Janelle Monรกe, the not-so-secret weapon of 'Glass Onion'
As much as Janelle Monรกe has been a natural, full-body entertainer and a red-carpet head-turner, it has sometimes seemed since her two 2016 big-screen debuts in โHidden Figuresโ and โMoonlightโ that Hollywood hasnโt known quite how to fully harness the wide-ranging talents of such a self-propelled, mold-breaking Black female artist.
New this week: Mariah Carey special, 'Maverick,' 'Best Man'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include Mariah Carey in concert on CBS singing Christmas songs, a free stream of the beloved 1965 animated special โA Charlie Brown Christmasโ and megahit "Top Gun: Maverickโ lands on Paramount+ on Thursday.
Out magazine names Lizzo, Monae, Maddow to its Out100 list
NEW YORK โ Award-winning singers Lizzo and Janelle Monae, Apple CEO Tim Cook and MSNBCโs Rachel Maddow have made Out magazineโs 2020 Out100 list. Honorees will be celebrated Saturday at the first 2020 Out100 Virtual Honoree Induction Ceremony, which will stream live at 8 p.m. EDT at Out.com/Out100Live. Others who made this yearโs list include Donald Trumpโs niece, the psychologist and author Mary Trump, former baseball player Billy Bean, teen rapper Kidd Kenn and actors Lili Reinhardt, Cheyenne Jackson, Jonathan Bennett and Dashaun Wesley. Several members of President-elect Joe Bidenโs team made the Out100 list, including Jamal Brown, Reggie Greer and Karine Jean-Pierre. ___This story corrects the spelling of Andrรฉ Leon Talley.
Janelle Monรกe and Sharon Stone on โLive in the Dโ today at 10AM!
Special guests Janelle Monรกe and Sharon Stone dish about their latest projects today at 10 a.m. on โLive in the D.โ Greg Russell interviews them on his โReel Talkโ segment. Monรกe stars in the new movie Antebellum, a thriller in which her character must face the horrors of Americaโs past, as well as her present modern day life and future. You can watch the trailer here . Stone appears in a new Netflix series called Ratched being released today. Set in 1947, itโs an origin story of Mildred Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckooโs Nest, who begins work at a psychiatric hospital.
Horrors of slavery at center of Janelle Monae's 'Antebellum'
Much of the horror of โAntebellumโ is in its unflinching depiction of the violence inflicted on slaves. Monae hopes the film acts as a catalyst for discussions about systemic racism in a politically divided nation. The movie grew out of a literal nightmare that co-writer-director Gerard Bush had after his father died. In addition to Monae, the cast also includes Jack Huston, Eric Lange, Kiersey Clemons, Gabourey Sidibe and Jena Malone. Bush said he realizes that audiences will be uncomfortable watching the film, but he believes that unsettling times calls for unsettling art.
New this week: 'Cuties,' 'Unpregnant' and fresh 'Jeopardy!'
Heres a collection curated by The Associated Press entertainment journalists of whats arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. The film from director Mamouna Doucour is a thoughtful and poignant coming-of-age drama about Amy, an 11-year-old Senegalese immigrant living in Paris. Dont judge Cuties by its cover and give it a chance when it starts streaming Wednesday. Answer: Jeopardy! The quiz show with Alex Trebek at the helm of a COVID-19-conscious season hits screens Monday. Celebrity guest hosts are all the rage these days on late night TV but a documentary airing Thursday sheds light on one who really made history.
From Dash to Coppola, highlights from TCM's Women Make Film
FILE - Julie Dash attends the New York Film Critics Circle Awards on Jan. 3, 2017, in New York. Dash's work will be featured in Turner Classic Movies' four-month Women Make Film series, airing every Tuesday night through December. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle pick some programming highlights from Turner Classic Movies' four-month Women Make Film series, airing every Tuesday night through December. In her 1976 film (airing Sept. 15 on TCM), Kopple intimately documents a grueling, 13-month coal miner's strike in a small Kentucky town. They just thought I was a funny little girl who carried a tape recorder and a camera. The film won Kopple her first Oscar.