, the iconic ABC series about castaways on a mysterious island, and has since been likened to, Showtime’s surprise hit survival series about a group of teenage girls stranded in the Canadian Rockies.
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Smithsonian Channel has shared a clip promoting “One Thousand Years of Slavery,” a new docuseries that aims to tell the global story of slavery.The four-part series features interviews and discussions with notable Black actors, celebrities and leaders, who will dive into their own family connections to slavery and unpack the legacy it has left today. Some of the people interviewed for the series include Debbie Allen, Valerie Jarrett, Lorraine Toussaint, Soledad O’Brien, CCH Pounder, Senator Cory Booker, Marc Morial and Dulé Hill.The series is executive produced by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s Bassett Vance Productions, with Vance narrating every episode.
In the clip, Vance speaks at a private panel discussion with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, AAFCA President Gil Robertson, Smithsonian Channel Head James Blue and Dr. Jessica Mildward. Vance discussed why he thinks the miniseries is necessary, and how it can help young people who are currently working in activism and the fight for social justice.
“We don’t know all the answers, and the answers are us,” Vance said at the panel. “The stories are us. And we shouldn’t be ashamed of our stories, of ourselves, of our history.
And to be able to give that as a legacy for our children, that you have to know this. That you cannot allow other people to tell you you’re history.”“One Thousand Years of Slavery” premieres on The Smithsonian Channel on Feb. 7.
Watch the clip below.Showtime announced that it has renewed its Emmy-nominated documentary series “Vice” for a third and fourth season. The third season will premiere on Sunday, May 1 at 8 p.m. ET, with the first eight episodes airing in the same slot until the midseason finale on June 19.
, the iconic ABC series about castaways on a mysterious island, and has since been likened to, Showtime’s surprise hit survival series about a group of teenage girls stranded in the Canadian Rockies.
Netflix has shared a first look at its Ryan Reynolds-starring sci-fi adventure film, The Adam Project – check it out below.Reynolds stars as a man travelling back in time to seek help from his 13-year-old self (played by newcomer Walker Scobell), and together the pair go out in search of their late father.Mark Ruffalo also appears in the cast of The Adam Project opposite Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner and Catherine Keener.Ruffalo will be playing Reynolds’ character’s father, who is a physicist, while Keener will play the film’s villain who steals technology from Ruffalo’s character.The Adam Project is set to be directed by Shawn Levy, who worked with Reynolds on Free Guy, which NME called “a riotous video game romp” in a four-star review.The Netflix film is also set to be produced via Skydance Media, who also released The Old Guard on Netflix in 2021.Check out the preview clip below:In a recent interview, Reynolds likened The Adam Project to classic sci-fi movies E.T. and Back To The Future.He told Variety: “It felt like one of those big wish fulfilment movies with huge stakes and high concept, but it was really about something very personal as well, which is sort of what I loved about movies in the ’80s – what I loved about E.T.
The trailer for the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 2 reunion is here!
HBO and HBO Max are gearing up for a must-see spring TV schedule, with a number of new, star-studded series slated to premiere in the next few months. During the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, the networks shared new images for the biographical series , an adaptation of the popular true-crime docuseries; the series adaptation of David Simon's return to Baltimore with and more.Get your first look at what's to come:Starring Colin Firth as Michael Peterson, is the anticipated limited series recounting the events surrounding the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette).
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rosario Dawson have broken up, according to a recent report. A source close to Booker confirmed to People magazine that the two are no longer together but remain good friends.
Naomi Campbell has shared the first look at her baby daughter while declaring that she was not adopted.The 51 year old supermodel welcomed her little bundle of joy in May of last year and has not shown her face to the public until now. In a new cover interview for British Vogue, the catwalk queen stuns in a series of stylish snaps and in one image, the doting mother can be sweetly cradling her adorable daughter. "She wasn't adopted – she's my child," Streatham-born Naomi told the fashion bible, adding that only a few people knew she was planning for motherhood.
A couple no more. Rosario Dawson and Cory Booker have called it quits after more than two years of dating, Us Weekly can confirm.
Peter Andre has opened up about finally reuniting with his family his family in Australia after it was announced the countries' borders will open up to double vaccinated travellers later this month. Writing in his weekly new! magazine column, singer Pete admits the news "didn't feel real" after having to go over two years without seeing his elderly parents and sister Debbie. Here, he also discusses a terrifying incident from his past and the announcement that Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Camilla when her husband Prince Charles is crowned king.
Rosario Dawson and Cory Booker are no longer an item!
Say it ain’t so! Rosario Dawson and Cory Booker have reportedly gone their separate ways after dating for almost three years. The The Mandalorian actress and the Democratic Senator from New Jersey called it quits recently, according to People. A source for the outlet said the former couple “remain good friends” as they each navigate their newly single status.
Rosario Dawson and Senator Cory Booker have broken up after almost three years together.
A new trailer for some upcoming DC movies is bringing fans their first glimpse of Jason Momoa as Aquaman in the upcoming sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.
Russian Doll airs this spring and Netflix has released a series of images from the time-looping dark comedy – check them out below.Set four years after the events of the first season which saw Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) eventually escape a Groundhog Day-style time loop, the new season of Russian Doll will follow the pair as they pass through an unexpected time portal located in Manhattan — causing both to face their pasts.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Lyonne (who also co-created the show) said: “It’s definitely a wild ride. It is deep, and deeply off-the-wall.
Russian Doll” returns this spring, and Netflix has released some first looks photos for the upcoming season.Season 2 will be set four years after Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) escaped mortality’s time loop. New episodes will follow the pair as they pass through an unexpected time portal located in Manhattan — causing both to face their pasts.The show’s first season also starred Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez and Elizabeth Ashley.
Carole Horst Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames star in thriller “The Locksmith,” which has just wrapped principal photography in Las Cruces, NM. Variety has been given access to a first-look exclusive image of the film, being sold at the European Film Market by Arclight Films.Veteran first assistant director Nicolas Harvard makes his feature film debut on “The Locksmith,” which follows Miller (Phillippe), an expert locksmith fresh out of prison after a job gone bad.
Phat Tuesdays: The Era of Hip Hop Comedy” (Feb. 4 on Prime Video)A documentary that tells the story of an all-black night, created by Guy Torry, and held at The Comedy Store in LA from 1995-2005. Interviews include Anthony Anderson, Tiffany Haddish, Steve Harvey, Regina King and Nick Cannon — who recount performing on The Comedy Store stage or who were in the audience.“Howard High” (Feb.
Trayvon Martin in Florida also get attention.The post-George Floyd onset of racial reckoning and the subsequent backlash have coincided with the growth of streaming and its voracious need for content, a two-fold incentive for TV to pay heed to the sweep and nuance of Black experience.With broadcast networks and cable channels trying to keep pace with flush streaming services, there’s an impressive field of documentaries, profiles and more ahead. Among the highlights (all times are Eastern):—“One Thousand Years of Slavery,” Smithsonian Channel, Feb. 7-28.
sequel.In the quick clip towards the end of the promo, Daniel Craig's Detective Benoit Blanc is seen boarding a boat in the Mediterranean, along with some of new A-list cast members, like Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr. and more.