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Menelik Shabazz, the impactful British filmmaker, has died at the age of 67. The news has been widely circulated on social media, with numerous people who worked closely with the director confirming his passing and adding tributes today.
According to arts website alt-africa, he died in Zimbabwe on June 28. No cause of death was given.
Born in Barbados in 1954, Shabazz moved to the UK at the age of six. He began experimenting with filmmaking while at college in London and made his first step into
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an eerie ability to predict the future over its 32 seasons, is now being credited with foretelling Richard Branson’s flight to space.Fans of the long-running Fox show noticed that a scene from a 2014 episode bore a startling resemblance to footage released Sunday of the British billionaire floating inside his Virgin Galactic rocket.The scene from the Season 25 episode “The War of Art” featured an animated Branson leaning back and admiring a painting while hovering aboard a spaceship.“How can The
A controversial Alabama politician’s $95-million lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen has been dismissed.
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, a new town 30 miles north of London; his dad taught him the best response was to excel at his sport. The trouble was he didn’t have many people to talk to about what he was going through.
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The Man Who Drew God.The Italian drama about paedophilia will mark Spacey’s first role on screen since 2017. At the time, multiple accusations by more than 20 men alleged sexual misconduct by the actor.
Finally after a near 15 month wait, Marvel’s long-awaited Black Widow will debut around the world after being locked up from the pandemic, and the industry’s global weekend expectation is as high as $140M.
The 74th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in earnest this evening as big names came out to support the event that’s just getting back to business after last year’s cancellation and this year’s delays. Assembled together, 2019 Oscar and Palme d’Or winner Bong Joon-ho, Cannes veteran Pedro Almodovar, Jury President Spike Lee and tonight’s honorary Palme d’Or recipient Jodie Foster paid tribute to the event and officially opened the 2021 proceedings in a mix of Korean, Spanish, English and French.
John Cena, 44, has seemingly changed his tune on becoming a father. The Fast & Furious 9 star opened up about possibly having kids with his wife Shay Shariatzadeh, 31, in a new interview. “I’m a little bit older, a bit wiser. I’m realizing there is life and life exists and it’s beautiful — and I think part of that is being a parent, so we’ll see,” he confessed in a new interview with British outlet The Sun.
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K.J. Yossman Pioneering British filmmaker Menelik Shabazz, who was a stalwart of contemporary British cinema for over three decades, has died.
Gerry Cinnamon has announced the rescheduled dates for his postponed UK and Ireland tour – check them out below.The Scottish singer-songwriter first pushed back a planned run of headline shows in May 2020, confirming at the time that he would head back out on the road in May and June this year.However, Cinnamon was forced to shelve the concerts back in April – citing the “restrictions and continuing uncertainty” surrounding live music amid the coronavirus pandemic.Taking to Instagram yesterday
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