The family of a 'proud' man 'with a big heart' who died in a three-vehicle crash has paid a touching tribute to him.
15.01.2022 - 02:23 / deadline.com
The Proud Family has finally returned, more than 20 years after it first hit Disney Channel in September 2001.
Starring original voice cast members Kyla Pratt, Karen Malina White, Soleil Moon Frye, Alisa Reyes and more, Disney+’s revival series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder will bring Penny Proud (Pratt) into 2022 as she explores her teenage years. In addition to further spotlighting Penny’s coming-of-age, creator and EP Bruce W. Smith and producer Ralph Farquhar said during Friday’s TCA panel that the show will take on topics relevant to today’s bigger conversations.
“A lot has changed in 20 years, that’s for sureBefore, we used to have to tip top and used coded language,” said Farquhar, who served as an executive producer on the original series. “Now we can go straight at it.”
He went on to highlight the new additions to The Proud Family world: husbands Randall and Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins, voiced respectively by Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto, and Penny’s new gender non-confirming friend Michael Collins. The introduction of LGBTQ+ characters into the world of The Proud Family is the “biggest change,” fans, both returning and new, can expect, he said.
EJ Johnson, who takes on Michael Collins said that he’s excited for the impact and visibility of queer kids, this series will bring.
“Just to have a character who’s out and proud and fabulous…I was blown away that this character exists,” he said.
Even while “upgrading” the series with more prominent conversations about identity, social media and growing up in today’s world, Smith said that the series remains true to its core – whether that’s with the original cast members or the desire to tell stories authentically.
“The important asset of this is making sure that both
The family of a 'proud' man 'with a big heart' who died in a three-vehicle crash has paid a touching tribute to him.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHere, Variety talks with Fernando León de Aranoa, director of the Javier Bardem-starring “The Good Boss” (“El Buen Patron”), Spain’s Oscar entry, which is a big box office hit on home turf and has scored more Spanish Academy Goya nominations than any other film in history.What does it mean to you to be shortlisted for the best international feature Oscar?I feel a mix of joy and responsibility. It means following the steps of some of the greatest Spanish filmmakers who have done it before, being among a group of brilliant directors from all over the world and having the opportunity of showing “The Good Boss” to a wider audience.What’s been the most challenging aspect of your campaign thus far?To make our film visible amidst the strong contenders.
Has any Broadway production in recent (or even not so recent) memory arrived with as much emotional baggage – or carried it as lightly – as the visually and sonically ravishing MJ? The Michael Jackson musical, as unlikely as such a prospect might have seemed a year ago, now appears poised to take Manhattan with the same hurricane force that the real Jackson funneled when he moonwalked into television history on Motown 25.
Frank Rizzo Passions were never in short supply in Lynn Nottage’s 2003 play “Intimate Apparel,” where loneliness, longing and hope hover in every scene. In the latest, long-in-the-making collaboration between Lincoln Center Theater and the Metropolitan Opera, those passions fly free, revealing the operatic heart of “Intimate Apparel” in a new opera adaptation of this story of a 35-year-old Black seamstress aching for love in 1905 New York.The tight construction of the play, with its spare two-hander scenes and focus on the lives of ordinary and overlooked people, makes it a natural as a stripped-down chamber opera.
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Peter Andre has opened up on how proud he is of his 14 year old daughter Princess, who has asked if she can start doing jobs around the house – including babysitting – so that she can earn her own money. The 48 year old also discusses how he manages to still make time for date nights with wife Emily Andrea and why he thinks it's the right time for Covid restrictions to go in his exclusive new magazine column.
EXCLUSIVE: Tommy Davidson, the actor, writer, producer, stand-up comic and author who is currently reprising his role as patriarch Oscar Proud in Disney+’s Proud Family reboot The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, has signed with APA for representation in all areas.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Unknown people toppled a statue of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in the pre-dawn hours of Monday ahead of a visit of King Felipe VI to the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico.Col.
Chris Pratt is getting in some exercise.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticFor a decade, Lena Dunham has kept more than busy, executive producing TV series like “Camping” and “Generation” and putting out her memoir. Yet she’s been notably selective about her main slate of projects, and “Sharp Stick,” which premiered tonight at the Sundance Film Festival, is her third major act.
Lourdes Leon shared a comfortable and casual, makeup-less selfie to her Instagram Story on Thursday January 20. The 25-year-old model, fresh off of modeling for the Savage X Fenty Valentine’s Day campaign, posted a mirror photo, where she rocked an oversized purple sweatshirt, and comfy-looking pair of sweatpants. Lourdes — who often goes by Lola — looked super relaxed, as she took the photo of herself with her hair tied back in a ponytail.
Britney Spears' fiery public feud with sister Jamie Lynn Spears continues. Spears 40, took to Instagram Wednesday to repost a statement she deleted quickly after posting Tuesday.
Britney Spears has hit out at her sister Jamie Lynn in a scathing rant on Instagram.The Toxic Singer, 40, said she should have "slapped" her sister and mum Lynne "across their faces". Singer Britney has been locked in a bitter feud with her 30 year old sister since the end of her conservatorship, as Britney unfollowed her sister on social media. Britney's latest post saw her claim her younger sister had an easier childhood.
NEW YORK -- André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73.Talley’s literary agent David Vigliano confirmed Talley’s death to USA Today late Tuesday, but no additional details were immediately available.Talley was an influential fashion journalist who worked at Women's Wear Daily and Vogue and was a regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe.
Britney Spears, 40, is taking a legal step when it comes to her public feud with her younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears. The singer asked her attorney Mathew S. Rosengart to issue her 30-year-old sibling a cease and desist letter, which was obtained by Page Six, that demands her to leave her out of her book tour for her just released memior, Things I Should Have Said, and says that she “will no longer be bullied” for the point of book sales.
There’s an all-new preview for Disney+’s upcoming series “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” and it gives us our best look at some of the show’s queer characters yet.
Madonna than her very own offspring?According to reports from the Mirror, the “Material Girl” singer may be played by her 25-year-old daughter Lourdes Leon in a film about her life.It goes without saying that the young model and actress looks like a young version of her 63-year-old mother, making many fans think this would be a perfect choice for the movie. Others said to be in the running to play the pop star are Black Widow actress Florence Pugh and Kanye West’s girlfriend Julia Fox, who was recently seen out with Madonna.Reports confirm that a script for the project has already been finalized with help from Girl On The Train writer Erin Cressida Wilson.