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The inclusion of Daniel Kaluuya in this week s Bafta nominations will come as no surprise to anyone who sees his electrifying performance in Judas And The Black Messiah. What does seem slightly odd is the category: Best Supporting Actor. It s a bit like calling Mick Jagger or Cristiano Ronaldo a support act.
Kaluuya plays Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, who was murdered by the Chicago police in 1969. It s a true story, so I don t think that counts as a spoiler. Besides, the film s title itself rather gives away the ending.
It starts with Bill O Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) recalling, in a 1989 television interview, events of two decades earlier. O Neal was a car thief who, with a fake FBI badge and a lot of brass neck, would confiscate people s car keys and scarper.
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The West Wing boasted a star-studded cast that has stood the test of time, with series regulars including Martin Sheen, Allison Janney and Robe Lowe. But many of the young actors who guest starred on the political drama, which aired for seven seasons from 1999-2005, went on to have phenomenal careers of their own, such as Elisabeth Moss, who played the youngest of President Jed Bartletâs three daughters, and Amy Adams, who helped the White House staffers after they were stranded at a farm in Indiana. With more than 150 episodes,
The West Wingâs sets were graced by hundreds of actors, so itâs to be expected you might have forgotten that these future stars were among them.
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Most of what I know about the 25th Amendment to the Constitution I learned from “The West Wing.”
For those not as obsessed with the greatest television series ever made as I am, here’s a primer: Zoe, the daughter of our beloved President Jed Bartlet, has been kidnapped. The president quickly realizes he cannot possibly handle the crisis motivated only by the country’s best interest. And so he asks his cabinet to unanimously back him in voluntarily stepping aside handing the most powerful post in the free world over to his political nemesis.