Month: June 2022

The 2022 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced the Best of the ABFF Award winners. The presentation hosted by three-time Emmy-nominated actor and author Dondré Whitfield was an on-point wrap to the  five-day festival with producer/director/actress Issa Rae acting as the Festival Ambassador. The 26th annual festival returned live to Miami, June 15-19 and
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Jim Henson’s Creature Shop animatronics and visual effects studio, based in Los Angeles, has teamed with Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company to produce life-size puppets for the RSC’s stage adaptation of legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 hand-drawn classic My Neighbour Totoro. The RSC’s most ambitious project to date — even more so than the award-winning
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News Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Lorde, More Protest Roe v. Wade Reversal at Shows “Fuck the Supreme Court” was a prevailing sentiment over the weekend By Allison Hussey June 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter Megan Thee Stallion (Photo by Matthew Baker/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Lorde, and Halsey
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This Pride month has been a difficult one for U.S. libraries: white supremacists have stormed Drag Queen Story Hours, libraries have been defaced with the word “groomer” for carrying LGBTQ children’s books, Pride displays have been censored and stolen, and the systematic challenging of LGBTQ books by rightwing groups like “Moms for Liberty” continues. While
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump applauses during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A federal criminal investigation is threatening the proposed merger between former President Donald Trump’s social media enterprise and a special purpose acquisition company, a deal that would give the combined
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The Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has started authorising Indian private firms, marking the beginning of private space sector launches in India. IN-SPACe is an autonomous, single window nodal agency; formed to promote, authorise, monitor, and supervise the space activities of Non-Governmental Private Entities (NGPEs) in India. Dhruva Space, Hyderabad, and Digantara research
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Glastonbury closed with rapper Kendrick Lamar making a dramatic statement apparently referencing the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion, wearing a crown of thorns as fake blood poured from his face. The festival’s final headline set ended with him chanting “Godspeed for women’s rights” repeatedly before he dramatically exited the main Pyramid Stage. But, as
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Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City) is the latest addition to the cast of Lionsgate’s Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. He joins an ensemble led by Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler which also includes Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Jerome Lance, Ashley Liao, Knox Gibson, Mackenzie Lansing, Aamer Husain, Nick Benson, Laurel Marsden, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples and Hiroki Berrecloth, as previously announced.
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Following its acclaimed run at The Bridge Theatre in London, David Hare’s Straight Line Crazy starring Ralph Fiennes as New York powerbroker Robert Moses will make its Big Apple Off Broadway debut this fall at The Shed. Directed by Nicholas Hytner and Jamie Armitage, the play will run October 18-December 18. The announcement was made
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News Rina Sawayama Shares New Song “Catch Me in the Air”: Listen Sawayama’s latest Hold the Girl single is a tribute to her mother By Madison Bloom June 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rina Sawayama, photo by Thurstan Redding Facebook Twitter Rina Sawayama has released the latest single from her forthcoming second album, Hold the Girl.
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Children’s verse offers the opportunity to normalize children’s taboo feelings, urges, and actions. This approach means acting as a reaction to didactic traditions and the society’s pressure to “be good.” By “didactic,” I mean literature that is instructional, offering guidance, in particular of morals, values, and what’s deemed “good” as opposed to “unsavory.” Much of
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