Film shows trailblazing Black female editor, VP candidate

LONDON -- The sea voyage that changed Peter Padfield’s life more than six decades ago started with an act of chance. In 1956, Padfield was third officer aboard a British cruise liner in Sri Lanka when he stumbled across a magazine in a ship wardrobe.A story inside introduced Padfield to a new sailing ship dubbed the Mayflower II, a replica of the square-rigged English merchant vessel that carried a group of dissatisfied Protestants across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620.

Regina King is now getting noticed for her work behind the camera.

Belushi— the documentary about late comedian John Belushi — will open56th iteration of the Chicago International Film Festival. The fest, which will take place Oct.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRegina King and the stars of her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami piped into the Venice Film Festival this afternoon to discuss the very timely picture that’s inspired by a real-life 1964 meeting of friends Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke.

Manori Ravindran International EditorRegina King has said the response to her feature directorial debut can either “open doors or close doors for more Black female directors,” throwing into sharp relief the double standards in place for creators of color.“Unfortunately, across the world, that’s how things seem to work. One woman gets a shot and if she does not succeed, it shuts thing down for years until someone else gets a shot,” said King, speaking from the U.S.

Coastal Elites to a sequel to Netflix's The Babysitter.Power Book II: Ghost: This highly anticipated sees Michael Rainey Jr. reprising the role of Tariq St.

WASHINGTON -- Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:ABC’s “This Week” — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.———NBC’s “Meet the Press” — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows; Rep.

Chris Willman Music WriterBettye LaVette is widely — and wisely — revered as one of our greatest living rhythm and blues singers, and maybe right there at the pinnacle. Her star as a knock-down, drag-out, leave-no-prisoners stylist has risen in the decade and a half since she made her return to prominence in her late 50s, 60s and now early 70s after decades of having seemed publicly MIA.

What do you get for the woman who has nearly everything? Blake Lively celebrated her 33rd birthday on Aug. 25, and got gifts ranging from gorgeous personalized jewelry to amazing baked goods and even a decorated egg McMuffin. But it was her husband Ryan Reynolds buff body that had her saying “Happy Birthday to me!” The stunning actress showed fans photos of her hunky 43-year-old husband carrying a birthday cake towards her and it was his bulging biceps that got Blake’s attention.

Hidden Figures. Her fellow team members wrote messages of congratulations as well. According to , Epps was originally slated to take part in a history-making mission in 2018, but she was removed for a substitute six months before it took place. She was asked if she thought or played a part in that decision and this was her reply: "There's no time to really be concerned about sexism and racism and things like that, because we have to perform.

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Miss Congeniality). But it's not just her outward appearance that shines, Bullock also has a huge heart.

Tonight, Senator Kamala Harris made history. The California Democrat just became the first woman of color, as well as the first person of South Asian descent, to be nominated for Vice President on a major US political party’s national ticket.

Practical Magic vibes for sure," another person wrote. If any of you naysayers are out here thinking, “No no no, the hair is all wrong,” here are two things to keep in mind: 1. She's not actually Sandra Bullock.

Lourdes Leon continues to be the coolest, embracing her natural body hair while celebrating her mom Madonna’s 62nd birthday.In an Instagram post the Queen of Pop shared on Tuesday, August 18, the 23-year-old is seen rocking some underarm hair as she poses and snaps a selfie with her mom. “Thankful for my Children on my Birthday and Every day,” the pop star wrote in the accompanying caption.