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100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News On 4/11/21 at 8:00 AM EDT Like most movie genres, science fiction goes back almost as far as the medium itself, all the way to 1902 to be exact. That was when Georges Méliès an innovative genius of many talents unleashed his 14-minute masterwork: Le voyage dans la lune, better known to American audiences as A Trip to the Moon. Inspired by the written works of Jules Verne, among other things, and laced with satirical jabs toward the scientific community, the surrealist short follows a group of astronomers as they embark on a trip to the moon. While not scientifically accurate by any means the astronomers do travel by way of cannon shot, after all the film did kick off a cinematic trend of depicting hypothetical ideas in anticipation of future realities. ....
Vanessa Williams knows how to play a diva. Before she starred as the formidable Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty, the award-winning singer and actress brought international pop sensation Ebony Scrooge to life in the made-for-TV movie, A Divaâs Christmas Carol. Based on the Charles Dickens holiday classic, A Divaâs Christmas Carol debuted on VH1 in December of 2000. But Williams wasnât the networkâs first choice. According to the star, producers had originally wanted to cast Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston as the lead. The movieâs writer and director, Richard Schenkman, however, had someone else in mind. ....
George Floyd deserves a different kind of justice Protesters march down a street in Minneapolis as they protest and demand justice for George Floyd during the first day of the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin over the killing of George Floyd after the jury was selected in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on March 29, 2021. Photo: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Derek Chauvin trial will be one of the most consequential trials of our lifetime. The ex-police officer who casually drained George Floyd of his life while pressing his knee into his neck as (some of) the world watched in horror is a tragic sign of the times we live in. It was the ease in Chauvinâs face and the smug look of domination and cruelty that recalled the haunting truth about White Americaâs love affair with abusing Black people and publicly torturing Black bodies. ⦠....
Vanessa Williams knows how to play a diva. Before she starred as the formidable Wilhelmina Slater in Ugly Betty, the award-winning singer and actress brought international pop sensation Ebony Scrooge to life in the made-for-TV movie, A Divaâs Christmas Carol. Based on the Charles Dickens holiday classic, A Divaâs Christmas Carol debuted on VH1 in December of 2000. But Williams wasnât the networkâs first choice. According to the star, producers had originally wanted to cast Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston as the lead. The movieâs writer and director, Richard Schenkman, however, had someone else in mind. ....
George Floyd deserves a different kind of justice Protesters march down a street in Minneapolis as they protest and demand justice for George Floyd during the first day of the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin over the killing of George Floyd after the jury was selected in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on March 29, 2021. Photo: Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Derek Chauvin trial will be one of the most consequential trials of our lifetime. The ex-police officer who casually drained George Floyd of his life while pressing his knee into his neck as (some of) the world watched in horror is a tragic sign of the times we live in. It was the ease in Chauvinâs face and the smug look of domination and cruelty that recalled the haunting truth about White Americaâs love affair with abusing Black people and publicly torturing Black bodies. ⦠....