Breaking Baz: The Obamas, George C. Wolfe & ‘Candyman’ Star Colman Domingo Ensure Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin’s Rightful Place In History

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Cord Jefferson has, in recent years, made two life-changing decisions.

, Molly Baz, which is appropriate given that her newest cookbook——comes out this fall (October 10 from Clarkson Potter). In the follow up to , Baz challenges the reader to let loose in the kitchen.

Olly Rix, who plays the character Matthew Aylward, has reportedly been axed from Call the Midwife, with his character set to be written out of upcoming storylines. Actor Olly, 36, is said to have been told of his character's abrupt departure just last week, with filming having already got underway. His co-stars are said to have been left "stunned and upset" at the exit, with the show's thirteenth series, which aired earlier this year, seeing Matthew tie the knot with midwife Trixie Franklin (Helen George).

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Flynn spent several days studying Anthony Hopkins’ every gesture on the set of the film One Life, in which both portray the same man, Sir Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, a London stockbroker responsible for helping 669 children flee to safety from the Nazis in World War II.

Colman Domingo shows off his award following the TIFF Tribute Gala during the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: House of the Dragon star Emma D’Arcy has produced their first short film with production partner Ellen Spence (The Essex Serpent) at new shingle Second Name Productions.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Nichols spent two decades considering how to approach what would become his new film The Bikeriders because he did not want to glamorize motorcycle culture.

Luis Miguel Tour, led by the Latin artist with the highest box office earnings in history, has not only been an enormous success but has also sparked a flurry of rumors in a remarkably short time. In just one month since he kicked off the tour, various false rumors have circulated, ranging from claims about doubles — a theory that doesn’t hold, given his unmistakable voice—to reports of an alleged emergency hospitalization that never actually occurred.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic It’s not easy to upstage Martin Luther King Jr., but that’s exactly what leading man Colman Domingo does in “Rustin,” a movie named for the civil rights pioneer who gave King the platform to speak his most famous four words: “I have a dream.” That day, Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the man standing just over King’s right shoulder — quite literally, his right-hand man — was one Bayard Rustin.

TELLURIDE – Every year, almost without fail, there is an American hero, somehow lost to history, who finally gets their moment on the big screen. This year’s honoree is Bayard Rustin, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement who was a primary organizer for the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

EXCLUSIVE: Emerald Fennell likened making Saltburn, her dangerously dark comedy of class and lack of manners, “to taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”

Colman Domingo blows through the title role like a force of nature in Rustin, an exhilarating biographical drama about the highly significant but not widely known civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, whose career and reputation in the 1960s were minimized, at least in part, by his hardly disguised homosexuality.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor If the summer belonged to Cillian Murphy from “Oppenheimer,” then the upcoming fall season will belong to Colman Domingo in “Rustin.” The Emmy-winning actor of HBO’s “Euphoria” throws down the gauntlet with his portrayal of the gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in George C. Wolfe’s biopic, which just premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, where Barack Obama pre-recorded a message for attendees. “This past week marked the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and that March would not have happened without Bayard Rustin,” Obama said in his message.

Austin Sipes, student symposium coordinator for the Telluride Film Festival, checked in this year’s class that had traveled far and wide to participate in what he termed as a “life-changing” immersion into the intricacies of filmmaking.

Coco Gauff was irritable after her first-round match against Laura Siegemund at the US Open. During the star-studded event, the 19-year-old tennis player claimed her 35-year-old opponent played too “slow.” The situation made Coco, the umpire, and the crowd annoyed.Siegemund frequently exceeded the serve clock during the match and argued with the umpire. This resulted in adverse reactions from the audience.

EXCLUSIVE: The Telluride Film Festival, held in an old mining town high up in a picturesque alpine valley in the Rockies, marks its 50th anniversary this week, and Oscar-winning Moonlight filmmaker Barry Jenkins undoubtedly is one of its favorite sons.

Thousands of activists and spectators attended the 60th Anniversary March on Washington on Saturday, Aug. 26. Advocates and leaders from labor unions, faith communities, political groups, and community organizations traveled to the Lincoln Memorial at the historic site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech to call for a continuation in the fight for racial justice and equality.

Michelle Obama took to Instagram to commemorate a pivotal moment in history and emphasize the importance of upholding the legacy of those who fought for civil rights and equality. On the sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Mrs. Obama’s message resonates as a poignant reminder of the strides made in the struggle for justice and the responsibility to carry that progress forward.In her Instagram post, Michelle Obama reflected on the historic gathering at the Lincoln Memorial, where an estimated 250,000 individuals from diverse racial and social backgrounds assembled to advocate for civil rights.

Sixty years to the day after what Colman Domingo’s Bayard Rustin calls “an epic demonstration in our nation’s capital,” Netflix has dropped the new teaser for Rustin, the biopic about the activist and organizer behind the historic 1963 March on Washington.

. Directed by Tony and DGA Award winner George C. Wolfe, the Netflix film stars Emmy winner Colman Domingo as the queer Civil Rights activist who served as one of the main architects behind the August 1963 March on Washington.