Maya Angelou Is the First Black Woman to Be on a U.S. Quarter

Elizabeth Mitchell is headed to The actress will make her first appearance in a February episode of the CBS procedural, and only ET exclusively debuts the official photos of Mitchell in action. In the series, Mitchell plays Angela Cassidy, Scott Forrester’s (Luke Kleintank) long-lost mother who worked for the U.S.

Alissa Simon Film CriticStockholm-based filmmaker Lovisa Sirén joins Goteborg’s Nordic competition with her feature debut, about semi-estranged sisters on a road-trip through Europe.What inspired thestory? And how do you work with your co-writer Peter Modestij?Sirén: I was curious to do a story about women and kids, in the absence of men. How women are with each other, how their behavior changes in that space. From my own experience, many times that space creates a certain vibe that I wanted to show to the world.

B&Q has opened a new store in Livingston – the first of its kind in Scotland - bringing 50 jobs with it.

Bleachers have announced a lengthy run of North American tour dates, sprawling into the second half of 2022.Sans a brief detour through Barcelona for this year’s Primavera Sound festival, the band have 22 dates on their itinerary thus far. Each of the tour’s legs will feature unique support acts – Charly Bliss, for example, will open for the two sold-out dates in Boston where Bleachers will play their first two records in full (2014’s ‘Strange Desire’ on Thursday March 24 and 2017’s ‘Gone Now’ on Friday 25).Allison Ponthier will kick the festivities off throughout May, performing with Bleachers in Orlando, St.

The cast of the Netflix docu-series Cheer is going on tour this summer and you can see them in a city near you very soon!

Dennis Harvey Film CriticThings like drinking games and “RiffTrax” were invented for movies like “In the Forest,” which are very bad but need a little participatory help to become so-bad-they’re-good. This quasi-horror tale of bickering vacationers running afoul of disturbed locals strings together various well-worn clichés with a notable lack of suspense, plausibility and style, while excelling in the realm of characters behaving like complete idiots. Simultaneous with streaming-platforms release on Jan.

Richard Grenell, who served as Trump’s Acting Director of National Intelligence, and as Trump’s  Ambassador to Germany, was seen by at least one lawmaker in Berlin as a “biased propaganda machine.” On Thursday Grenell attacked President Biden by attacking another Democrat, former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart.Lockhart served as President Bill Clinton’s White House Press Secretary. On Thursday he tweeted, “Ahead of the midterms, I look forward to watching every Republican Senator oppose the first black woman to the Supreme Court.”Earlier in the day Grenell posted a similar tweet:Asians, gays and Hispanics had no shot for a Supreme Court seat from Joe Biden.— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 27, 2022Conservatives, including on the far right which Grenell has been accused of having ties to, have been falsely claiming it’s “racist” to choose a Supreme Court Justice who is Black and a woman.Those same conservatives are apparently ignorant of the fact that smart presidents, like smart managers, create a Supreme Court team.

President Joe Biden is making good on his campaign commitment.

TV and radio presenter Maya Jama has treated herself to a big hair makeover, sporting a very chic full fringe along with ultra sleek straight tresses.The 27 year old’s new look was created by hairdresser to the stars Patrick Wilson, who has also styled the likes of Jodie Comer, Jade Thirlwall and Jessie Ware. Maya shared a look at her new ‘do to her 2.4 million followers on Instagram with a gallery of several snaps, which she hilariously captioned, “We named the fringe ‘Trisha’”.

A new Wookiee entered the Star Wars scene with a warm welcome from Angie Mayhew, the widow of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew.

Ansel Elgort’s “West Side Story” co-stars Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, and Rita Moreno have spoken to The Hollywood Reporter about the sexual assault allegations made against the actor.

Speaking out. Nearly two years after Ansel Elgort was accused of sexual assault, his West Side Story costars — including leading lady Rachel Zegler — are opening up about the allegations.

Suns out, buns out for Britney Spears! The 40-year-old pop icon posted a sexy new Instagram video of her toned physique in a skimpy yellow bathing suit while vacationing in Maui, Hawaii with fiancé Sam Asghari, 27. In addition to sharing a full view of her jaw-dropping figure, she also shared that she may have “a small bug” that’s caused her “nausea” and “fatigue.” Despite all that, she’s still “[going] to the gym.”

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American and UK rights to Hector Barron’s horror-thriller In the Forest, along with U.S. rights to Alice Blehart’s animated film Little Sorcerer. Both titles are slated for a day-and-date theatrical release, with the former from Disrupting Influence to hit screens on January 28, and the latter from Chinese independent animation studio Gold Valley Films to debut on May 6.

A Superworm family activity trail is coming to Delamere Forest next month.