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1 month ago | 
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com | Will Packer |Tim Robey |Emily Nussbaum |Tobias Becker
Between the suspenseful thrills of winner reveals during The Oscars, entertain your watch party with some thought-provoking discourse about Hollywood. Check out these six books so that you can light up the room with conversation as brightly as the stars shine onscreen. Book of the Day offers star-studded performances from some of the leading lights in nonfiction. To receive new posts and support smart content, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
fandango.com | Will Packer |Shawn Levy |Jonathan Lynn |Robert Townsend
Beyonce is a musical megastar, of course, but she’s also appeared in over a dozen movies. RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCE promises to marry these two sides of her artistry in a bold new way. While we anticipate the movie’s December 1 release, let’s take a look at her cinematic output, ranked by Rotten Tomatoes’ Tomatometer.
12. Obsessed (2009)
Synopsis: Things couldn't be better for Derek Charles (Idris Elba).
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer |Shanique Yates
There is something so refreshing about feeling like you’re not alone when facing anxiety. The first film from Hulu’s Huluween line-up, Appendage, follows the life of a young fashion designer, Hannah (Hadley Robinson), who may appear fine on the surface but suffers from anxieties that begin to outwardly consume her. The film also stars Brandon Mychal Smith, Kausar Mohammad and Emily Hampshire.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer
Although nothing is official yet, director Tate Taylor revealed during an interview about his new movie Breaking News in Yuba County that he and long time friend/collaborator, Octavia Spencer have thought about a continuation of the popular movie, Ma.“I don’t think we thought Ma was going to have this afterlife as this cult thing, and I think it’s worth discussing [a sequel]. I know Octavia would do it, that’s why I purposely left her death ambiguous,” said Taylor to Entertainment Weekly.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer |Jahaura Michelle
A Texas woman recently went viral after sharing her harrowing experience of accidentally driving to Mexico while trying to find a Home Depot. According to the Daily Dot, Trinity Jackson (@thetrinityjackson) posted a video to her TikTok account explaining that she went to El Paso for two weeks to spend time with her mother after sharing that she needed to get away from Houston, where Jackson currently lives.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer
When inflation from the pandemic hit and threatened one North Carolina woman’s brick-and-mortar store, she didn’t panic. Instead, she adapted and gave her business a much-needed makeover. According to WFAE 90.7, Sonyah Spencer once owned The Urban Reader Bookstore until it became a financial burden; she paid $6,000 monthly to rent the space. “I was going red every month,” she said.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer
Chicago Med is back!The high-octane drama will return for its seventh season to cover more chaos of the day-to-day life of the doctors, nurses, and staff who work to hold it all together at the city’s newest state-of-the-art trauma center. Ahead of the return of the show, S&A spoke with series star S. Epatha Merkerson. The veteran actress, who portrays Gaffney Chicago Medical Center head, Sharon Goodwin. Despite a lack of funding, Goodwin manages to hold down the bottom line at the hospital.
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Oct 14, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer
Would you expect a Wolverine film directed by Lee Daniels? This is what fans could have gotten if Hugh Jackman had his way. According to Collider, Daniels revealed that Jackman approached him about directing a Wolverine film. He said that after the success of Precious, Jackman was one of the actors who called him about their projects. “[H]e sent me into the studio to Fox…And I had never done a studio film before and it was a disaster[,]” he said to Collider.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer |Christopher Rhodes
California has officially enacted a new law to create an “Ebony Alert” system for the state. The new system will disseminate alerts and mobilize resources to find missing Black women and youth. While the new law is designed to help overcome racial disparities in the search for vulnerable Black individuals, critics have already mocked the law as unnecessary or accused it of being reverse racism. As Blavity previously reported, California State Sen.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
blavity.com | Will Packer |Jordan Simon
ABC has decided to pull the cord on Home Economics. After three seasons, Deadline reports ABC has given the ax to the comedywhile the new drama High Potential has been officially moved to fall 2024. Created by Michael Colton and John Aboud, Home Economics premiered in 2021 and starred Topher Grace, Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza and Sasheer Zamata. The series, which was inspired by Colton’s real-life experiences, chronicled the lives and dynamics of three siblings.
