy, 59, after a mishap led her to miss work. Palmer was originally off on the day she missed work, but production later changed the schedule, and she had chosen to honor a prior commitment rather than change her plans for the new shoot date.

“He was like, ‘I’ve never seen you behave like this,” Palmer said. “I can’t believe that you, out of all people, would do something like this.”

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“The best antidote for a bad election is a good movie,” Richard M. Nixon once proclaimed, and for many filmgoers this week Conclave helped blot out the political noise. A papal thriller with a shock ending, Conclave’s impact again raises the question of whether serious adult fare can again command a strong market niche.

The setting of Conclave is itself a departure: The Pope is dead. The Vatican’s prayerfully powerful College of Cardinals is locked in its sanctorum, weathering intrigues about a potential new leader.

Directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), a regally robed cardinal, Ralph Fiennes, struggles to sustain calm in the face of sexual and political challenges raised by Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow, among others.

The Focus Features unit of Comcast once provided a major dent in...

“It’s happening,” goes a lyric sung over the opening titles of Piece By Piece. “Yes... It’s real.” Just to be sure, here is confirmation, early doors: yep, this is a real film. We’ve had Lego Movies about Batman, Ninjas, Scooby-Doo. But a music documentary Lego Movie? Made with the full participation of self-described “hybrid thinker” Pharrell Williams, Piece By Piece is a surprisingly sincere and serious film about a sincere and serious artist, some distance from the irony-led Lord & Miller Lego entries. It’s quite a handbrake turn for Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom), but it largely follows the standard talking-heads doc template very faithfully. Just in Lego.

The first act serves almost as a potted history of the vibrant ’90s hip-hop and R&b scene in Virginia: obsessed with music, Williams surrounded himself with other Virginian up-and-comers like Timbaland and Missy Elliott. Hilariously,...

Television legend Dick Van Dyke endorsed Kamala Harris for president by reading a speech he delivered at a 1964 civil rights event alongside Martin Luther King.

In a video titled “Vote!! @KamalaHarris,” posted Monday, the 98-year-old star of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Mary Poppins” and “Bye Bye Birdie” recalled reading the remarks, written by “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling, to “some 60,000 people in the Coliseum in L.A.”

“Hatred is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating, none of those are the transcendent facet of the human personality. They’re diseases. They are. They cancers of the soul,” Van Dyke read, in part.

He went on, “There will be moments of violence and expressions of hatred and [an] ugly echo of intolerance, but these are the clinging vestiges of a decayed past, not the harbingers of the better, cleaner future. To those who tell us the...

Mark Robinson, the North Carolina Republican whose extensive history of bigotry was shocking even for a Donald Trump-endorsed politician, lost his gubernatorial race to Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein on Tuesday.

Stein led Robinson by nearly 30 points as early results came in on Tuesday, enough for Fox News, NBC News, and others to call the race for the Democrat.

Robinson’s track record of offensive, racist remarks defined his campaign. He’s attacked Jews, Muslims, the LGBTQ community, called abortion “genocide” and survivors of the Parkland school shooting “spoiled.

Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali’s film debut is finally getting released almost 25 years after being shelved.

Ali plays a fictional, egotistical revolutionary leader who compares himself to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Moses in “Taste the Revolution,” a political satire mockumentary written and directed by Dan Klein.

The long lost film follows two aspiring filmmakers as they chronicle the story of a charismatic revolutionary, Mac Laslow (Ali), and the group of disillusioned college students drawn together one summer to change the world. But, per the official synopsis, “without a unifying direction or clear goals, the movement descends into chaos.”

Alexander Bilu, Jeremy Dubin, Jen Nails, and Jeremy Beiler co-star alongside Ali, who also executive produces.

Ali isn’t the only Hollywood star who got his start with “Revolution”: Colin Trevorrow co-wrote the script, co-stars, and also executive produces.

So why was “Revolution” shelved back in 2001? Well, according to director Klein,...

Mahershala Ali’s first starring film role is finally making its way to the public after being in limbo for nearly 25 years.

Ali plays a revolutionary leader in writer-director Dan Klein’s mockumentary feature Taste the Revolution, with rights currently available for the film. Colin Trevorrow serves as executive producer and plays a small role in the project that is set to premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival on Oct. 19.

