J. Kim Murphy When news broke on Saturday that Naomi Judd had died, figures from across the music industry voiced their mourning of the country music legend, remembering the life of the Judd family matriarch.Judd died at the age of 76.
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When it came to bringing The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey from the pages of Walter Mosley’s novel to screens on Apple TV+, the writer and star Samuel L. Jackson agree that the long haul – with over a decade of development – due to their commitment to telling the epic story through the long form of television – was worth the wait.
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“Getting some finally done, bringing it to fruition, is an amazing feat, especially something that was this personal for me,” Jackson said during Deadline’s Contenders Television panel spotlighting the miniseries, noting that both he and Mosley had experienced their own elderly parents’ struggles with mental decline, similar to the titular character. “It’s rewarding and comforting.”
“Sometimes you’re haunted by things,” Jackson said of previous unrealized projects. “There have been scripts that I read over the years that didn’t get done, and then they go back, and they come back and go again and you don’t get to do them.
“But this was me beating on people’s doors, pushing them and prodding them and hoping that they would do it,” he continued, noting how he used all the leverage his high profile in Hollywood provided. “And I had the same problem with [1997’s] Eve’s Bayou – it took about 10 years to get that done. So it happens. But when it happens, it’s so satisfying, and it’s so amazing to get that particular performance thing out of you. And I wasn’t empty when it was done; I was full because of all the wonderful people that came into it that helped make it what it’s become.”
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Mosley agreed. “It takes a long time to make anything, especially if you want to make something that means something to
J. Kim Murphy When news broke on Saturday that Naomi Judd had died, figures from across the music industry voiced their mourning of the country music legend, remembering the life of the Judd family matriarch.Judd died at the age of 76.
ITV tonight (April 27). Hosted by Ross Kemp, the programme will see the ex- EastEnders star travel across America as he tries to figure out what happened to the King of Pop's Neverland animals. Bubbles the chimp was Jackson's most famous pet, however at its peak, Jackson's personal collection of animals was thought to include up to 50 different species, from giraffes and elephants to alligators and monkeys.
Janet Jackson is looking to part ways with her Central Park-facing New York City home for $8.99 million, according to a report and the listing brokerage.Jackson, the younger sister of the late pop titan Michael Jackson, has owned the aerie at 1 Central Park West since 1998, when she purchased it for $2.8 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. It measures 2,094 square feet — and comes with three bedrooms, three full bathrooms and a half bathroom.Representatives for Jackson didn’t return The Post’s request for comment on her listing, but a spokesperson told the Journal that she hasn’t been at the apartment since 2019.“Whenever entering my apartment of 25 years, I always treasured my home’s wonderful location and the breathtaking views that capture the magic and excitement of New York,” Jackson told the Journal in a statement.
Several films and TV shows have been cancelled by Netflix as the streaming giant loses thousands of subscribers, it has been reported. Despite some huge hits like Squid Game and Bridgerton, Netflix revealed a shock fall in subscribers of 200,000 users in the first quarter of the year and its stock price soon dropped by more than 35 per cent.
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Bosch: Legacy,” premiering May 6; comedy “Sprung” from “My Name is Earl” creator Greg Garcia; and “High School,” a scripted series adapted for television by Clea DuVall, produced by Plan B, and based on the best-selling memoir by Tegan and Sara.The newly branded streaming service also announced that it ordered the workplace rom-com film “Love Accidentally,” starring Brenda Song, Aaron O’Connell and Denise Richards. Barry Barnholtz, Zelma Kiwi, and Jeffrey Schenck serve as executive producers.
“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to future Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a cold open that had her visiting the ghosts of historical figures in the Oval Office.Jackson, played by Ego Nwodim was greeted by James Austin Johnson’s President Joe Biden, who she teased about not being able to pronounce her name.“Bet you can’t say that three times fast,” Nwodim said.“I’m shocked I was able to say it one time slow,” Johnson admitted, before bragging about fulfilling his campaign promise to place a black woman on the nation’s highest court.“One campaign promise down, 74 more to go,” the fake Biden cracked.“I was happy to do my part. Work twice as hard as white man all my life, then spend a week listening to Ted Cruz call me a pedophile,” the new justice said of her contentious confirmation hearings.Biden then left Jackson in his office to commune with the spirits of Americans that paved the way for her historic confirmation.Kate McKinnon’s Ruth Bader Ginsberg delivered one of her trademark “Gins-burns” about Cruz.
Ambulance (★★☆☆☆), supposed criminal mastermind Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal) is asked if he has a plan. Among others, his adopted bro Will (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), lured into another of Danny’s ill-conceived schemes, demands to know, “What’s the plan?!”Will’s question has the ring of an inside joke aimed at director Michael Bay for this hectic adaptation of the 2005 Danish drama Ambulancen.
Netflix has released a first trailer for erotic thriller 365 Days: This Day - the sequel to the dramatic cliffhanger of the controversial 365 Days.The film is one of two sequels currently in production, adapted from a book trilogy by Polish author Blanka Lipińska. In the sequel - which fans begged for - Laura (Anna-Maria Sieklucka) and Massimo (Michele Morrone) are reunited, but their relationship is jeopardised by his criminal family and a new, mysterious man who tries to win Laura's trust.
Michael Bay’s latest, the L.A. action extravaganza “Ambulance,” calls to mind one of the many, many oft-quoted lines from “The Big Lebowski.” John Goodman’s Walter Sobochak, in his rebuttal of the “believe in nothing” stance of the nihilists, proclaims, “Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” Now, to be clear, I am not comparing the work of Mr.
Samuel L. Jackson will return to Broadway next season after a 10-year absence with a revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Piano Lesson, to be directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson in her Broadway directorial debut.
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Samuel L. Jackson says that 's Kenan Thompson is to blame for his banishment from the sketch comedy show's stage. During an appearance on Friday, the 73-year-old actor regaled guest host Leslie Jones with his retelling of how Thompson is the reason he hasn't been on in nearly a decade.Jackson made his hosting debut in 1998 and last appeared in a December 2012 episode hosted by Martin Short.
Oscars 2022 will take place tonight (March 27) in Los Angeles, celebrating the best in cinema from the past 12 months.The ceremony will return to LA’s Dolby Theatre in Hollywood after being pushed back from its original date at the end of February due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.For the first time since 2017, the Oscars will have a host, with Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes set to act as co-hosts throughout the night. Other notable stars will be on hand to present the awards, including Lady Gaga, Samuel L.
Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles.
Wilson Chapman editorThe 94th Academy Awards, honoring the best films of the year, are set to air this Sunday.The ceremony will broadcast live on ABC on March 27, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.