Forget the Super Bowl ads. Our fave TV spots last week were on C-SPAN, with Madame Vice President and Secretary Pete. Watching Kamala Harris gavel in that 51st vote in the Senate on Feb. 5 for the COVID-19 relief bill was absolutely awesome. Black Herstory made.
And watching President Biden swear in Pete Buttigieg, with husband Chasten at his side, brought a tear to our eye. We could really get used to this whole queer-and-trans-people-matter thing Biden and Harris are doing.
The Equalizer
We celebrate Queen Latifah every month of the year, not just during Black History Month. You can review her magnificence in Chicago on Hulu and Amazon Prime and watch her fabulous portrayal of Bessie Smith in lesbian filmmaker Dee Rees s brilliant Bessie on HBO Max.
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Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, who died Friday at 91, made his first appearances on the Broadway stage and in Hollywood movies in the 1950s, when he was still in his 20s. He left behind a wealth of unforgettable work in film, theater and television, including Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-winning performances.
Originally introduced to the public as a dignified leading man in the classical English mold of Laurence Olivier and James Mason, Plummer would go on to play a range of roles from adventure heroes to villainous creeps and would find some of his greatest success in supporting parts. In his later years especially, Plummer specialised in bringing a sense of depth and weight to characters who sometimes appeared on-screen for just a handful of scenes. He only needed a few minutes to leave a lasting impression.
35 Fresh Christopher Plummer Movies
Christopher Plummer, who rose to international fame as Captain Von Trapp in
The Sound of Music, began his screen career with an “and introducing” credit on Sidney Lumet’s 1958
Stage Struck. By 1965 he would be known everywhere as papa Trapp, but
Sound of Music was lighter fare for Plummer, a movie that punctuated a career building around military epics and classic-style adventures like
The Fall of the Roman Empire,
Battle of Britain,
The Silent Partner,
12 Monkeys were among his movie highlights until a career resurgence with 1999’s
The Insider, the Michael Mann big-tobacco expose with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe. This opened to a string of critical and commerical hits, including Best Picture-winner