Hulu to produce, release 1619 Project documentary series
The Associated Press
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In this combination photo, Oprah Winfrey poses for photographers at the premiere of the film A Wrinkle In Time in London on March 13, 2018, left, and cover art for a special issue of The New York Times Magazine s The 1619 Project. Hulu, Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt The New York Times 1619 Project for film and television. Roger Ross Williams, an Academy Award-winning director for his film “Music by Prudence,” will oversee and produce the series, it was announced Thursday.AP
NEW YORK (AP) Hulu will produce a documentary series based on “ The 1619 Project,” stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ship from Africa.
Operation Varsity Blues reenacts and reorients a scandal
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
March 17, 2021
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1of8Matthew Modine portrays William Rick Singer, right, in a recreated scene from the documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal. (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)Adam Rose/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2019, file photo, Lori Loughlin departs federal court with her husband, clothing designer Mossimo Giannulli, left, in Boston, after a hearing in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. A new documentary about the college admissions scandal, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, premieres Wednesday on Netflix.Philip Marcelo/APShow MoreShow Less
James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77
RONALD BLUM, Associated Press
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1of8FILE - Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. on July 7, 2006. Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for 4 1/2 decades before being eased out when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, died March 9, 2021 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday, March 17. He was 77.Michael Dwyer/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8FILE - James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Orchestra of New York during a rehearsal for a performance at Vienna s famed Musikverein on May 11 1996. Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for 4 1/2 decades before being eased out when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, died March 9, 2021 in Palm Springs, Calif., of natural causes, hi
Riz Ahmed, Leslie Odom Jr, Chloe Zhao react to Oscar nods
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1of8This image released by Amazon Studios shows Riz Ahmed in a scene from Sound of Metal. (Amazon Studios via AP)Courtesy of Amazon Studios/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8This image released by Amazon Studios shows Leslie Odom Jr. in a scene from One Night in Miami. (Patti Perret/Amazon Studios via AP)Patti Perret/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of8FILE - Yuh Jung Youn poses for a portrait to promote the film Minari during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)Taylor Jewell/Taylor Jewell/Invision/APShow MoreShow Less
Venezuelan teen sells drawings on Twitter to buy food
JUAN PABLO ARRÁEZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press
March 16, 2021
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1of8Samuel Andres Mendoza looks at a picture of a Pokemon on his computer before drawing it, at his home in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The 14-year-old has been selling his drawings on his Twitter account to help the family get by.Ariana Cubillos/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Samuel Andres Mendoza draws at his home, with the intention of selling it online in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. In a country where workers earn an average of $2 per month, the teen s drawings can make a big difference for a strained family budget.Ariana Cubillos/APShow MoreShow Less