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Starz comedy’s second season follows Ashley (Jasmine Cephas Jones) and her son Sean (Atticus Woodward) as they go on their first family weekend visitation to San Quentin State Prison, where husband and dad Miles (Rafael Casal) is serving a five-year sentence. The installment is packed with nuance, as viewers get an inside look at what the families of incarcerated individuals go through as they try to maintain relationships with their imprisoned loved ones.While Ashley and Miles try to make the most of their circumstances, Sean throws a curveball at their plans when the young, mixed-race child unexpectedly blurts out the N-word in conversation with his parents.Though they first try to sweep the topic under the rug — knowing their 7-year-old couldn’t begin to understand the nuances that come with the word — Sean’s insistence on understanding the topic forces them to talk him through the history of the word, from slavery to the 1960s civil rights movement to present-day issues of police brutality.Rather than showing the conversation, the show chronicled Sean’s perception of the history through an elaborate dance number — a common storytelling approach for the show and a massive undertaking for Calder as a first-time director.“It was definitely one of the most terrifying tests I’ve ever had to do, because of the weight of what that word is,” Calder told TheWrap ahead of the release of the episode Friday.“This was Miles and Ashley’s attempt to tell Sean the most complicated, nuanced bedtime story of all time.

Jasmine Cephas took to social media on Wednesday to honour her late father, Ron Cephas Jones, who passed away earlier this month at 66 years old.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT: This recap contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 3 of “Blindspotting,” now streaming on Starz. The latest episode of Starz’s “Blindspotting” forces Ashley (Jasmine Cephas Jones) and Miles (Rafael Casal) into parenting mode after their young son Sean, played by Atticus Woodward, uses the N-word. Titled “N*ggaz and Jesus,” Ashley takes Sean to visit Miles (Rafael Casal) who is serving a five-year sentence at San Quentin State Prison. It’s a tough but necessary conversation as they teach Sean why using the word is wrong. The moment comes during a conversation when Sean unexpectedly blurts the word out, but Sean presses and they are forced to discuss it with the boy.

is a superhero, returning to the red carpet only a few short months since his terrifying accident. Meanwhile, at the TCM Classic Film Festival, Angie Dickinson proved that 91 is still young; and at the “Schmigadoon!” Season 2 Premiere, Jane Krakowski brought shock and awe (and squad goals) to everyone over 50.

Blindspotting Season 2 airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Starz, and streams Fridays at midnight ET/Thursdays at 9 p.m. PT on the Starz streaming platform.

BreAnna Bell “Blindspotting” executive producer and star Daveed Diggs hit the red carpet for the Starz series’ Season 2 premiere on Tuesday night, alongside fellow cast members Jasmine Cephas Jones, Helen Hunt and star and executive producer Rafael Casal. The premiere was punctuated with a Q&A interview moderated by “Star Trek” alum LeVar Burton, who also stars in the recent season, doing a turn as Earl’s (Benjamin Earl Turner) father. Tuesday night’s premiere was held at Hollywood’s Neuehouse, but it was a special occasion for Diggs because it was the first time the Tony Award winner attended a “Blindspotting” premiere in person. The show first premiered in 2021, but Diggs was forced to skip due to scheduling reasons.

The idea of a TV series version of a popular film might make many people recoil in fear. That just sounds like a recipe for failure.

Blindspotting makes its long-awaited return next month, and Starz released the first trailer for Season 2 on Wednesday.

Starz has set the Season 2 premiere of Blindspotting for April 14 and released first-look images (below).

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Retiring ABC series “Black-ish” picked up one more honor on Friday, a Humanitas Prize for comedy teleplay, while Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” and ABC’s “Women of the Movement” also were recognized at the event. Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and hosted by comedian Larry Wilmore, the 46th annual Humanitas Prize event centered on awards and $10,000 cash prizes to screenwriters across ten categories. In addition, Humanitas board president Jenny Bicks presented Filmmakers for Ukraine with the Kieser Award “in recognition of their work to connect the Ukrainian film and TV community impacted by the Russo-Ukrainian War with resources, jobs, and funding to meet basic needs.”

Comedian Tig Notaro and Dulcé Sloan (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah) will serve as hosts for The Hollywood Critics Association TV awards Aug. 13-14 at the Beverly Hilton.

Director Karyn Kusama (“Jennifer’s Body“) has recently been making quite the career comeback with films such as “The Invitation” and the Nicole Kidman cop thriller “Destroyer” along with being involved with the hit Showtime series “Yellowjackets.” However, after being hand-picked by Blumhouse to make a new Dracula film two years ago, the film is sadly not moving forward.

Star Trek: Picard,” reuniting him with several of his “Star Trek: Next Generation” castmates.Season 1 “Blindspotting” recurring cast members Margo Hall, who plays Nancy, April Absynth (Jacque), Lance Holloway (Cuddie), Andrew Chappelle (Scotty) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Niles Turner) are returning in expanded recurring roles for the second season. The series, based on the 2018 film of the same name, stars Jasmine Cephas Jones, Helen Hunt, Benjamin Earl Turner, Atticus Woodward, Jaylen Barron, Candace Nicholas-Lippman and Rafael Casal.“Blindspotting” is co-created by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, who both executive produce and write on the series, with Casal serving as showrunner.

