"I’ve been thinking, lately, about the theme of 'American presidents who commit felonies.' I don’t know why; it’s just been on my mind recently for some reason," writes Crime Reads' Olivia Rutigliano. She's created this list of fictional presidents from TV and and film who've committed felonies, including President Fitz from "Scandal," President Frank Underwood from "House of Cards," and more. "As I just said, these are fictional examples, so if some real guy who was elected the President of the United States of America committed anything equivalent to these things in real life, it’d be way, way worse," Rutigliano concludes.
#OnThisDay, May 31, 1921, the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street”, was attacked by a white mob that burned the neighborhood, killing between 100 and 300 black people and injuring hundreds more (depicted in Watchmen, 2019)
What distinguished television from film as a medium, from its very early days, was live broadcasting. As time went on, and more and more TV shows were prerecorded, this was kind of forgotten. But until VHS came along and allowed audiences to timeshift both films and TV shows, television still retained that live event quality; be there or you missed it.
The most popular TV show you've never heard of is called "The Chosen." It tells the story of Jesus and his disciples and there are seven seasons planned (the fourth season starts streaming June 2). Around 200 million people around the world have watched at least an episode, and the show also sold $63 million in theatrical ticket sales. The Hollywood Reporter talked to director Dallas Jenkins, who set out to make an elevated Christian TV series, and now has his sights on the Jesus Cinematic Universe.
"Reading Rainbow," which ran on PBS from 1983 until 2006, is remembered with love in a new documentary, "Butterfly in the Sky." Kevin Makin reviews it for @csmonitor. "Ultimately, the documentary is more of a triumph than a requiem. Aside from its praise of programming that advocates for literacy and of [LeVar] Burton himself, there’s a sense of humanity that perseveres and goes beyond the warmness of nostalgia. Maybe it’s watching the smiling kids who became loving adults. Or it could be watching the series’ founders speak about familial ties that went beyond educational rhetoric," he writes.
The Hollywood Reporter's Roundtable events bring together leading figures in entertainment for frank conversations. This time, it's the turn of comedy actresses and the lineup is stellar: Quinta Brunson, Kristen Wiig, Michelle Buteau, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ego Nwodim and Maya Rudolph. They met at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica to talk about the strangest feedback they've received, the roles that transformed their careers, and what happens when someone — in this case, Netflix — finally believes in you. "Oh, I’ve been tap-dancing for the patriarchy for a good while," says Buteau. "My knees are tired, but fish oil helps."
50 years ago tonight, television (in their original lineup with richard hell) tape an appearance on the underground tonight show at cafe wha?, alongside #PattiSmith & david peel & jackie curtis & others, aired on #nyc public access #television sometime later that year, surfaced incredibly in 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLlhYiN4gmU#punk [1/2]
5/22/74 cafe wha?: amazing 3 minutes of television on #television, playing verlaine’s HARD ON LOVE & making excellent rock faces (as is one of the hippies on the side of the stage, also doing some great gesticulating, visible behind hell). apparently john lennon saw it when it aired. as punk as they ever sounded. #tvfreaksunite#tv052274 [2/2]
After lengthy negotiations and two cast contract extensions, Amazon Freevee has cancelled "Primo" after one season. It's unknown if the production companies will try to find a new home for the series. #Primo#AmazonFreevee#Entertainment#Television#TV#Streaming
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🇳🇬 Am I fair when I discuss shows with you, or is my enthusiasm for discovery sometimes getting the best of me ? Well, this wasn't really a dilemma in the case of Nigerian comedy #AwkwardThingsAboutLosingWeight, for once.
🇨🇦 With arte airing the entire miniseries tonight (make sure not to miss it !), I wanted to discuss the Canadian drama #LittleBird, a touching exploration of what it meant for thousands of Indigenous children to have been abducted from their families.
🇨🇦 And as a companion article, you can also read my review of the first episode of French Canadian series #PourToiFlora, which specifically depicts the experience of the children sent to residential schools, and discusses their trauma decades later.
🇮🇪 This review has been 10 years in the making. I've always wanted to tell you about Irish thriller #AnBronntanas, but never found the time. After rewatching the miniseries earlier this month, I finally put words on it. I hope you like chaos !
🇩🇪🇫🇷🇯🇵🇦🇪 This is quite an interesting assortment of four broadcasters from three different continents, that have decided to coproduce #Concordia. In this sci-fi thriller set in a city where everyone is recorded, your private data is supposed to be safer than anywhere else in the world. Not so safe, however, when a murder takes place...
🇹🇭 The women of Thai series #BangkokKhanika (or #BangkokBlossom) didn't choose sex work. As the youngest is almost of age to be auctioned off, the three sisters decide to buy their independence, which will come at a cost...
🇮🇳 Set during the first half of the 20th century in an opulent entertainment neighborhood of Lahore, Indian series #Heeramandi is a sublime but tragic tale about the fate of courtesans in a troubled time. Freedom will not come to them, or to their country, easily.