Taste the Revolution wrapped filming in 2001 but was shelved following the events of 9/11, with the footage recently being unearthed and edited into the movie that it was intended to become. The story centers on two filmmakers rolling cameras as revolutionary Mac Laslow (Ali) heads up a World Summit that draws an array of young adults looking to change the world and also blow off some steam.

“Every major movement has had a leader,” Ali says in the trailer. “Martin Luther King,...

For the mutants in the Marvel Universe, the “X” once represented hope and unity. Two lines, crossing together. Inspired by the dream of Charles Xavier of mutantkind and mankind coexisting, the X-Men reinforced this, incorporating the letter into their name as if to say “We will protect the futures of man and mutant alike, no compromise.”

It was a hopeful dream, born of good and evil ideas that represented parallels to our world, such as the fight for civil rights. This was no more apparent than how Xavier and rival Magneto compared to real-life civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X.

But this is a different time. This is a different era.

A divided future for the X-Men

Following the end of the Krakoa era of X-Men comics, this "Raid on Graymalkin" storyline within the “From the Ashes” crossover splits the team based on...

Beyond The Gates spoilers and updates tease we now know who some of the characters will be on the new CBS soap, although no casting decisions have been announced. Get the scoop on the new CBS soap, beginning filming in November with a target premiere date in January, 2025-the first new CBS soap in 25 years.

Beyond the Gates Taping Starts On November 4

In just under two months, specifically on November 4, The Gates will begin filming its inaugural episodes in Atlanta, Georgia. The casting process for the new CBS soap opera is ramping up significantly.

TV Insider has discovered the next set of characters the show aims to cast, following the initial group that was announced earlier-we’ll keep you updated on all developments.

All roles are for contract players and the casting call specified they must be Atlanta residents. As previously mentioned, the taping starts on November 4.

Beyond The Gates...

MSNBC has ordered a new documentary series, featuring a slew of boldface names that will serve as narrators and participants.

The four-part series from NBC News Studios and MSNBC Films, My Generation, will feature interviews and archival footage to explore each of the four generations that make up the vast majority of Americans: Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born 1965 to 1981), Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) and Gen Z (born after 1997).

Each episode will feature celebrity narrators who are from that generation to walk viewers through their experiences.

The Baby Boomer episode will be narrated by Forest Whitaker, and explores those who grew up in the shadow of world events like the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the assassinations of JFK, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy.

The Generation X episode will be narrated by Ethan Hawke, and will feature interviews with Tony Hawk, Alyssa Milano, and Richard Linklater.

Kristen Bell will narrate the Millennials episode,...

Former president and 2024 Republican nominee Donald Trump had a question.

Ever since CNN reported that North Carolina’s lieutenant governor Mark Robinson posted on a pornography website that he’s a “black Nazi” who supported re-legalizing slavery and dubbed civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. “Martin Lucifer Koon,” Trump and his campaign have tried to gently distance the ex-president from his staunchly MAGAfied ally, fearing Robinson’s extreme excesses could damage Trump himself.

In recent days, as the former president has discussed with aides and confidants what to do amid the Robinson fallout,...

Green Lantern has had a rough history on film. In 2011, Warner Bros. bet on the hero being their Iron Man; a B-lister underdog who could kick off a blockbuster franchise. "Green Lantern" starring Ryan Reynolds did not fly high so the character was almost completely absent from the DC Extended Universe. (None of the major Green Lanterns show up in either cut of "Justice League.")

Now, James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Studios is again looking to make the Green Lantern Corps an early fixture of their DC Films. Nathan Fillion is playing Guy Gardner in 2025's "Superman" and a "Lanterns" TV series is currently in development at HBO. A "True Detective" style murder mystery, "Lanterns" will star the two most famous comic Green Lanterns: Hal Jordan and John Stewart (not the one from "The Daily Show").

Kyle Chandler has recently been cast as Hal Jordan, so what about John?...

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is no stranger to backlash. Still, in the wake of a damming CNN report exposing a virulent history of racism and misogyny on pornographic forums, his campaign for the state’s governorship is in dire straits.

On Sunday afternoon, Robinson’s campaign announced in a statement that four of its highest-level staffers — Campaign Manager Chris Rodriguez, Deputy Campaign Manager Jason Rizk, Finance Director Heather Whillier, and Senior Advisor Conrad Pogorzelski III — would be stepping down from their roles.

“I wish them well in their future endeavors.

