Jill Scott will play gospel icon Mahalia Jackson in a forthcoming biopic, according to Deadline. Based on the biography Mahalia Jackson by Darlene Donloe, Mahalia! will be produced by Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx, Shakim Compere, and Holly Carter. Producers have secured the rights to Jackson’s entire musical catalog for the film, which will document her
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Kylie Jenner showed off her ‘most perfect’ birthday dress, from the creative director of Balmain himself! She appeared to wear the dress in one of her favorite getaway destinations. Blink 182 said “Nobody likes you when you’re 23,” but that obviously doesn’t apply to Kylie Jenner! The makeup mogul received a gorgeous piece from the
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These are practical effects at their finest. For this list, we’re looking at the traps that were the most intricate and ingenious to create, from designing them to filming them. Our countdown includes The Steam Room, The Cube Trap, The Venus Fly Trap, and more! Did YOUR favorite “Saw” trap make the list? Let us
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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures will be hosting a high-end dual big screen drive-in experience on the Culver City, CA lot starting this Friday, Aug. 14. They are the first major studio ever to turn their lot into a drive-in. The drive-in will be located in the studio’s Thalberg parking lot and showcase several Sony classic catalog
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The Weeknd‘s philanthropy isn’t confined to North America … he’s opening his wallet to help people who were injured, people whose loved ones died, and people who were left homeless by the tragic explosion that rocked Beirut. The singer’s manager, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, and his wife, Rima Fakih, have been leading the charge to get
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CBS TV Studios has struck an exclusive agreement with 21CP Solutions, the country’s preeminent law enforcement and public safety advisory group, to consult with the writing teams on their police, crime and legal drama series. The group of advisers includes former senior law enforcement officials, civil rights scholars, lawyers, academics, and community thought leaders in police
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The world’s last remaining Blockbuster store is getting an extreme makeover … it’s converting into a rental property for an epic end-of-summer sleepover!!! Here’s the deal … Sandi Harding, the manager of the only surviving Blockbuster in Bend, OR, is converting the store into an Airbnb for 3 nights only … and the once-in-a-lifetime experience
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Calling Ryan Reynolds and Seth Rogen: B.C. Premier John Horgan wants you. At a Wednesday press conference announcing the hiring of 500 new contact tracers in the province, Horgan also called on some of B.C.’s best-known celebrities to use their influence to help get younger people on board with coronavirus precautions. “This is a callout
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The UK’s notoriously anti-LGBT home secretary Priti Patel is planning to fully decriminalise the sale of poppers. Not usually known for liberal stances on anything, Patel confirmed on Wednesday that she is “minded” to explicitly exempt poppers from laws banning former ‘legal highs’. Alkyl nitrites, popularly known as poppers, are sold in the UK as
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Pose star Dominique Jackson and transgender model and activist Munroe Bergdorf head up the line-up for the digital UK Black Pride festival. Like many Pride events, the physical UK Black Pride gathering was cancelled in 2020 due to coronavirus, but organisers have put their all into creating a day-long celebration of Black queer experiences. The
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Check out newly announced release dates, which movies are coming to home video this week, and recommendations from your host Khail Anonymous and journalist/podcaster Karama Horne in this new episode of ‘Weekly Ticket’! ► Buy or Rent Movies on FandangoNOW: https://www.fandangonow.com?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Tune-in to Weekly Ticket every Tuesday to help you decide what to watch this
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Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures, and CBS, died on Tuesday at age 97. “Sumner Redstone was a brilliant visionary, operator and dealmaker, who single-handedly transformed a family-owned drive-in theater company into a global media portfolio,” current ViacomCBS CEO and president Bob Bakish said in a statement. “He was
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Jaida Essence Hall was the deserved winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12. (Getty) Drag Race season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall said she doesn’t know a “single Black queen” who hasn’t suffered racism at the hands of so-called fans. Jaida talked candidly about discrimination, the Black Lives Matter movement and growing up queer in
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Morgan Stewart and Jordan McGraw are already imagining what their little girl will be like. On tonight’s Nightly Pop, the parents-to-be joined Morgan’s co-hosts Hunter March and Nina Parker for a friendly game of “Fian…Say What?: Baby Edition.” For the first round, Nina reminded Nightly Pop viewers that a psychic previously predicted Morgan’s pregnancy. “I’m
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Amazon revealed in emails to multiple podcasters their plans to begin streaming podcasts on Amazon Music and Audible, Billboard and The Desk report. As multiple podcasters have pointed out on social media, the company’s terms and conditions feature a significant point under the “content restrictions” header that claims podcasts cannot feature anti-Amazon rhetoric. “Your Content
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Harris Reed, with illustration by Lukas Palumbo  “No holds barred. I love that expression,” says Harris Reed. The designer, who uses they/them pronouns and identifies as gender-fluid, was constantly on the move as a kid, living in 30 different places. They sought refuge in dress-up, using fashion “as an elevator conversation, showing people who you
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