Celebrity deaths in 2020: Beloved stars lost this year from Sean Connery to Caroline Flack
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2020 saw a staggering loss across the world due to the global pandemic.
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This week, following its limited theatrical release, Netflix unveils their latest awards contender,
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. Produced by Denzel Washington and starring Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in his final film appearance, this streaming-friendly adaptation of the acclaimed stage production received voluminous praise from early reviews, particularly for its two central performances â though it should be noted that this prestigious cast list is filled with standout talents, both established and up-and-coming, and the entire ensemble deserves to be recognized.
If you re wondering why
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom s cast looks so familiar, we re here to help. This is where you ve seen the actors behind Netflix s latest Oscar contender.
the tv series veronica mars can started a kickstarter to shore up funds for a movie. asking fans to pay not for an independent film but a studio movie distributed by warner bros. fans stepped in with nearly $6 million. the film meeting its $2 million goal in less than 11 hours. movie wrapped production this week. actor and director, zach, soon swro joined in asking nonfamous people for money for a sequel to his cult hit garden state and raised a little over $3 million. that brings us back to spike lee. lee pitched his fans in the promise of spike lee joint but didn t offer too many details on what the film would be about. he did, however, remind fans of scores of other films he s made and had distributed. in lee s defense, slate points out, he has a long struggle of getting funding for his projects. last year s red hook summer was self-financed and shot in 19 days. it s something spike lee
contributor who outed the author. let s go back to may of 2011 when he wrote an article stressing the importance of protecting the identities of s.e.a.l. team six members. in the same article, he slammed the obama administration for leaking operation details to the press. now, he and fox news have blown the whistle on one of the leaders of s.e.a.l. team six because mark owen s book highlights one of the obama administration s signature achievements? here s fox news response to criticism over the leak. once you write a book, anonymously or not, you have no reasonable expectation of privacy. really? that s about the most un-american response i think you could ever get considering the accomplishment on s.e.a.l. team six and what it meant to the world and fighting the war on terror which that network loves to promote all the time. coming up, director spike lee has a new movie out.
senator sherrod brown responds next. al qaeda linked websites are threatening an ex-navy s.e.a.l. turned author after fox news leaks his name. we ll have a full report. and the great director spike lee is out with his new movie red hook summer. i remember tonight, he joins me to talk about mitt romney s african-american supporters. the funny thing for me is when they have these rallies, with my man mitt, and they have these one or two black people behind him who are placed perfect perfectly. who are those people? i think, what corner did they grab them from? endless shrimp at red lobster. with a wide variety, you can mix and match all day. scampi, grilled, the fried there s nothing better. [ male announcer ] at last, red lobster s endless shrimp is back, but only for a limited time, for just $14.99. try as much as you like, any way you like,