All Eyes on the Protests

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. For months, the coronavirus and its effects have dominated just about every aspect of our lives. It hasnt disappeared, but now the world has turned upside down yet again. CNN on some nights has been the No. These numbers underscore how old-school linear TV remains vital even in the age of cord-cutting. All three days were among the ten biggest days ever in terms of usage in the platforms history....

June 5, 2020 · 3 min · 456 words · Phillip Brown

Bill Duke on the Making of His Essential ’90s ThrillerDeep Cover

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Bill Dukes 1992 filmDeep Coveris a time capsule, but it is also timeless. Complications, as they say, ensue. How did you come to directDeep Cover?Well, first of all,Deep Coverwas a book. It was written by a drug-enforcement agent, Michael Levine. He had been going after people in the neighborhood. Theresa 1991 profile of himwhere he says, There is no drug war....

June 5, 2020 · 8 min · 1525 words · Shawn Choi

California Governor Gavin Newsom Allows Film and TV Production to Resume June 12

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June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 17 words · Ronald Wilcox

CopsSeason Premiere,Live PDEpisodes Pulled in Light of Protests

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Paramount has taken down all material related toCopson its website and hasnt detailed further plans for the series. Related Tags:

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 35 words · Alexander Stevens

David Oyelowo Says the Academy PunishedSelmafor the Cast’s Eric Garner Protest

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Six years ago,Selmacoincided with Eric Garner being murdered, he said. That was the last time we were in a place of I Cant Breathe. I remember at the premiere ofSelmaus wearing I Cant Breathe T-shirts in protest. Members of the academy called in to the studio and our producers saying, How dare they do that?...

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 154 words · David Mays

GiveDrag RaceSeason 12 a Do-Over

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. How do you narrow it down to two? It seems fair to theorize that Sherry Pie was also damaging to the other contestants in her absence. The other problem with the season was no fault of the producers. Traditionally, the hottest drag queens on the market are those who are on a current season ofDrag Race....

June 5, 2020 · 2 min · 324 words · Sarah Meyer

Meek Mill Reports ‘Live From the Other Side’ of America in New Protest Song

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Reporting live from the other side / Same cornerwhere my brothers died, he raps. Livin like we aint got care / Told my mama I aint dying here. Smerconish replies, Uh, yeah, I probably would, and the song ends. Related Tags:

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 56 words · Jennifer Robinson

Priyanka Mattoo’s Career Advice Is a Bright Light in Dark Times

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I was like … Oh. you might find Priyanka onInstagramat @primattoo and onTwitterat @naanking. More From This Series Tags:

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 34 words · Bryan Moore

Second City CEO Andrew Alexander Resigns Following Accusations of Institutional Racism

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. As an administrator, I have not always had good instincts. While diversifying the theater artistically, I failed to create an anti-racist environment wherein artists of color might thrive. I am so deeply and inexpressibly sorry. No matter what happens from here, that will be the truth. I am sorry for my many failures as the steward of an important cultural institution....

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 88 words · Steven Knight

ShirleyIs a Woozy Portrait of an Underappreciated Writer

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Even The Lottery wounds you once, and once only. And still something eddies in the recurring anxiety about her merit (Is LOA about to jump the shark? Malcolm Jones wrote inNewsweekabout the Library of America releasing a volume of Jacksons work). The camera holds on Mosss remarkable face as Shirley braces as though undergoing an unanesthetized surgery....

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 108 words · Andrew Wu

Summertime Sadness

Haim returns with an album begging you to sob on the dance floor with it. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. PTA was like, We should shoot something for this like tomorrow, Alana recalls. We were like, Tomorrow? The women werent thinking about releasing an album or putting out singles. Theyd just wanted Anderson to hear a song they liked. It was the fastest theyd ever worked on one song....

June 5, 2020 · 3 min · 569 words · James Norton

SVUShowrunner Says Cop Shows Are ‘Miscontributing’ to Society

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Individually am I miscontributing to society? Collectively, are we? I think people wish it were more like [it is onSVU]. I think I wish it were more like this. More From This Series Tags:

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 49 words · Dr. Patricia Zuniga

TheDating AroundSeason Two Trailer Is Here

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Netflixs reality showDating Aroundis backfor season two over a year after the internet first fell for it. Its super-small-scaleThe Bachelor, minus the infighting. Last season, fan favorite Gurki Basra walked away single and everyoneloved her even more for it. Related Tags:

June 5, 2020 · 1 min · 56 words · Glenn Stewart