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In a cast filled with fresh and familiar faces alike, Ricky Staub found an impressive balance between unprofessional actors, up-and-coming talents, and established veterans alike. When it comes to the famous (and non-famous) actors involved in this picture, there s a good chance that you recognize a few of these performers. If you re wondering where you ve seen the
Concrete Cowboy cast before, we can help. Here s what the ensemble behind this Netflix movie worked on prior to this streaming title.
Caleb McLaughlin (Cole)
As Cole, a troubled, directionless teenager who bonds with his distant father by working at his stable, Caleb McLaughlin is the protagonist in
Horse Riders, a City Street and a History Now Captured on Film
The coming-of-age drama “Concrete Cowboy” is set amid the stables of Philadelphia’s Fletcher Street, a hub for Black equestrians for decades.
Ivannah-Mercedes, left, and Erin Brown are among the local Philadelphia riders who worked on the film. Credit.Aaron Ricketts for The New York Times
On Fletcher Street one summer morning in 2019, Ricky Staub was asked to walk the plank.
For decades, Fletcher Street a slice of North Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood had been home to urban horse stables, and a hub for Black equestrians, and Staub had started spending time there after befriending a local rider.
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‘The Talk’ to Return Monday With ‘Discussion About Race and Healing’ in First Post-Sharon Osbourne Show
Guests Donald E. Grant and Anita Phillips will weigh in on how to have “difficult” conversations and “heal” after a painful eventJennifer Maas | April 9, 2021 @ 9:42 AM Last Updated: April 9, 2021 @ 10:19 AM
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“The Talk” returns with new episodes on Monday, the first to air since co-host Sharon Osbourne left the show last month, beginning with a “discussion about race and healing,” CBS said Friday.
The April 12 episode of the daytime talker, which counts Sheryl Underwood, Carrie Ann Inaba, Amanda Kloots and Elaine Welteroth among its remaining co-hosts, will feature guests Donald E. Grant, an expert on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, and nationally acclaimed trauma therapist and life coach Anita Phillips. Grant will be “offering advice on how to have these difficult conversations,” while Phillips “will sh
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April 7, 2021
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It feels like a tale as old as time: Wayward teenage son meets up with estranged father, one needing some straightening out, the other some serious humanizing. Can they connect?
But if that’s the familiar story at the heart of “Concrete Cowboy,” starring the appealing duo of Idris Elba and terrific newcomer Caleb McLaughlin, there’s much more here to contemplate. That’s because of the fascinating, very real-life world in which this predictable yet warm-hearted story takes place: the community of Black equestrians in North Philadelphia.
Wait, what? Urban cowboys in the streets of Philly? That’s exactly the reaction 15-year-old Cole (McLaughlin) has after being transported from Detroit and dumped in the streets by his desperate Mom, who hopes Dad will set him right. Harp (Elba) is over at the stables, Cole is told. He replies: “The WHAT?”