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Projects centered around the left-wing revolutionary group, the Black Panther Party, continue to fascinate popular culture. In 2022, Daniel Kaluuya won an Oscar for portraying the betrayed deputy chairman, Fred Hampton, in the bio-crime drama, “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Now, a new limited series, “The Big Cigar,” based on a Playboy Article by Joshuah Bearman (known for the Wired Article that inspired “Argo”), tells the too-good-to-be-true story of Black Panther co-founder Huey Percy Newton’s escape to Cuba with the assistance of a famous film producer.

The Civil Rights movement is composed of singular heroes: Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Angela Davis, and so forth. Their iconoclastic memory has come to define the entire collective effort during the 1950s, 60s, and 1970s by many organizations.

Jordan Peele‘s newest movie, Nope, is aptly titled, as a mysterious flying object over ominous clouds in the film’s first act makes it clear this is not your average alien horror flick.

Wilson Chapman editorIn celebration of Juneteenth, AMC Theatres will present special screenings of “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “The Best Man” and other popular movies focusing on Black voices.From this Friday to Wednesday, select AMC locations will offer special screenings of “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “The Best Man,” “Just Mercy” and “42.” The screenings will be available to audiences at a discounted price of $5.Directed by Shaka King, “Judas and the Black Messiah” tells the story of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya, who won an Oscar for the role) and his murder by the FBI, after being betrayed by informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield). The film premiered last year to critical acclaim, and was nominated for six Oscars.

Crooked Media and Audacy have teamed up on a new podcast series about radical left wing organization The Weather Underground.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeDominique Fishback holds her own opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Apple TV+’s “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” and she says that was inspired by the strength of the character. “I wasn’t really nervous because Robyn is not nervous of Ptolemy,” she tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast.

Angelique Jackson Marvel star Dominique Thorne has signed with M88 for representation.Thorne will soon make her MCU debut as the comic book character Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, a brilliant inventor who built her own version of the Iron Man suit in an MIT dorm, in the highly-anticipated movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Thorne will then go on to headline her own Disney+ series, “Ironheart.”The young actor made her feature film debut in Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ critically acclaimed 2018 movie “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She played Sheila Hunt, the younger sister of Fonny Hunt (Stephan James), one half of the movie’s central love story. Thorne next starred opposite Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Warner Bros.’ Academy Award-nominated film “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Directed by Shaka King and executive produced by Ryan Coogler and Charles D.

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historical landmark.In a news release, organizers of the Save The Hampton House initiative, led by Hampton's son and his mother, announced that the Maywood Village Board voted to recognize the house as a historical landmark.The Tuesday night vote in the Chicago suburb follows a yearlong campaign that was tied to the Academy Award-winning film about Hampton and his death called “Judas and the Black Messiah.”The designation is part of a broader effort to see the Black Panther Party and the U.S.

Carole Horst Dominique Fishback earned acclaim in “Judas and the Black Messiah” playing Deborah Johnson, the wife of murdered Black Panther leader Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya, who won an Oscar for the role). She’ll next be seen in the Apple TV Plus limited series “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” which bows March 11 on the streamer. It’s a heavyweight project: The series is based on Walter Mosley’s novel (he exec produces) and stars Samuel L.

Nope – the secretive new horror film from Get Out and Us helmer Jordan Peele – has landed online ahead of its premiere during the Super Bowl LVI later today.Billed by Universal Pictures as an “expansive horror epic” and “a new pop nightmare”, the film’s storyline remains shrouded in mystery. What we do know, per an official synopsis, is that Nope will terrorise an ensemble cast (led by Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun) as they “bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery” in “a lonely gulch of inland California”.Towards the end of the trailer, Palmer’s character – supposedly the great, great, great granddaughter of the man featured in The Horse In Motion (believed to be the first moving picture) – is flung into the atmospheric force teased to be at the film’s core.Check out the trailer for Nope below:Nope was formally announced last July, following months of speculation that Kaluuya would reunite with Peele for a clandestine horror.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShaka King has signed a first-look deal at FX.Under the deal, King will develop new TV projects for FX through his newly launched production company, I’d Watch That.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRyan Coogler, Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Lil Rel Howery are teaming on an original feature film about American political insurrection.

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Joking about parents’ sex lives is always going to be great late-night fodder.

Minari. British star Daniel Kaluuya, who was previously Oscar-nominated for his role in 2017's Get Out, won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Black Panther chair Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Daniel Kaluuya has addressed the hilarious comment he made about his parents having sex during his Oscars acceptance speech. The British actor took home the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his role as Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah, and brought some much needed levity to the otherwise awkward ceremony.

