Movie review: Daniel Kaluuya impresses in Judas and the Black Messiah
10 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Daniel Kaluuya stars in Judas and the Black Messiah, in cinemas now.
Dominic Corry is an entertainment writer and film critic based in Los Angeles.@DominicCorry
A startling true story is invigorated by arresting performances from Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield, both of whom deserve awards recognition for their work here. The former plays Fred Hampton, the charismatic young leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. The latter plays Bill O Neal, a petty criminal who is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the Black Panthers in exchange for not going to jail.
Here’s the thing about new books: They are the catalysts that inspire readers to try, do, and feel new things. “Black Girl Magic” is not just something that exists as a campaign or chant at rallies, but something to hold onto within ourselves and use to catapult over whatever obstacles come our way.
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Beth Moore, famed Bible teacher quits Southern Baptists
BOB SMIETANA, Religion News Service
March 10, 2021
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1of5Author and speaker Beth Moore speaks during a panel on sexual abuse during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. on June 10, 2019. (Adelle M. Banks/Religion News Service via AP)Adelle M. Banks/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5A panel on sexual abuse is held during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. on June 10, 2019. The panel was moderated by the Southern Baptist Convention s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission executive vice president Philip Betancourt, from left, and included Rachael Denhollander, SBC President J.D. Greear, author and Bible teacher Beth Moore, abuse survivor and Birmingham native Susan Codone, and ERLC president Russell Moore. (Adelle M. Banks/Religion News Service v
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, is due back in court Wednesday morning