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Ryan Murphy is set to direct Netflix s upcoming musical feature film The Prom , which is loosely based on an incident that occurred in 2010 to high school student Constance McMillen. The young woman who was a student at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom and also wear a tuxedo but things didn t go as smoothly for her as it would have gone for her peers.
According to reports, McMillen s school said that same-sex couples and girls wearing tuxedos were a violation of their school policy and the school board ended up banning McMillen from her prom. Being the brave person that she is, McMillen spoke up about the injustice only for the school to cancel the prom entirely. The Sun reported that McMillen was shunned by her classmates with some even sporting T-shirts that read, Thanks, Constance, for ruining prom . While her peers thought it was funny to have a party without her, they were on th
Some prime viewing this weekend.
The weather outside is frightful…but Netflix is so delightful, and there’s plenty of new options you can sink your teeth into this weekend.
Here’s what you can expect.
Angela’s Christmas Wish
Angela’s Christmas Wish is a heart-warming tale of a determined little girl who sets out to reunite her family in time for Christmas. Based on characters from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, it is a tender and funny story about the importance of family and togetherness. Written and directed by Brown Bag Films’ Damien O’Connor, the new special revisits seven-year-old Angela and her family and takes us on a brand-new holiday adventure.
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The Prom with Jo Ellen Pellman: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Keegan-Michael Key and late-night talk host James Corden.
Jo Ellen Pellman attended Walnut Hills High School and the University of Michigan.
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The 2014 Walnut Hills High School graduate plays Emma, an Indiana high school senior who was banned from taking her girlfriend to the prom, in the Netflix version of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical.
The Prom will be released today.
Streep, Kidman, Corden and Andrew Rannells play self-obsessed Broadway stars who try to repair their careers by invading a tiny conservative Indiana town to support Emma.