Wilson Chapman editor“Blindspotting” is adding some fresh faces to Oakland.LeVar Burton (“Reading Rainbow,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation”) Katlynn Simone Smith (“Empire,” “The Game”) Tamera Tomakili (“Winning Time,” “Run The World”) and Tim Chantarangsu (“Laid in America,” “The Perfect Match”) have joined Season 2 of the critically-acclaimed comedy series in recurring roles, Starz announced Thursday. Information regarding the characters they will be playing has yet to be announced.In addition, Starz also announced that Margo Hall, April Absynth, Lance Holloway, Andrew Chappelle and Utkarsh Ambudkar, who recurred in the first season, will return in expanded capacities for the second season.

Daveed Diggs picked out the most colorful suit ever for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday afternoon (March 6) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Thuso Mbedu hits the blue carpet in a chic look at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday afternoon (March 6) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Anthony Ramos and his longtime fiancé Jasmine Cephas Jones have broken up after six years together and a three-year engagement.

Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones have broken up.

They’ll tell the story of tonight. Original Hamilton stars Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones have called it quits, Us Weekly confirms.

Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones have called it quits. A source tells ET that the longtime couple recently split after six years together.The pair first met during rehearsals for the then-Off-Broadway show, , in 2014.

Anthony Ramos and Jasmine Cephas Jones, a longtime couple who met while starring in the original cast of Broadway’s Hamilton, are currently a trending topic on Twitter.

Jordan Fisher hits the red carpet at the 2020 Tony Awards on Sunday (September 26) at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“Blindspotting” moves like a song: from opening verse to swelling chorus, emotional bridge and back again. Sometimes, this manifests quite literally, as the characters turn to the camera and burst into emphatic spoken word, turn on their heels and break into a staccato dance, or dream up an entire music video starring themselves.

Anthony Ramos poses for a photo on the red carpet with fiancee Jasmine Cephas Jones at the premiere of her TV series Blindspotting on Friday (June 11) at Pier 76 in New York City.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThree years ago Jasmine Cephas Jones originated the character of Ashley in the feature “Blindspotting,” written by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs. It was a breakout screen role after she already took the stage by storm as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton.” Now, after equally memorable work in everything from “Mrs.

2018’s “Blindspotting” was the kind of movie that created its own viewing experience. That’s about all you need to remember before watching the new “Blindspotting,” the new series premiering on Starz on Saturday, June 13, which doesn’t demand that you rewatch Carlos López Estrada’s movie to remember specific events but recaptures that experience more than anything else.

Remember “Blindspotting,” the 2018 comedy-drama indie that launched the careers of actor/writers/producers Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal? Well, in case you’ve forgotten, the film has been turned into a series by its creators, Diggs and Casal, who have gone onto things like “Snowpiercer,” “Hamilton” (Diggs), and “The Good Lord Bird,” “Bad Education” (Casal), respectively.

Haley Bosselman editorStarz announced that Daveed Diggs and Rafel Casal’s new comedy series “Blindspotting” will premiere on June 13 at 9 p.m. across all its platforms.Based on the 2018 film of the same name that Diggs and Casal also wrote, produced and starred in, “Blindspotting” picks up six months after where the movie left off.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Blindspotting” series at Starz has cast several key roles as production kicks off in Los Angeles and Oakland, Variety has learned exclusively.Along with previously announced series lead Jasmine Cephas Jones, the eight-episode, half-hour dramedy will also star Benjamin Earl Turner, Atticus Woodward, Jaylen Barron, and Candace Nicholas-Lippman.

made history last week as the first father-daughter duo ever to win Emmys in the same year!Ron won his second award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing William on the hit NBC family drama while Jasmine scored an Emmy on her first nomination, winning Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her gripping performance as Tyisha on the Quibi series .ET spoke with the actress and her «proud papa» on Monday following the awards, where they shared what it was

#FreeRayShawn. But wait, that's not all. Last night, took home his second Creative Arts Emmy for his guest role on NBC's .

This Is Us.His daughter, Jasmine took home the Outstanding Actress In A Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series gong for her role in the Quibi series #FreeRayshawn, which also led to a win for Laurence Fishburne.“As a parent, that’s the most fulfilling [thing] I could ever feel,” Ron said of Jasmine’s win in the Emmys press room (via Entertainment Weekly).He added: “I mean, winning another Emmy is icing on the cake, but to see my daughter progress and move into this place where she’s earned an Emmy,

Ron Cephas Jones and his daughter, Jasmine Cephas Jones, just made Emmy history by becoming the first father-daughter duo to win acting prizes in the same year.

Will Thorne Staff WriterNight 4 of the Creative Arts Emmys was headlined by Quibi winning prizes at TV’s top awards.The short-form content producer went home with two statuettes on Thursday night, both of which went to actors from the series “#FreeRayshawn.”Legendary “Matrix” star Laurence Fishburne won his third individual Emmy for his portrayal of  Lt.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Night 4 of the remote Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Quibi got its Emmys breakthrough, earning its first pair of Emmys via #FreeRayshawn stars Laurence Fishburne and Jasmine Cephas Jones.“As I sit here on my rooftop in the middle of Brooklyn, in the middle of a pandemic, and the social climate that we’re in, I am honored and grateful to be a part of an important story that is #FreeRayshawn, to be an emotional vessel to shed light on these victims and what

Although the news initially broke last October, it now looks like gears are finally turning on the “Blindspotting” series spinoff, as it was officially greenlit at Starz. The film’s producers, writers, and stars Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs are returning to write and executive produce the series (per Variety).