This year’s celebration of queer cinema emphasised the power of community and inclusivity. “I think it’s very important for our movements to be inclusive and collaborative, because divisiveness is taking away a lot of our power.” So says trailblazing author Jewelle Gomez in Jewelle: A Just Vision, Madeleine Lim’s documentary on the life, work and […]
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By Melissa Romualdi with files from JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER , The Associated Press. Published: 2 hours ago A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday in what marks the latest in a series of mass shootings […]
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Donald Glover’s Amazon Studio project Swarm released all its episodes this week on Amazon Prime. Co-created with Atlanta writer Janine Nabers, Swarm is a horror-thriller series that stars Dominique Fishback as Dre, a young woman obsessed with a pop star named Ni’Jah. Dre’s own life is full of disconnect and abandonment, and she seems to […]
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When Godzilla vs. Megalon was released in the US in the summer of 1976, Vincent Canby noted Godzilla’s personality change in his New York Times review: “The dragon has become Saint George”. There’s certainly truth in his assessment – the heroic Godzilla who fought Megalon is worlds apart from the beast that obliterated Tokyo in […]
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Spoilers below. The second half of You season 4 is full of shockers, including the fact that Rhys Montrose isn’t the Eat the Rich Killer, after all. Instead, we discover that Joe Goldberg had been up to his old tricks yet again—he just doesn’t know it. Despite running with a wealthy crowd, successful author Rhys […]
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Meghan Markle really hit International Women’s Day on the nose on Wednesday when she dined at Gracias Madre, a West Hollywood Mexican restaurant that describes itself as: “Born out of love for Mother Earth and reverence for all mothers.” Per the Daily Mail, the Duchess of Sussex was spotted walking outside wearing an all-black outfit—consisting […]
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For most of us, the omnipresence of social media is a fundamental part of daily life. We often debate whether its ubiquity is a net good or bad, but generalizations become difficult when there are as many ways to interact with social media as there are people with iPhones. Film has long proven to be […]
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A pleasant surprise on this year’s Best Picture nominees list, director Sarah Polley’s Women Talking might not have stirred the same buzz as its fellow competitors, but it’d be a painful shame to overlook the project based on hype alone. Crafted with a tender but unflinching touch by Polley—also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay—the film […]
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By Brent Furdyk. Published: 49 mins ago Chloe Bailey has just announced a new collab that’s seeing the Chloe x Halle singer hit with backlash. On Friday, Feb. 17, Bailey took to social media to share a photo in which she appears to be getting romantic with Chris Brown, promoting their upcoming single “How Does […]
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By Corey Atad. Published: 42 mins ago Orlando Brown’s lawyers may be considering an insanity plea. According to TMZ, “That’s So Raven” actor will be undergoing a mental evaluation to determine whether he is fit to stand trial. READ MORE: ‘That’s So Raven’ Actor Orlando Brown Arrested For Domestic Violence The 35-year-old’s lawyers filed documents […]
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