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All eyes on Lupita Nyong’o! The actress has dazzled Us with a number of jaw-dropping looks while celebrating the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

John Ridley is the Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave writer, writer/director of Five Days At Memorial, and the Eisner-nominated writer of the DC Graphic novel series GCPD: The Blue Wall, which premieres in September about systemic injustice in the Gotham City PD. He’s been working in Hollywood long enough to witness the the ebbs and flows of diversity initiatives, and he fears the inclusion momentum that came after the death of George Floyd and opened opportunities to new filmmakers, could well turn into a forgotten fad as the urgency fades.

12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen says people will be “disturbed” by his new Grenfell documentary.Sitting down with The Guardian to talk about the 24-minute-long work, which focuses on the 2017 tragedy, the Oscar-winning filmmaker said he didn’t “want to let people off the hook” when it came to the reality of what transpired. He said that he knew his unflinching work would make people feel “disturbed,” and possibly offend them.“You must understand that the violence that was inflicted on that community was no joke,” McQueen told the newspaper.

Michael K. Williams’ death was attributed to an overdose of a mixture of fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine by a spokesperson for the New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s office on Friday September 24. The 12 Years A Slave actor had died on September 6 in his Brooklyn home at age 54.

Tom Holland is to tackle Multiple Personality Disorder in a new anthology series for Apple TV+.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated 12 Years A Slave actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is to narrate a film about the world’s water shortage crisis, which is funded by an executive from Chinese tech giant Tencent and co-directed by Emmy-winner Kevin Sim.Housed at Keo Films and OoS Pictures, Day Zero is the brainchild of Tencent’s chief exploration officer David Wallerstein, who personally financed the production after becoming fascinated by the status of Earth’s water

12 Years A Slave director said the race imbalance in the industries was “blindingly, obviously wrong”.Writing in this weekend’s Observer, McQueen called for the fast-tracking of BAME trainees within the film and television industries.“Yes, I’m fed up,” McQueen wrote. “I don’t want to hear anyone say, ‘Oh yes, it’s terrible’ ever again.

By Andreas Wiseman

Sir Steve McQueen has said that his younger self would not be impressed by his knighthood.

Sir Steve McQueen has said that his younger self would not be impressed by his knighthood.

Filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen has signed a deal with Amazon Studios which will see him produce a sci-fi series for the streamer.

By Peter White