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Ava DuVernay continues to champion inclusivity and global film perspectives with ARRAY 360 film series to mark the completion of the ARRAY Creative Campus and the brand-spankin’ new, state-of-the-art Amanda Theater. The series will kick off September 27 and continue through November 2. Located in the Historic…

Several of John Singleton’s friends and former colleagues have agreed to help judge a short film contest created to honor the late filmmaker. Among the judges and advisers are Hustle & Flow producer Stephanie Allain, The Best Man casting director Robi Reed, Shaft (2000) executive producer Paul Hall, and Little…

The TCA panel for the third season of FX drama Snowfall reflected on series co-creator John Singleton in the wake of his death in April at 51 and how they’re continuing to tell the story of his hometown South Central LA. “He told truthful stories about people who had been ignored, who had been depicted in a negative…

Sony Pictures said Friday that is renaming on of the biggest theaters on its Culver City lot after John Singleton. The director-writer-producer, who died in April at age 51 after suffering a stroke, made his feature debut with Sony and Columbia Pictures’ Boyz N the Hood, which led to him becoming the youngest person…

When Shane Salerno co-wrote the Shaft remake with John Singleton, they started a friendship that lasted until the filmmaker’s untimely passing. Here he writes about his friend. When John Singleton told you a joke, he would share it with you like it was a secret. When he delivered the punch line, he would lock on your…

Donna Langley, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment, invoked the late director John Singleton today in her commencement speech for the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Class of 2019, reminding the audience to “touch what is human” in all audiences. Langley, who joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts Board of…

FX Networks has set summer premiere dates for three critically-acclaimed series, comedy Baskets, and dramas Legion and John Singleton’s Snowfall. The fourth of season of Baskets starring Zach Galifianakis premieres Thursday, June 13 at 10 PM on FX. Legion, from Noah Hawley will kick off its third and final season…

John Singleton flashed an ear-to-ear grin. "I feel vindicated," he told me. "I also feel rich. This is my definition of a good time." The scene was the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. We were having a drink to celebrate Singleton's latest coup. He had carefully organized a bidding war among distributors for his latest…

One day after John Singleton died from complications of a stroke, former President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the groundbreaking director for helping to open doors in Hollywood. Obama posted a message about Singleton Tuesday on Twitter, praising the South Los Angeles native for telling real stories about the…

Taraji P. Henson shared a heartfelt message Monday evening about John Singleton. The iconic filmmaker died earlier in the day from complications of a stroke. Henson and Tyrese Gibson visited him in the hospital over the weekend and urged fans on social media to “keep praying” for the director. Singleton cast the two…

One of John Singleton’s last projects was the FX drama series Snowfall, which he co-created, directed and executive produced. The series about the 1980s crack epidemic in Los Angeles is in production on its third season. The drama had remained in production while Singleton was hospitalized following his April 17 stroke…

John Singleton, who died Monday at age 51, left a legacy that included one of the 1990s’ most influential movies in Boyz N the Hood, his debut feature that earned him a pair of Oscar nominations. The movie, which he made at age 24, not only broke ground in the culture of films but also for African Americans…