Actor Michael Fassbender is known for his role as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto in the X-Men franchise. Fassbender first appeared as the character in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, taking over the role from actor Ian McKellen. It served as a reboot/prequel to the original 2000 film. During an interview, Fassbender spoke about the dynamic between Charles Xavier and Magneto.

Michael Fassbender is known for playing Magneto in the X-Men films (Credit: Fox).

Fassbender had an interesting take on the fundamental difference between the two comic book characters who start as friends but inevitably find themselves on opposite sides in their quest for mutant rights. As a result, fans must be curious to learn about Fassbender’s comments and how the actor stepped into the role of Magneto for X-Men: First Class.

Michael Fassbender Discussed the Difference Between Charles Xavier and Magneto in X-Men: First Class

Michael Fassbender debuted in the role...

Jimmy Carter loves music, and on Tuesday night at Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre an unlikely cast of admirers let the “rock and roll president” know they love him too.

Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1., was at home in Plains, Ga., but that didn’t stop Angelique Kidjo, the B-52s, BeBe Winans, Carlene Carter, Chuck Leavell, D-Nice, Drive-By Truckers, Duane Betts, Eric Church, Grouplove, India Arie, Lalah Hathaway, the War And Treaty, the Rickey Minor Band, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus from celebrating what Carter’s life and presidency means to them.

Tommy Cash, a country singer and younger brother to Johnny Cash, has died at 84, as confirmed in a social media post by the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville, Tenn.

“We are saddened to announce that the world lost a bright light last evening with the passing of Tommy Cash,” the establishment wrote on Instagram Sept. 14.

“[My wife] Shannon and I lost a very, very dear friend last evening,” continued CEO and founder Bill Miller of Cash. “I knew him for over 50 years. Tommy Cash was a loyal supporter of the Johnny Cash Museum and a very beloved member of our extended family as well as a highly respected member of the music industry. This great man will be deeply missed by his friends and many loyal fans around the world. Please keep Tommy’s beloved wife, Marcy and his family in your prayers.”

A cause of death was not given. Cash, who...

Tommy Cash, country singer and brother of the late music icon Johnny Cash, has died at the age of 84.

The Johnny Cash Museum confirmed Tommy’s death in a statement Saturday, “We are saddened to announce that the world lost a bright light last evening with the passing of Tommy Cash.” No cause of death was provided. Tommy died on September 13, one day after the 21st anniversary of Johnny’s September 12, 2003 death.

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Bill Miller, who founded the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville,...

Curzon has debuted a new trailer for ‘Nickel Boys,’ based on the book by Colson Whitehead chronicling the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.

Directed by RaMell Ross, the cast includes Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson,...

Gravitas Ventures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Lou Simon’s “9 Windows,” a modern re-telling of Director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic, “Rear Window.”

A modern take on the Hitchcockian classic, “9 Windows” made history as the first feature-length, live-action film shot entirely on an extended reality film stage. The film stars Independent Spirit Award Nominee Michael Forsythe and Michael Paré

“On the day of her graduation, Liza and her parents are driving to a restaurant to celebrate when a truck slams into their car. Eighteen months after the car accident, Liza is unable to walk and lives alone after her parents’ death. Feeling responsible, Liza spends her days trolling vloggers on a local website. Late one night, a new video is uploaded in which a man sets fire to a dog. She reports it to the police, but the police detective, Boyle, cannot be bothered with a misdemeanor.

“Nickel Boys,” a movie adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from 2019, debuted its first trailer on Thursday — a melodic and riveting slice of life from the perspective of a young man on the other side of unspeakable traumas.

From first-time feature filmmaker RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys” dramatizes a friendship built in a reformatory school in the Jim Crow South. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in August and is set to open the New York Film Festival on Sept. 27.

From Orion Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios, the drama begins its limited theatrical release on Oct. 25.

Watch the trailer below:

The film’s official synopsis reads as follows:

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward,...

Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures has revealed the official trailer and poster for Nickel Boys, based on the Colson Whitehead novel. The film will open in select theaters on October 25, 2024.

The drama is rated PG-13 for thematic material involving racism, some strong language including racial slurs, violent content, and smoking.

In Nickel Boys, Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South.

He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview.

Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appears worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity,...

The official trailer has been released for Academy Award nominee RaMell Ross’ feature directorial debut Nickel Boys, based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead chronicling the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Synopsis: Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.

