NME to launch Ma Rainey’s Melody Maker, an immersive site celebrating Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

At least 20 people were shot and two people were murdered during Chicago’s first weekend of 2021, as the police department, its superintendent and former brass reflect on a violent, tumultuous year in policing in the Illinois city and across America. There were 18 shootings with 20 victims reported from 6 p.m.

A suburban Chicago man allegedly located and pursued his own stolen vehicle early Sunday, confronting two 17-year-olds in a parking lot before both of them were shot, one fatally, in a struggle. A 35-year-old man from Round Lake Beach, the owner of a black Chevrolet sedan he reported stolen several days prior, somehow located the vehicle in the area of Route 12 and Route 120 around 2:45 a.m.

At least seven people were killed – including three on Christmas Day—during the extended holiday weekend in Chicago, reports said. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that three people were killed in South Chicago early Sunday in a shooting.The three fatalities on Christmas included a shooting victim in Gage Park.

Authorities in Chicago reported 29 individuals shot this weekend, including five fatalities, in another violent weekend across the city. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that six people were injured in one incident in the early morning hours on Saturday at a bar in the city’s South Side.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Kim Kardashian's daughter Chicago is one lucky little girl! The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star gave fans a tour of her two-year-old's bedroom inside the £16million Hidden Hills home she shares with Kanye West, and it looks like it belongs in a luxury hotel.

A tea party fit for royalty! Dream Kardashian, 4, and Chicago West, 2, enjoyed a fancy evening at home as they sipped “tea” from their fine china on Friday, Dec. 18.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe very core of George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is the film’s music.Based on the August Wilson play, the film, debuting Dec.

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Ladin (The Right Stuff) is set for a recurring role on the fourth and final season of Netflx’s critically acclaimed series Ozark, starring and executive produced by Jason Bateman.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis as the brazen blues legend and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role, has brought new attention to Rainey’s mystifying story. Adapted from August Wilson’s Broadway play of the same name, the film explores an intense 1927 Chicago recording session between Rainey and her band members, with Davis delivering an unapologetic portrayal of the singer. “Usually Ma Rainey and how she looks has been greatly stereotyped in cinematic history and in life,” the

Leading the charge this week in streaming and specialty titles is Netflix with two films that have been garnering awards season buzz with their star wattage and prestige storytelling.

Netflix  still have plenty more to offer this week with plenty of new releases and all time favourites added.

April Ryan is joining Byron Allen’s TheGrio.TV as its first White House correspondent and Washington, D.C. bureau chief.

Joe Biden plans to nominate Pete Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation, selecting a former rival to lead the department.

Tiny Pretty Things, the answer would be: “Deferred dreams are not an option.”The foundation of this wildly seductive melodrama, out now, rests on uncovering the mystery behind who pushed star ballerina Cassie Shore (Anna Maiche) from the rooftop of the fictitious Archer Shool of Ballet.

An opinion essay criticizing Jill Biden for using the honorific “Dr.” has reportedly resulted in its author having his profile removed from the website of Northwestern University. The essay, titled, “Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D.,” appeared Friday in The Wall Street Journal.

Jerry Harris, famous for his run starring on the popular Netflix docu-series Cheer about a junior college cheerleading team in Texas, is facing new charges in a court of law.

Hundreds of firefighters battled a fire at an auto parts warehouse on Chicago’s West Side. The fire started burning at around 8:45 a.m.Thursday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood.

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