Joe Otterson TV ReporterGet Lifted Film Co. has entered a multi-year overall deal for scripted content at UCP.
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Loudmouth’s first images are of New York City in the 1980s, startling footage of frothing racism from Howard Beach to Bensonhurst back when Rev. Al Sharpton rose to prominence as an organizer, orator and agitator.
The film by Josh Alexander follows the rise of sometime controversial founder of the National Action Network and former TV host. Sharpton has been accused of spotlight seeking. In the doc, that’s by design in that Sharpton, from early on, was deliberate about being loud, ubiquitous and on TV whenever and wherever possible as the best strategy to change the narrative and eventually the law around social justice. The family of George Floyd was in the audience for the premiere of the documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. The fest’s closing selection ushered in the national Juneteenth holiday.
Loudmouth delves into Sharpton’s activist roots as a teenager — in 1972 he worked for the presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, who was the first Black woman in the U.S. Congress. He was charged with tax evasion (charges dropped), arrested for trespassing, and stabbed in the chest in New York, his base of operations. In 1986, a mob of white teens in Howard Beach, Queens attacked three black men who had walked miles to a pizzeria there after their car broke down. One died and the city polarized along racial lines. Sharpton led protests that closed down streets, bridges and subways. In 1989, a black teenager was shot to death in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn when he and friends were attacked by a crowd of white youths.
“People are familiar and comfortable with talking about what happened down South. They don’t want to talk about what happened in New York,” Sharpton said in a conversation onstage with Spike Lee and John Legend, an
Joe Otterson TV ReporterGet Lifted Film Co. has entered a multi-year overall deal for scripted content at UCP.
Get Lifted Film Co., the production company run by John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius, is getting into business with NBCUniversal.
Today pulled out all the stops, including surprising Jenna Bush Hager with a rather memorable family photo.MORE: Dylan Dreyer as you've never seen her before in new photo with husband Brian FicheraIn a clip from an episode that was shared on Instagram, Hoda Kotb had the funniest reaction as Jenna was shown a picture of herself with dad George W. Bush, mom Laura Bush and twin sister Barbara, all dressed up for Fourth of July.Jenna and Barbara were wearing matching United States flag T-shirts, and the TV star sported heavy bangs and an Alice band.VIDEO: Jenna Bush Hager's rise to fame - from teacher to TV star"Look at your outfit!" Hoda exclaimed, as Jenna replied: "I know, please stop! It's just so mean."MORE: Dylan Dreyer's latest family update has fans all offering the same adviceMORE: Hoda Kotb enjoys day by the beach on Fourth of July"Why? It's not mean, it's cute.
EXCLUSIVE: Next month’s Micheaux Film Festival in LA will honor Bron co-founder and President Brenda Gilbert with the Oscar Micheaux Trailblazer of Excellence Award and filmmaker and Spike Lee collaborator Ernest Dickerson with the Michael Ajakwe Pioneer of Influence Award.
John Legend and Jesse Williams are stepping out during the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
Common said working on the film Selma turned him into an activist and that a recent seven-month stay in London, where police don’t carry guns, “felt like a weight was off my shoulders” as he talked over his life and career at an event awarding him the Tribeca Festival’s second annual Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAmazon Prime Video’s “The Boys” is bringing another iconic character from the comics to the screen, this time with the help of Paul Reiser.The legendary actor will take on the all-important in-universe role of “The Legend,” which in the original “Boys” comics from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson was a parody version of the late famed Marvel creator Stan Lee.According to Amazon, “Reiser will be introduced as The Legend in this week’s episode titled ‘The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies,'” which is the fifth episode of “The Boys” Season 3.Prime Video’s “The Boys,” which is executive produced by “Supernatural” creator Eric Kripke along with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, didn’t provide a description for its version of “The Legend” beyond referring to him as “an iconic fan-favorite character fromt he original comic book series,” but the streamer did release a first look photo, which can be viewed above. New episodes of the eight-episode third season of “The Boys” premiere Fridays, with four remaining until the July 8 finale.“The Boys” has already been renewed for a fourth season by Amazon Studios, a decision that was announced soon after the impressive viewership for the Season 3 premiere weekend came in last week.“We’re just really excited.
Calling the tooth fairy! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend‘s daughter, Luna, lost a tooth after little brother Miles knocked it out.
The best in the biz! Only 17 stars to date have earned the most coveted honor in Hollywood: the EGOT.
Tony awards in New York on Sunday night. Known as US entertainment’s grand slam, the illustrious acronym EGOT signifies a recipient of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.
Leave it to Taylor Swift to please fans with a few unexpected twists. During the singer’s “Tribeca Talks With Taylor Swift” event at Tribeca Festival in New York, Swift brought out surprise guests and even performed during the “talk-only” scheduled event.
“Thank you so much for coming I didn’t plan to say anything. I was going to sneak out,” said Jennifer Lopez from somewhere near the stage but hard to spot at the end of Halftime, the Amanda Micheli documentary on the iconic pop star that opened the 21st Tribeca Festival Wednesday night.
We are so proud of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend‘s daughter Luna for KILLING IT at her dance recital this week!!
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s daughter, Luna, performed during a recital and was the star of the show.On Monday, Teigen took to Instagram to share photos and a video of their little one taking the stage. “yessss girl!” the author captioned the pictures. In the first shot, Luna smiles for the camera as she holds a bouquet of flowers.