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Harvey Keitel, Emile Hirsch and Ruby Rose are to star in upcoming gangster drama The Legitimate Wise Guy. The film —being introduced to buyers at the upcoming virtual 2021 European Film Market by The Exchange —is set to tell the true story of Anthony Spilotro, considered one of the most feared enforcers to come out of the notorious crime syndicate known as the Chicago Outfit (which rose to power in the 1920s under Al Capone).

Angelique Jackson To capture the essence of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, “Judas and the Black Messiah” director Shaka King couldn’t just read a few history books. He had to put boots on the ground.

North West can add budding chef to her list of talents.Kim Kardashian West shared some adorable clips of her 7-year-old daughter showing her sister, Chicago West and her cousin, Dream Kardashian, how to make Ramen Wednesday night on her Instagram Stories.«What is chef Northy making and chef Chi-Chi and chef Dreamy, what are you guys making?» Kim asks the girls as a pot of Ramen boils on the stovetop.«Who wants to mash it up?» North asks.

Also Read: Writers Guild Nominates 'Trial of the Chicago 7,' 'One Night in Miami' - and 'Borat' TooHe continued: “To commemorate the anniversary of the verdict in this historic trial, we’ve made the film available on YouTube for 48 hours starting Friday, Feb. 19 at 12:00 a.m.

The Writers Guild of America has announced its nominees in the categories of original, adapted and documentary screenplay for the 2021 WGA Awards. The original screenplay nominees are Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Judas and the Black Messiah and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm are among the films that just earned key screenplay recognition amid the race to the 2021 Oscars. The film nominations for the 2021 Writers Guild Awards were announced on Tuesday, and in the category of Original Screenplay, the nominees were Judas and the Black Messiah, Palm Springs, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify announced Tuesday that Mona Sutphen will join its board of directors in April, subject to shareholder approval.Sutphen is a private equity advisor and a co-founder/advisor for several technology start-ups, and was a senior White House official during the Obama Administration. She is currently a Senior Advisor at The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm, and is a venture advisor and co-founder of several technology start-ups.

original score, original song, makeup and hairstyling and visual effects, along with international feature, documentary and the three shorts categories — I would have guessed “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Mank,” “Tenet” and a few others.

LOS ANGELES -- The stars of “Judas and the Black Messiah” found their own lives transformed as they immersed themselves in the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.Daniel Kaluuya said “a different me showed up” to the set when he was playing the magnetic Chicago-based activist, who was just 21 when he was killed by police in a 1969 raid.

Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” has arrived at something of a cultural tipping point for Hollywood. Months before the tragedy of George Floyd‘s death or the millions of people marching in the streets for social justice, his period piece about the assassination of a prominent Chicago community leader, Fred Hampton, had wrapped production.

Rose Rollins, who has appeared in Condor and The Catch, is to star in a drama set in the high-stakes world of women’s basketball for Spectrum Originals and BET.

Chicago Tribune, a CNN reporter told Rabin as he was about to fly out of Chicago that there was a comment on Facebook about the flute showing up in a pawn shop, that a homeless man had found it and used it as collateral for a $550 loan.The pawnshop owner, Gabe Cocanate, was holding onto the flute, trying to determine if it was as valuable as it looked, when he and his wife saw the story of the missing flute on the news.So when the homeless man returned to the shop, "I go, ‘Listen man, it’s been

Also Read: SAG Awards 2021: The Full List of NomineesThe SAG Awards did keep the momentum going for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which did well at the Globes and led all films with 15 entries on the BAFTA longlists that were announced earlier on Thursday.

It wasn’t all just bikini lounging time for Khloe Kardashian during the Kar-Jenner sisters’ getaway to the Turks and Caicos. She got to play babysitter to the adorable little ladies of the family as well.  The sisters brought their young daughters to the island vacay for Kylie Jenner‘s daughter Stormi‘s early third birthday celebration.

For the first time in the history of the Golden Globe awards, more than one woman has been nominated in the best director category in any one year. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Regina King (One Night in Miami) were all nominated in the category.

Women filmmakers are finally getting some real representation in awards season.

The 1969 killing at age 21 of Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton was a potent secondary plot point last year in Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7. That same government hit job gets expanded treatment and wields proportionately explosive impact in Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah, a historical thriller with an urgency that speaks even louder more than half a century later.