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As ‘The Rookie’ Reaches Its 100th Episode, Nathan Fillion Mulls Over the Show’s Hard-Won Success
The Rookie has graduated from primetime newbie to veteran TV show as it reaches its 100th episode, a milestone star and executive producer Nathan Fillion says tells you, “Whatever you’re doing, you’re doing something right.” Since debuting in 2018, the ABC police procedural has sustained faithful viewership amid both internal and industrywide obstacles, including the […]
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Wendy Williams Guardianship Explained by Experts in Wake of Lifetime Doc
In the first episode of the four-part documentary, Where is Wendy Williams?, which aired on Lifetime Feb. 24 and 25, the former daytime talk show host makes a haunting observation about the state of her financial affairs. “I have no money and I’m going to tell you something,” Wendy Williams states to the cameras, “if […]
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Why an Oscar Nomination Was On Sterling K. Brown’s Vision Board
An Academy Award nomination wasn’t on Sterling K. Brown’s bingo card for 2024. In fact, when he heard the news, albeit a bit delayed, on Jan. 23, his response, he tells THR, was, “Well, I’ll be damned.” Winning an Oscar, however, was always a dream of the actor’s and part of a long-term goal of […]
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Digital Creators Relish in Not Being “the Only One in the Room” at TikTok Visionary Voices Black Hollywood Brunch
Hotel Bel-Air was bustling with some of the internet’s favorite content creators at the second annual TikTok Visionary Voices Black Hollywood Brunch in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. The event marked the celebration of the social media platform’s 2024 Visionary Voices List, honoring 15 Black creators, small business owners and disruptors across industries. “I’m used […]
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‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’ Doc Explains TV Host’s Guardianship as Family Questions Her Care
The final episode of the four-part Lifetime documentary Where Is Wendy Williams? introduces a new character by way of former daytime talk show host Wendy Williams’ sister, Wanda, who, though initially hesitant, agreed to be a part of the film one year after production began. “It has been a long journey in terms of the […]
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‘Where is Wendy Williams?’ Doc Explores TV Host’s Finances, Fractured Family Relationships and Alcohol Abuse
It doesn’t take long for viewers of Where is Wendy Williams? to see that the former radio and TV show host is currently in a fragile state. The four-part Lifetime documentary, which airs Feb. 24 and 25, begins in 2022 with Wendy Williams appearing to be back to her old self as she talks about […]
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Giannis Antetokounmpo on Overcoming Hate and Fears About Releasing New Documentary
Like with every decision Giannis Antetokounmpo has made concerning his career, when the Milwaukee Bucks power forward was approached about doing a documentary on his life, he first consulted his family. “My mom, Alex and my other brothers, we talked about it. And they said, ‘This is what the real play is, this might be […]
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Jeffrey Wright Jokes He Will Never Again Mock Critics While Honored at African American Film Critics Awards
On Wednesday night, the African American Film Critics Association honored the top actors, directors and films of the year at the 15th annual AAFCA Awards, in a Los Angeles ceremony hosted by Roy Wood Jr. One of night’s top honors — which were announced in advance — went to American Fiction star Jeffrey Wright, who […]
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‘Feud’ Bosses Explain Mid-Season Bottle Episode With James Baldwin and Truman Capote
[This story contains spoilers from episode five of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, “The Secret Inner Lives of Swans.”] In a move that likely would’ve been met with disapproval by Truman Capote’s once-beloved “swans,” the wealthy socialite foes of the In Cold Blood author are decentralized in episode five of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans […]
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Tells a True American Immigrant Tale in ‘The Marvelous Journey’ Trailer
“I don’t play basketball for the money, the fame; I only play because I wanted to change my family’s life,” Giannis Antetokounmpo says in the trailer for his upcoming documentary, Giannis: The Marvelous Journey, released by Prime Video on Wednesday. The feature-length doc, set for release on Feb. 19, details Giannis’s family’s story beginning with […]
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‘The Greatest Night in Pop’: 10 Revelations About the Mega-Stars Who Created “We Are the World”
When Quincy Jones posted a sign above the entrance to AM Studios in Los Angeles that read “Check Your Ego at the Door,” the night the producer and a group of 40 or so of the biggest singers of the ‘80s recorded the charity anthem “We are the World.” It wasn’t exactly foolproof. “The egos […]
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Ugandan Political Leader and Subject of ‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Reflects on the Impact of Oscar-Nominated Documentary
Bobi Wine, the 41-year-old musician and leader of the Ugandan National Unity Platform, can’t recall how many times he’s been arrested since he first became the voice and then the face of the movement to remove President Yoweri Museveni from office in his home country. Yet as the film documenting his plight, Bobi Wine: The […]
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