“Fight for You” is taking home Oscar’s best original song at the 93rd ceremony from the Warner Bros. movie Judas and the Black Messiah. 

Daniel Kaluuya has won the award for Best Supporting Actor at this year’s Oscars for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah. The historical drama, directed by Shaka King, tells the story of the betrayal of Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton, played by Kaluuya.

Daniel Kaluuya’s mum stole the show at this year’s Oscars with her reaction to her son’s winners speech. The actor took home the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his role as Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Gallery: Zoom, snobs, and no-shows! The 10 biggest moments of the BAFTAs 2021 (BANG Showbiz)The movie tells the story of the betrayal of Illinois Black Panthers chairman Fred Hampton and Daniel paid tribute to his co-stars for their work. He said: "It’s so hard to make a film about a man like this.

Embarrassing your parents never gets old, even when you’re an Oscar winner. Daniel Kaluuya gave his parents a hilarious shoutout during his acceptance speech during the Sunday, April 24, Academy Awards, sending his mother and sister into fits of confusion and laughter.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDaniel Kaluuya won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah.”For his stirring portrayal of Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton in the Shaka King film, Kaluuya has been decorated heavily this awards season.

Oscars 2021 tonight (April 26) for playing Fred Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah.Kaluuya held up the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party as an example of how to help others. “What a man,” he said as he collected the trophy.

Daniel Kaluuya took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards for his performance in The 32-year-old British actor beat out Sacha Baron Cohen, Leslie Odom Jr., Paul Raci and his co-star, Lakeith Stanfield, for the win. Kaluuya gave a powerful performance as Black Panther party chairman Fred Hampton in the film, and on Sunday, he thanked God and his mother. «You give me everything, you give me your factory settings,» he quipped, to laughs from the audience.

Daniel Kaluuya, the British actor, who played charismatic leader the Black Panther Party. Fred Hampton, in Judas and the Black Messiah, has won the Oscar for supporting actor, describing in an emotional acceptance speech how inspired he was by his character and how lucky he felt.

Daniel Kaluuya took home the Best Supporting Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards for his performance in “Judas and the Black Messiah”.

Back on December 4, 1969, Akua Njeri was Deborah Johnson, a 19-year old who was more than eight months pregnant with the child of her fiance Fred Hampton, the Chairman of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Through the Shaka King-directed Judas and the Black Messiah, the tragic events of that evening are detailed in a gory scene in which FBI and local law enforcement agents burst through the door where they and 10 others slept.

It took 10 years and the fortuitous meeting of four writers to tell the story of how Fred Hampton, the inspiring leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers, was murdered by the FBI with the help of William O'Neal, an informant who infiltrated the Illinois chapter of the party.

Gold Digger, The Post’s ongoing musings on Oscars opposition, we check out those five very different nominees.Kaluuya, who plays Black Panther honcho Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” has everything going for him this year.

Daniel Kaluuya is currently having a dream run at the awards season as the talented actor has swept the Best Actor in Supporting Role category across major awards held this year. For his role as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel was nominated and won almost all major awards.

Daniel Kaluuya won the Best Supporting Actor prize for his part in Judas and the Black Messiah at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday night, continuing his award season clean sweep. Judas and the Black Messiah follows the rise and fall of Black Panther activist Fred Hampton (played by Kaluuya).

Oscar chances following his BAFTA win for Judas and the Black Messiah. The Marvel star took home the award for Best Supporting Actor at the ceremony on Sunday night (April 11) for his role as US activist Fred Hampton, an accolade he also secured at last month's Golden Globes.

Daniel Kaluuya snagged the best actor award in a filmat the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. The actor, who portrays Fred Hampton,chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Daniel Kaluuya made his Saturday Night Live debut, just fresh off his Golden Globes win and Oscar nomination for portraying activist Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. And it sure was a wild night of comedy for him!

Nas has shared a luxurious video for his new track ‘EPMD’ – you can watch it below.Taken from the soundtrack to Judas And The Black Messiah, the biographical drama about the betrayal of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, the Hit-Boy-produced cut hears Nas pay homage to New York rap duo EPMD (Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith).“EPMD, we back in business,” he raps on the chorus, referencing the former Def Jam group’s 1997 comeback album.

Daniel Kaluuya and Carey Mulligan are making their hosting debuts on Saturday Night Live. Kaluuya will host first on April 3 with musical guest St.