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The new Hulu miniseries The 1619 Project starts with a simple statement: “In August 1619, a ship arrived on these shores in Virginia carrying the very first enslaved Africans to be brought to the British colonies of North America. ” Through many different perspectives and narratives, the series expounds on how nothing in American history was the same after this point and, more specifically, on how American history has been shaped by the ripple effects of that voyage.

Fifteen years after moving to the United States to jumpstart her career, Israeli actress Inbar Lavi has finally landed a role in her homeland, having been recruited for season 4 of Fauda. The critically acclaimed action series, originating from Israeli satellite network Yes and distributed globally by Netflix, follows counter-terrorism unit, known as “Mista'arvim" and led by decorated soldier and team commander Doron Kavillio, played by Lior Raz, who also co-created the show with journalist Avi Issacharoff, both drawing inspiration from their experience serving in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Golden Globe winner Jessica Chastain returns to Broadway in The Jamie Lloyd Company’s revival of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 landmark drama A Doll’s House which opened with previews on February 13 at The Hudson Theatre. She stars in one of the theater’s most iconic roles playing Nora Helmer, a housewife who decides to leave her husband and family behind.

It was 1945 and as the war in Europe wound down, Stuart and Budd Schulberg, two young US officers, rushed around Germany in a race against time. The two brothers – Budd, 31, a navy lieutenant and Stuart, a 23-year-old marine corps officer – had been dispatched by the OSS on a special film-finding mission.

Jessica Lange, winner of five Golden Globes for her acting out of 16 nominations, received a special award as Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture for King Kong (1976), won as Best Supporting Actress for Tootsie (1982) directed by Sydney Pollack starring Dustin Hoffman, was nominated as Best Actress in a drama for Frances (1982).   She talked to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 1982 about playing actress Frances Farmer.

Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance grooved its way to the top of the box office. In the traditionally slow Super Bowl weekend, the female-skewing movie, supposed to be Tatum’s final outing as a lap-dancing stripper, earned only $8.

After Cannes and Venice were able to restore themselves to full splendor for their 2022 editions, the 73rd Berlin Film Festival gets its chance for cinematic glory from February 16 – 28 at its Potsdamer Platz ground zero.   Kicking things off will be the world premiere of director Rebecca Miller’s romantic comedy She Came to Me, starring Anne Hathaway and Peter Dinklage.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever debuted on Chinese screens on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, to $3. 47 million in box office grosses, according to Chinese data site Maoyan, landing in third place on the day but ending the weekend in sixth place with $12.

Spain is not a country for Blacks. Or at least, that is the case for anyone of races, other than the predominant White in the Iberian Peninsula, who is interested in working in the entertainment industry.

In Telugu cinema, actor Ram Charan is a superstar. But now, thanks to RRR, he is known the world over.