Katori Hall Discusses the Music of ‘P-Valley’ and Finding Female Emcees

Brandon Choe Photo EditorHulu’s No Man’s Land tells the story of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search for his estranged, presumed-to-be-dead sister. While unraveling the mystery, piece by piece, Antoine ends up joining forces with ISIS’ biggest nightmare – a unit of Kurdish female fighters – and travels with them in ISIS occupied territory.

Hale has become one of Greater Manchester’s top ten coronavirus case ‘hotspots’.Trafford had 85 new cases of COVID-19 last week – with eight new cases declared in Hale between July 20 and 26.It means the ward was one of the top 10 for new coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester during that period.In an interview on BBC Radio 5Live, council leader Coun Andrew Western announced the ward had an infection rate of around 95 per 100,000 people.According to data from Public Health England, when areas

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After unveiling its lineup for the sixth edition of the Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), the Bentonville Film Foundation has set panels, events and jury for the hybrid virtual/in-person event. The fest will take place August 10-16.The panels for this year’s fest include “If She Can See It, She Can Be It” with Geena Davis, Oge Egbuonu (director, (In)visible Portraits) and Katori Hall (P-Valley creator).

Hale. One man was threatened with a socket wrench on Hale Road, as two men demanded he hand over his wrist wear, on July 26.His Audemars Piguet rose gold skeleton watch was valued at around £98,000.The offenders then fled the scene in a vehicle, thought to be a Black Audi A3, possibly an S Line model.Police say they are treating another three expensive watch robbers in the area as linked.

“We are determined to find these offenders and recover his property. “We’d urge anyone who recognises the description of those involved, was in the area at the time or has any information to contact police immediately.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPeter Green, who cofounded Fleetwood Mac and led it through its early, blues-based years, has died at age 73, his solicitors have confirmed.The statement from Swan Turton solicitors said: “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days”.Guitarist Green formed Fleetwood Mac with drummer Mick Fleetwood in London in 1967.

the problem on Moss Lane in Hale, which bosses say has been caused by a leaking water pipe. But now - a week after a crack in the pavement first appeared - traders say the problem is worse than ever.“Our wall is moving and moving,” says Ian Tootill.“Over the last two days it has just been getting worse.“Just today a big crack appeared on my gable wall.

Desde que Alan Daniel Alcántar Velázquez y Leonardo Daniel Vela Soria contrajeron matrimonio, tres años y seis meses atrás, supieron que querían crecer, no solo como pareja, sino también como familia. Deseaban darle la oportunidad a un niño de vivir fuera de una casa hogar y anhelaban darse ellos mismos la oportunidad de probarse como padres. 

coronavirus.As a result of the insolvencies, the 600 capacity venue The Welly and the 200-capacity venue The Polar Bear, which VMS took on in 2018, as well as Hull Box Office are closing down.IQ reports that the remaining four VMS Live companies, which operate/book venues including Eventim Olympia Liverpool (1,960-capacity), Asylum in Hull (1,100-capacity) and the William Aston Hall in Wrexham (1,200 capacity), will continue to operate as before.In a statement, VMS CEO Bert van Horck said: “I am

A total of 150 people attended an illegal rave in Smithills last week before police turned up to disperse the crowd and seize their sound system.The illegal gathering took place in the woods behind Smithills Hall in a spot that was “difficult to get to”, according to a local councillor.Coun Roger Hayes said litter pickers who came to clear the site at the weekend found many metal cylinders spread around the land behind the historic hall.Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham revealed that

Wigan Athletic recorded an amazing 8-0 win tonight as they sent out a huge statement in their bid to stay in the Championship.The Latics, who went into administration earlier this month, recorded their record league win and equalled the record Championship win as they thrashed fellow relegation threatened Hull City at the DW Stadium.It was raining goals from the moment Kal Naismith gave them the lead after just two minutes.

are dishing on first-day jitters in the operating room, prepping for working with medical equipment and being pregnant on set. In a unique crossover event, actors Chandra Wilson (Dr.

Public media station WETA Washington, D.C. and the National Alliance on Mental Illness are teaming to host a one-hour virtual town hall to launch Well Beings, a public media campaign to address the health needs of Americans with a focus on the Youth Mental Health Project.

hasn’t even premiered yet, and the STARZ series is already being called and The premise: an in-depth look into the lives of the dancers at The Pynk, a strip club set in Mississippi’s “Dirty Delta.” But in the hands of award-winning playwright Katori Hall (The Mountaintop, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), P-Valley isn't focused on the dancing or the men who frequent these clubs—it's about how the women found , and the freedom it offers them. Based on Hall’s critically acclaimed play Pussy Valley,

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterKatori Hall hired all women to direct her strip club dramedy “P-Valley” for Starz because she wanted to ensure the series showcased its stripper characters through an empathetic lens.Although the playwright-turned-series creator and showrunner tells Variety she “did try to hire men,” during interviews she asked, “What is your definition of the female gaze? And I would say 10 times out of 10, the men did not have an answer to that question.”“And so, knowing that was

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticLast year’s film “Hustlers” depicted the strip club as the staging-ground for the revolution, with its arch-capitalist dancers redistributing the wealth of their New York financier clients.

strip club in ‘The Sopranos’.  Oftentimes you had Tony sitting in the front, and women are in the back. All you see is their body or their legs and you don’t even see their faces.“So, because we are always entering our story from the perspective of the women, we really were walking in a woman’s high-heeled platform shoes though this world.”“P-Valley” is an ensemble drama set at Pynk, a strip club in the fictional town of Chucalissa, Miss.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn 2009, award-winning playwright Katori Hall started research for her play Pussy Valley, which put a spotlight on the world of stripping. She stepped into the heels of these women, took pole dancing classes and even spent her 30th birthday in the locker room of the New York strip club Sin City Bronx.