Sharing the incredible true story of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black candidate for a major-party presidential nomination, was a long but worthwhile journey for sisters Regina and Reina King. “We chose Shirley because we realized there were far too many people who didn’t even know her name. We felt it was important that people not only know her name, but why she was important, relevant, and inspiring,” Regina tells Entertainment Weekly. Read More...
Brandon Tartikoff loved his job, even when his job was Manimal. That’s how the TV industry is remembering the exec, who died Aug. 27 at age 48 while receiving treatment for Hodgkin’s disease — as a man who would back an idea if he believed it might entertain, whether the show proved a failure or a success. Mostly, it was the latter. As NBC’s precocious programming chief from 1980 to ’91, Tartikoff was an executive weaned on the tube, and his TV-centric views brought about a revolution in both sophistication and an arch awareness that viewers were as obsessed with TV as he was. Read More...
In the new horror-comedy Renfield, Nicholas Hoult has had enough of serving — and serving up victims to — his master, Nicolas Cage's Count Dracula. "Renfield is about a co-dependent relationship with a boss from hell," explains director Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie). "It's the story of a guy who has to stand up to his boss and take his power back." It's a new take on the vampire genre, which has been a staple of the silver screen for decades — and Renfield, in theaters now, even pays tribute to one of the classics. Read More...
