Cheryl “Salt” James in Lifetime’s
Salt-N-Pepa biopic.
Townson said no conversation was “off limits” with Salt in preparation to tell the trailblazing story of the pioneering rap group.
“We talked about the details that made the movie and we talked about details that didn’t make the movie. I think she felt it was important for me to get all of her to understand how to navigate through the scenes and know what choices to make,” she tells ABC Audio.
She said the two shared a “deep moment” on set after filming the breakup scene between Salt and the group’s “Push It” producer,
What to stream this weekend: Euphoria, Our Friend
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Our Friend and Lifetime explores the lives and careers of Salt-N-Pepa this weekend.
In addition, Netflix offers a new take on Nickelodeon s
Winx Club, Apple TV+ explores a dark side of filmmaking in
Losing Alice and glassblowers compete against each other in the second season of
Blown Away.
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Here s a rundown on some of the films and television shows set to be released this weekend.
Film The White Tiger Netflix
Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra and Rajkummar Rao star in this drama, which comes to Netflix on Friday. Ramin Bahrani directs the drama about India s class struggles, as seen through the eyes of a young man born into poverty.
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This image released by Netflix shows Adarsh Gourav as Balram in a scene from The White Tiger. (Tejinder Singh Khamkha/Netflix via AP)
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what has arrived on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
– Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and Lesley Manville are a formidable trio in “Let Him Go,” a slow-burn Western about a couple who travels from Montana to North Dakota in the mid-1960s in search of their 3-year-old grandson. Lane and Costner play the grandparents, who lost their own son in an accident and who try to accept their ex-daughter-in-law’s new husband. But things get tense when they realize this new family is not exactly made up of good people. Thomas Bezucha wrote and directed this adaptation of Larry Watson’s novel which film will finally be available to rent for streaming starting Tuesday.
Salt-N-Pepa : How to Watch the Lifetime Biopic Online
On 1/21/21 at 11:23 AM EST
From Straight A s to XXX,
Salt-N-Pepa, the band s central trio Salt, Pepa and Spinderella are played by
The Bobby DeBarge Story s Laila Odom and
The Next Step s Monique Paul respectively. The biopic will see the trio go from being nursing students to the band that brought us immortal party anthems like Push It, Let s Talk About Sex and Whatta Man.
How to watch
Salt-N-Pepa online
Salt-N-Pepa is set to air on Lifetime on Saturday, January 23 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT, with the special running across three hours. It will also be followed by Let s Talk About Salt-N-Pepa, which will see the real-life members of the band looking back over their career.
By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J.
Last month, the streaming service formerly known as Urban Movie Channel (UMC) announced that it would be rebranded as ALLBLK in early January. ALLBLK is now live and available across all streaming devices and platforms!
What is ALLBLK?
ALLBLK is an invitation to a world of streaming entertainment that’s inclusively, but unapologetically – Black. A streaming service (just like Netflix or Hulu), ALLBLK is a platform that provides an opportunity for Black creatives to showcase their work, and a home for Black people to stream where we are celebrated.
How Do You Watch ALLBLK?