Fresh off its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last week, Amazon MGM Studios and Orion Pictures released the first trailer for “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross’s adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Colson Whitehead novel “The Nickel Boys.”

Here’s the official synopsis for the film, which is expected to be a major awards contender this year:

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood...

“We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.” These are words from the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and they serve as an inspirational catalyst for Colson Whitehead’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Nickel Boys.”

The book, which followed Whitehead’s critically acclaimed “The Underground Railroad,” shadows the gut-wrenching tale of two Black boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), negotiating their hard-time served in a severe reform school, Nickel Academy, and attempting to claim, protect and nurture their own humanity in a world that isn’t always kind or welcoming to people of color, particularly Black men.

Now this tale is getting the Hollywood treatment with a screenplay adapted by director RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes. The film,...

How is the Republican Party not being held accountable for Mark Robinson, the party’s nominee for governor of North Carolina?

While there are plenty of Maga partisans in the modern GOP, Robinson stands apart from the rest. As we reported in Rolling Stone five months ago, Robinson’s conspiratorial, racist, homophobic, antisemitic, and frankly batshit statements aren’t merely extreme: They are uniquely shocking, offensive, vulgar, and prejudiced — even by Maga standards — and should be beyond the pale of political discourse.

And yet, I’m sure most Americans don’t even know his name.

Discussions are rampant about the new X-Men actors in the MCU. Fans have some suggestions about the cast of the mutant movie. For the role of Charles Xavier, a section of fans suggested a Black actor to play the role. This was partly based on the idea that Martin Luther King Jr. served as an inspiration to shape the character.

Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier in X-Men | Credits: 20th Century Fox

However, fans arguing for a comic-accurate Professor X presented their side and one particular argument appeared to rightly justify casting a White actor. Interestingly, the dynamic between a racially superior Charles Xavier and a Jewish Magneto will become important in the storyline of the film.

Why Does Charles Xavier Need To Be White In The X-Men Film? James McAvoy as Charles Xavier in X-Men: Apocalypse | Credits: 20th Century Fox

Patrick Stewart was cast as Charles Xavier in the 2000 film...

[This story includes spoilers from Lady in the Lake‘s seventh and final episode, “My Story.”]

For the first 100 days of filming Lady in the Lake, actress Moses Ingram was nowhere to be found. In fact, she was the last person booked for the Apple TV+ limited series starring Natalie Portman as a Jewish tradwife-turned-reporter searching for her next byline in 1960s Baltimore. But the thing is: Ingram’s riveting portrayal of a missing Black woman who is believed to have been found dead in the show’s titular body of water has become the prestige drama’s breakout story.

In Lady in the Lake, which premiered July 19, Ingram plays Cleo Johnson, the protagonist and narrator guiding audiences through the mysterious muck that leads to her death. For the last seven episodes, Ingram masterfully shapeshifts between two worlds in racially divided Baltimore. From twirling in petticoats and feathered gowns as a department store window model...

William Shatner became a legend for playing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the show Star Trek. The actor played the role in all three seasons of the original series and even returned for the seven films with the Og cast. He also made an appearance on Star Trek: Generations, which passed the torch to the spinoff show The Next Generation.

While the film received mixed responses, one aspect of the film tested so badly with the audience that Paramount reportedly decided to change the scene. The scene involved the death of Shatner’s Captain Kirk. The veteran actor still seemed to be disappointed with it, but did not want another do-over.

William Shatner Opened Up About Captain Kirk’s Death In Star Trek: Generations A still from Star Trek | Credits: Paramount

William Shatner’s Captain James T. Kirk has had many heroic moments in his career as...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus opened a panel featuring eight women Democratic governors Wednesday with a few quips about Donald Trump and Jd Vance, while saying she was among those filled with “new hope and joy” over the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket.

The event in downtown Chicago was for the Democratic Governors Association and the DGA’s Women Governors Fund and came at the event on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention.

“This is so cool,” Louis-Dreyfus said at the outset. “We are very honored to have eight highly intelligent, highly capable women leaders for the 21st century with us — or what Jd Vance might call a coven of semi menstruating witches.”

The panel included Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.

Louis-Dreyfus called the Harris-Walz campaign “contagious.

Dr. Katherine Pulaski, introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation’s second season, brought a unique perspective as the new Chief Medical Officer. Her no-nonsense demeanor and unconventional methods contrasted with her predecessor, Dr. Beverly Crusher’s approach. Despite her initial skepticism, Pulaski gradually warmed up to the crew.

