Director Yoruba Richen and EPs Mehret Mandefro and Lacey Schwartz Delgado, whose docu ‘How It Feels to Be Free’ premieres tonight on PBS for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, consider the often-overlooked women who have long used their art to challenge representations about Black people.
Veteran comedy showrunner David Richardson passed away today, Jan. 18, from heart failure. He celebrated his 65th birthday on Christmas Eve.
Richardson had recently wrapped the upcoming fifth and final season of Netflix's adult animated seriesF Is for Family, on which he served as executive producer.
A nearly 30-year…
Alec Baldwin has flown the Twitter coop, announcing on Monday that he will leave the social media platform “for now.”
“Twitter is like a party where everyone is screaming. Not much of a party,” he Tweeted. “Goodbye for now.”
Baldwin’s departure from Twitter comes weeks after wife Hilaria Baldwin’s came under fire…
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is facing possible expulsion from SAG-AFTRA. Deadline has learned that the union's national board of directors will meet Tuesday morning in a special session regarding disciplinary action against him, which could lead to his expulsion.
The former star of The Apprentice – and soon-to-be former…
Two days after the Los Angeles Public Health Department announced that the much-talked-about UK variant of Covid-19, known as B.1.1.7, had been identified in the region, the California Department of Public Health revealed that another lesser-known strain had been circulating in the county as well.
Known as L452R, the…
EXCLUSIVE:The Black List is partnering with the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) for the Black List New Zealand Project (BLNZP). The new initiative is a one-off fund script development workshop designed to foster the creative relationship between writers and producers and stimulate international opportunities for…
Implementation of a nationwide mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could reduce the coronavirus’ spread to essentially zero and have a potential $1 trillion impact on the U.S. GDP, according to researchers at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
The team’s research “makes clear that…
Joe Biden’s inauguration concerts continue tonight with one tied to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, featuring a lineup that includes Yo-Yo Ma, Andra Day and Bebe Winans.
The event, scheduled to start at 8 PM ET, will include a video from songwriter Diane Warren and Chesca’s performance of “El Cambio” (The Change)…
Juno Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, the Kristina Lindstom and Kristian Petri film set to premiere in the World Documentary Competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Produced by Stina Gardell’s Stockholm-based Mantaray Film, the film follows…
Disneyland Paris announced Monday that its reopening would be delayed until at least April 2. The park, which closed for a second time on October 29, had planned to reopen on February 13. The park previously was closed from March-July 2020, reopened, and then closed down again in April 2020.
The new start date will…
Maria Bartiromo, Brian Kilmeade and Trey Gowdy are among the list of rotating hosts who will anchor Fox News Primetime, set for its debut in the 7 PM hour as part of a plan to fill the slot with opinion programming.
Last week, Fox News announced that the newscast The Story with Martha MacCallum would be moved to 3 PM…
Editor’s note:Yoruba Richen is the director and Mehret Mandefro and Lacey Schwartz Delgado are executive producers of American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free, a documentary that looks at the historical importance and overlooked contributions of Black performers. Focusing on Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Di…
