On Monday, Michael Oher—a retired NFL star and the subject of the 2009 film The Blind Side—filed a 14-page petition to a probate court in Shelby County, Tenn. The petition contains allegations that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy—the parents of the wealthy, white family that purportedly adopted Oher as a high school student—never actually did so. Rather, they deceived him into signin…
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Those attending Beyoncé’s concert movie, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, will get an exhilarating surprise during the credits of the film: new music. The documentary, which releases in theaters on Dec. 1, features “My House,” a brand new song from Queen Bey that also dropped on all music platforms on Friday.
The song, which plays prominently in the credits of the film,…
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The crime thriller Luther: The Fallen Sun—starring Idris Elba in the titular role as former Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) John Luther—is dark and rich, much like the hit BBC show on which it is based.
The film, in select theaters on Friday and streaming on Netflix on March 10, follows Luther’s fall from grace and arrest, subsequent jailbreak, and pursuit of Davi…
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Over steaming hot plates of tteokbokki (simmered rice cakes), Gil Boksoon (Jeon Do-yeon) vents to her boss about her daughter.
“She used to follow me around when I came home, and she’d tell me about school, even what they had for lunch that day,” Boksoon says. “Now she’s always in her room with the door closed. She has all these secrets.”
It sound…
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On Aug. 15, 2004, the United States suffered sports humiliation, on the most global of stages. At the Athens Olympics, Puerto Rico trounced the American men’s basketball team, 92-73, the preliminary round opener. For the first time, the U.S. men’s team lost in Olympic competition while suiting up NBA players; pros like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson first played in the…
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Virgil Abloh knew how to get people talking. In 2012, when he launched his first fashion brand, Pyrex Vision, Abloh bought deadstock flannel shirts from Ralph Lauren for $40 a piece, screen printed them with the word “Pyrex” and the number 23 (an homage to Michael Jordan), priced them at $550—and sold out his stock in minutes. The shirts became an instant lightning rod, settin…
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The public has watched Demi Lovato undergo many different reinventions over the course of her career. She started out as a Disney darling on Sonny With a Chance and a few Disney Channel Original Movies like Camp Rock and Princess Protection Program. In 2008, she released her debut album, Don’t Forget—a pop-rock record that featured her powerhouse…
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It had all the makings of a publishing Cinderella story. A first-time novelist, making her fiction debut at age 70, wrote a coming-of-age thriller that unexpectedly became a best-selling juggernaut, was selected by Reese Witherspoon for her book club, and was snapped up to be made into a feature film. After Delia Owens published Where the Crawdads Sing in the summer of 2018, appetite onl…
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Quinta Brunson—the writer, producer, comedian and actor behind the breakout hit Abbott Elementary—called for higher salaries for teachers to applause at the TIME100 Gala Wednesday evening. “I play a teacher on TV, but every day I wonder if I’d be strong enough to be one in real life,” Brunson said. “You all deserve to be paid more!”
Brun…
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The first word that comes to mind when looking at Roger Ross Williams’ filmography is prolific. The filmmaker, who made history in 2010 as the first Black director to win an Academy Award with his short documentary, Music for Prudence, has built an expansive body of work comprised largely of documentaries known for their beauty and compassion. Still, this may be his mo…
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