Diana Muldaur in Star Trek: The Next Generation || credits: Paramount

While her time on Enterprise-d was brief, her impact on the series was significant, leaving a lasting impression on Reddit as well as fans worldwide.

The Star Trek: Tng Character Reddit Fans Still Remember

In Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s second season, the USS Enterprise welcomed a new doctor to its crew. The first season ended with the departure of two prominent female characters. Tasha Yar’s tragic death marked the end of Denise Crosby’s regular role, while Dr. Beverly Crusher’s reassignment to Starfleet Medical left a vacancy...

Martin Luther King’s impact on the political landscape of the United States of America and the world as a whole cannot be measured. Being influential in every way possible, his activism and political viewpoints shaped the country into what it is today, making a significant contribution to the betterment of the treatment of people of color. However, as history would have it, civil rights wasn’t the only way that he changed lives.

Martin Luther King I Credit: David Erickson I Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

It would seem that on his days off, he would be out in the world, inspiring actors into not quitting their jobs. The legendary actress, Nichelle Nichols had her life completely changed when King inspired her to not quit Star Trek: The Original Series.

Martin Luther King—The No. 1 Nichelle Nichols Fan?

Nichelle Nichols’s contribution to the big screen cannot be understated. The actress...

The sky above Chicago is bright and blue as Democrats gather this week to pitch their vision for America on live TV over the next four nights.

But no matter how high the hopes of the faithful, there are clouds hanging over this particular Democratic National Convention that have been there for more than 50 years. Ghosts from the last time the Democrats convened for a DNC in Chicago were evident Sunday as delegates and other attendees arrived in the Windy City.

The events in and around the 1968 DNC in Chicago have endured as a landmark moment of political chaos and social change for America. Inside the convention hall, Democrats struggled mightily to coalesce around a consensus nominee after the upheaval of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision not to run for reelection and the assassination of his most likely Democratic successor, Robert F. Kennedy. Those two events happened in the...

The anticipation builds as The Gates prepares to premiere on CBS in January 2025. We can’t wait! Created by the talented Michele Val Jean, who also serves as the show’s executive producer and head writer, this new soap opera promises to deliver drama, intrigue, and complex, soapy characters.

A Whole New Soap

With production ramping up, the casting team is looking for talented actors to bring these dynamic roles to life. (Here’s who we hope to see.) Soap Hub already reported on a few characters for the new soap, but now we know even more. According to TV Insider, the show is currently casting the following characters:

Who’s Who On The Gates

Patrick: A Black male in his late 60s to 70s, Patrick is described as gentle, humble, and wise. A veteran of the 1960s civil rights movement, he marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King. Later, he...

The Gates will be open before we know it! The new CBS soap opera is set to debut in January 2025. Currently, Michele Val Jean, the show’s creator, executive producer, and head writer, is hard at work putting the show together. TV Insider has learned that the show is looking to cast the following roles: “Patrick” is described as a Black male in his late 60s-70s. According to a casting description, Patrick is gentle, humble, and generous with his experience and knowledge. Patrick was in the thick of things during the 1960s civil rights movement. He marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King. He kept on marching into an illustrious career as a Senator. Now retired, Patrick is living his best life as he enjoys his golden years in his beautiful home with his wife Betty. However, he’s also hiding a dangerous family secret! “Elizabeth” is described as a...

Can you feel the love tonight? The audience at D23 certainly could as they were greeted to the world premiere trailer of Barry Jenkins’ upcoming “Lion King” prequel, “Mufasa: The Lion King.” Production on the film has been underway for years, but the wait is finally nearing an end as it’s set to be released in theaters December 20 of this year, just in time for Christmas.

Jenkins’ “Mufasa” uses the same photorealistic imagery present in Jon Favreau’s remake of “The Lion King” from 2019 and will also feature some of the same voice cast including Donald Glover, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, and John Kani. The narrative is said to be told from the perspective of Rafiki communicating the story of one of Pride Land’s great leaders to Simba and Nala’s child, Kiara, played by Beyoncé’s actual daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Other new cast members...

Donald Trump is making false claims in a bizarre new press conference.

The 78-year-old former President of the United States shocked viewers with a press conference on Thursday (August 8), during which he repeatedly lied and said that “nobody was killed” during the deadly January 6 insurrection led by his supporters at the Capitol in 2021.

