‘United States of Al’ Blasted For Handling Of Afghan Character; Reza Aslan Defends CBS Sitcom: “You Can’t Judge A Show By A 30 Second Trailer”

It goes without saying that when performer lands the role of a cultural icon, there is a certain amount of pressure. For Oscar-nominated actress Andra Day, she immediately felt it when she found out she was going to play the legendary Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. “It was all fear for sure,” Day said, laughing.

Bebe Rexha has been announced as the opening act for WWE WrestleMania 37.The New York artist will perform the patriotic US anthem ‘America The Beautiful’ live at the opening ceremony, which will take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida this Saturday (April 10).“I’m excited to sing ‘America The Beautiful’ at this year’s WrestleMania,” Rexha said in a statement.“Being part of WWE’s biggest event of the year is an honour and I look forward to performing for fans around the

The return of Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler to the L&O franchise boosted NBC on Thursday, with the double-shot of the Law & Order: SVU crossover and the series premiere of his Law & Order: Organized Crime finishing as primetime’s top two shows in the adults 18-49 demographic and total viewers.

Hulu has landed the rights to the docuseries The 1619 Project, based on materials from Nikole Hannah-Jones' acclaimed special issue of The New York Times Magazine which examines the impact of slavery on American history.

Since Mom premiered in 2013 and proved that a CBS multi-cam comedy could contain multitudes — or at least both broadly silly elements for the back row and a serious reflection on addiction — sitcom mogul Chuck Lorre has expanded his brand in the direction of more pointed, often dramatic shows.

Afghanistan translator and friend, to live with him in America — a land of promise as well as extreme culture shock for the Muslim newcomer.Now consider this: “United States of Al” is a sitcom. It arrives Thursday (8:30 p.m.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHere’s a complete list of things we learn about Awalmir, or “Al,” in the first four episodes of the new show ostensibly about him: Al (Adhir Kalyan) is a friendly Afghan translator. Al loves qorma-e-sabzi (an Afghan spinach stew), his mother, sister, countless cousins, and best American friend Riley (Parker Young), a former Marine who retained Al’s services while stationed in Afghanistan.

Gisele Bundchen enjoys some solo time with husband Tom Brady during their vacation in Costa Rica this month.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe producers behind CBS’ new comedy “The United States of Al” say they understand the backlash the show has received online in the weeks leading to its April 1 debut.

tweeted in response. “You can’t judge a show by a 30 sec trailer.

Director, writer and actor Matt Ross has signed with CAA. Ross will direct and executive produce Starz’s upcoming Watergate anthology series Gaslit, which stars Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAndra Day was just 11 years old when she first heard Billie Holiday’s iconic anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit.” She recalls “prostrating before the speaker, just listening. It was scary and I just felt overwhelming sadness.”Even at that young age, Day says she wanted to help Holiday and “whatever it was she was singing about.” As she got older, the truth behind the lyrics took the deeper meaning, resonating with her.

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That the documentary United States vs. Reality Winner achieves its primary goals makes it a fairly successful film.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticA sense of rising U.S. governmental secrecy and punishment of whistleblowers is the primary political takeaway from “United States vs.

kidney transplant surgery, her best friend and donor, Francia Raisia, has decided to speak out about her generous decision. Though the pair gave a moving joint interview at the time, actor Raisia has kept relatively tight-lipped about her actions, until yesterday which is World Kidney Day in the US (March 11).

Chuck Lorre’s new CBS comedy United States of Al is moving to a new time slot on Thursday nights. The series, which premieres April 1, will move to 8:30 pm ET/PT following Young Sheldon. B Positive, which was previously in the 8:30 pm slot, will shift to 9:30 pm ET/PT slot following Mom.