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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVYou can’t catch an episode of Kenya Barris’ comedies without hearing, “Ssh, daddy’s working” at the end, in the form of his Khalabo Ink Society production company that closes the show. Despite this common refrain, though, Barris says he doesn’t want complete quiet while working.“I actually like the white noise.
Cannes CloserOSS 117: From Africa With Love, the latest entry in the spy series starring Jean Dujardin, will bring the curtain down at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film will be shown in the ‘Final Screening’ slot on July 17th in the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Awards Ceremony.
Jeremy Helligar Lena Waithe is on a mission to return Black music to its glory days.
Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson are preparing themselves for the end of .ABC renewed the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated sitcom for an eighth and final season on May 14, an announcement that creator and executive producer Kenya Barris called «both exciting and bittersweet.» For Ross and Anderson, that sums it up perfectly. «It'll be hard,» Ross told ET at the Rose Bowl during their drive-in style screening and panel of.
#blackAF will not be returning to Netflix for season two – at least not as a series.
Kenya Barris’ single-camera comedy series #blackAF will not be returning for a second season at Netflix. The renewal decision, announced a year ago today, has been reversed. Barris is in early conversations with the streamer to potentially turn #blackAF into a comedy movie franchise in the mold ofNational Lampoon’s Vacation, sources confirmed to Deadline.
interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
beloved pets stranded in Kenya due to Government red tape are celebrating a U-turn.The futures of fifteen dogs and cats belonging to service personnel returning from a two-year tour at the British Army Training Unit in Nanyuki were in limbo this week after fraught negotiations with pet travel officials in the UK sparked fears they could be left behind or stuck in quarantine for months on end.Frantic owners told the Record how Army and RAF officials had made arrangements to allow the pets to
Prince William finally asked Kate Middleton that all important question during a romantic getaway to Kenya after some typical relationship ups and downs. While on a trip to Africa in 2010, William got down on one knee to propose to Kate and revealed their news three weeks later.Both of their families, and indeed the rest of the world, were delighted for the happy couple - with many fearing a wedding would never become a reality.
Disney EMEA Animation Studio this morning unveiled a group of new and returning animated kids projects out of Europe and Africa. Among the new titles is Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, a 10-part sci-fi anthology executive produced by Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey.
Ben Croll Following the launch of startups in Kenya and South Africa in 2015, and the victory of Nigerian filmmaker Joel Kachi Benson’s “Daughters of Chibok” at Venice’s VR competition in 2019, industry eyes have looked to the African XR ecosystem with ever-growing interest.Some of that interest, however, has been a little short-sighted, so speakers at a NewImages panel about the growing African ecosystem made sure to set the record straight.“Over the years, there’s been a refocus on the
Kenya Barris is one of the most in-demand creators and screenwriters working in comedy today. Not only is he the man behind “Black-ish,” the popular sitcom that has run for seven seasons, but Barris wrote “Coming 2 America” and the upcoming remake of “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Now, he’s set to make his directorial debut with the help of another comedy heavyweight, Jonah Hill.
Jonah Hill is joining the cast of a new comedy!
Rangers and Celtic. Okumu has been linked with a move to Scotland recently with the Swedish press crediting both sides of the Glasgow divide with an interest in the 24-year-old.