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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA After 60 years in showbiz, Glynn Turman has seen it all. And he’s not done yet [Los Angeles Times :: BC-MOVIE-TURMAN:LA] LOS ANGELES — If you’re wondering why Glynn Turman keeps popping up in high-profile projects, the veteran actor can break it down for you. “My manager calls it ‘the Glynnaissance,” said Turman in a Zoom interview, flashing a smile that lights up the computer screen like a Christmas tree. More than six decades after his debut in the ori...

If you’re wondering why Glynn Turman keeps popping up in high-profile projects, the veteran actor can break it down for you. “My manager calls it ‘the Glynnaissance,’” said Turman in a Zoom interview, flashing a smile that lights up the computer screen like a Christmas tree. More than six decades after his debut in the original Broadway production of “A Raisin in the Sun,” and more than 40 years since his breakthrough in the nostalgic coming-of-age movie “Cooley High,” Turm...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA After 60 years in showbiz, Glynn Turman has seen it all. And he’s not done yet [Los Angeles Times] If you’re wondering why Glynn Turman keeps popping up in high-profile projects, the veteran actor can break it down for you. “My manager calls it ‘the Glynnaissance,” said Turman in a Zoom interview, flashing a smile that lights up the computer screen like a Christmas tree. More than six decades after his debut in the original Broadway production of “A Rai...

CS Interview: Showrunner/Co-Creator Benjamin Cavell on The Stand CS Interview: Showrunner/co-creator Benjamin Cavell on The Stand Ahead of the series’ debut on the streaming platform, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with showrunner, co-creator and executive producer Benjamin Cavell ( SEAL Team) to discuss his work adapting Stephen King’s  The Stand into the miniseries, which premiered on CBS All Access today! ComingSoon.net:  The Stand is one of the most iconic works of Steph...

comments "The Stand," Stephen Kings epic journey of 1,152 pages, has enthralled millions. This is proven in the fact that back in the day millions of commuters enthusiastically carted around paperback versions of this doorstop around with them on public transportation, on walks and on trips. Read it and youll get it: once youre well inside of the story, it is hard to put it down and walk away. The same cant be said of subsequent attempts to bring it to screen, first in 1994 on ABC and again in ...

The Stand’s Mother Abagail for the past 26 years. As she explained to Vanity Fair, she wanted the part back in 1994, when Stephen King’s epic was first getting the miniseries treatment at ABC, though the role eventually went to Ruby Dee. Mother Abagail is the 108-year old prophet who, thanks to her line of communication with God, becomes the unifying force behind the Boulder Free Zone, a community of peaceful apocalypse survivors. “I’ve been fighting with not making her the Magic Negro...

TV Interviews Exclusive interview: The Stand’s Whoopi Goldberg says ‘what I love more than almost anything is a good scare’ Thu Dec 17, 2020 at 1:50pm ET Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail. Pic credit: Robert Falconer/CBS Do we want to watch a miniseries about a pandemic in the middle of a pandemic? Maybe not, but Stephen King’s The Stand , premiering on CBS All Access on Dec. 17, is so much more than that. Yes, it’s true that, in the beginning, a plague wipes out 99 percent of humanit...

This week, viewers everywhere will get the chance to experience a new vision of Stephen Kings most ambitious novel when The Stand comes to CBS All Access. Kings dark fantasy epic about a battle between good and evil in the middle of an American landscape devastated by a pandemic remains one of his most beloved books, but not just because of the text itself. For many fans, The Stand is still celebrated in no small part because of what King himself, director Mick Garris, and a massive cast and ...

12/17/2020 CBS All Access caps off our COVID-dominated 2020 with the premiere of a new miniseries adaptation of Stephen Kings post-pandemic allegory about good and evil. On the page, Stephen Kings The Stand (1978) is a study in horrifying momentum. Its so propulsive that King was able to add hundreds of pages 12 years after its original publication without sacrificing the celerity of a narrative that keeps moving from one climax — a burgeoning plague, humanity mobilizing in Boulder, the fin...

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