“I think the people that if you look at Jan. 6, which a lot of people aren’t talking about very much, those people were treated very harshly when you compare them to other things that took place in this country where a lot of people were killed,” Trump said at Mar-a-Lago.

“Nobody was killed on Jan. 6. But I think the people of Jan. 6 were treated very unfairly.”

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This is false: as the New York Times points out, at least 7 people died in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including a Trump supporter,...

During his iconic career at CBS News, Dan Rather was on the ground in Dallas moments after President Kennedy is assassinated; covered the Civil Rights moment and the Vietnam War; and was the only anchor in China’s Tiananmen Square before the crackdown on protesters. He also famously was roughed up during the 1968 Democratic National Convention — which inspired Variety to ask Rather, still going strong at 92 (you can read his current “Steady” columns at steady.substack.com), to reflect on that tumultuous moment in U.S. politics and how it compares to what has happened in 2024.

One of the hallmarks of a good broadcast journalist is the ability to roll with the proverbial punches during live events. You have to be a good ad-libber and be able to pivot, ready for the unexpected. Suffice it to say that on March 31, 1968, I was not ready when President Lyndon Johnson delivered a shocker.

For years, Donald Trump has been obsessed with the size of campaign-rally crowds, viewing it as a prime indicator of his political dominance. He cared so much about it that he had his own White House shamelessly lie about his inauguration attendance, in order to make him feel better.

Now, in the final three months of an uncomfortably tight presidential contest, Trump is flipping out about crowd sizes — both publicly and behind closed doors — but not, primarily, his own. According to one Republican source who’s spoken to the former president in recent days,...

NBCUniversal expects to complete an 11-year rights deal that will bring the NBA to NBC and Peacock and that will transform the schedule of the broadcast network.

“Soon we will have an 11-year rights deal,” said Mike Cavanagh, president of NBCU parent Comcast, in remarks delivered during a conference call Tuesday with investors. He added: “We expect to be awarded the deal,” and noted that the company didn’t think that recent efforts by Warner Bros. Discovery to assert its right to match the terms of an agreement that is in place between the NBA and Amazon will have much of an impact on the current deal structure.

The new package, slated to go into effect for the 2025-’26 season, will include 100 NBA games during each regular season across NBC and Peacock. That, said Cavanagh, would comprise more games “than any other media partner and more regular season games than...

Mark Robinson wants to be North Carolina’s next governor, and his vision for the country is one of bloody ruthlessness.

“Some folks need killing!” Robinson declared in a lengthy sermon delivered on Sunday, which was first reported by The New Republic. “It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity! When you have wicked people doing wicked things, torturing and murdering and raping. It’s time to call out,...

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Now that we’re used to HBO Max shedding the best part of its name to become just Max, we can concentrate on what really matters: the movies. Max’s impressive library includes most films released by Warner Bros., along with HBO original movies, plus titles from...

While it was hard not to find an Eddie Murphy film in theaters during the ‘80s, ‘90s, and 2000s, the multi-faceted talent has been more reserved in taking on roles over the last decade. Though he’ll soon be gracing television screens as classic character Axel Foley in Netflix’s upcoming “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” he’s not sure how many more movies he has left in him, but there is one project he’s been waiting for the right moment to take on.

“This one thing I’ve been threatening to do for years called ‘Soul, Soul, Soul,’ Murphy said in a recent interview with The New York Times. “It’s like this fake documentary that I love.”

Murphy described it as “a ‘Zelig’ kind of thing,” referring to the 1983 Woody Allen mockumentary about a fake figure of the 1920s whose desire to fit in caused him to...

“Comedy is what takes us away from all the pain and all the hurt and all the turmoil that goes on in life. It takes us away from that, even if only for a brief second, a brief moment.” Maybe you wouldn’t expect this level of depth from a man who’s made a career of being silly. Something else you might not expect? Even 30 years into his comedy career, he was still possessed by a nervous energy before getting on the stage for his 2016 special. So much of what has made Martin Lawrence successful is his ability to channel that nervous energy into something great and, more importantly, something funny.

But what drives that energy? For Martin, it may be the very pain, hurt, and turmoil he’s trying to help us escape. Despite his success, Martin’s life has been marked by challenges, from a difficult childhood to high-profile controversies.

Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King in 1968, which led him to become active in the civil rights movement.

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