Maria Leal

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The stories of women finding strength through their faith will take center stage on Lifetime. In a press release on Wednesday, June 18, the network announced Kat Graham, Chrissy Metz, Alexa PenaVega, and Paula Patton will headline the films. The four movies premiere on Saturday nights throughout July and August, with each telling a different story of resilience.

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Would you allow a stranger to live in your basement for an obscene amount of money? That’s the question at the center of The Man in My Basement starring Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe. In the first teaser trailer for the Andscape thriller, Dafoe’s character is a mysterious businessman named Anniston Bennet who shows up unannounced on Hawkins’ doorstep with a bizarre offer. “Mr. Charles Blakey, I have it in mind to rent your basement for a couple of months,” Dafoe says.

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Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and two other Hollywood veterans will receive honorary Oscars later this year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said its Board of Governors has voted to honor Allen, Cruise, Wynn Thomas, and Dolly Parton at the 16th annual Governors Awards. Allen, Cruise, and Thomas will receive honorary Oscars for their contributions to the film industry. Parton will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, also an Oscar statuette, for her philanthropic work.

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The Woman in the Yard is set to bring chills and mystery when it makes its streaming debut on Peacock. The horror film stars SAG and BAFTA nominated actress Danielle Deadwyler alongside Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, and Russell Hornsby. The Blumhouse and Universal Pictures release follows Ramona (Deadwyler), a wife and mother who survives a deadly car accident that kills her husband (Hornsby).

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Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a fashion designer who gained national attention on Project Runway, has been identified as the person killed at a “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 39. Ah Loo, known as “Afa,” was shot in the stomach on Saturday, June 14, and later died at a hospital, according to the Associated Press. Police said he was an “innocent bystander” when two men opened fire on a person allegedly pointing a rifle at demonstrators. One bullet struck Ah Loo.