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40 Acres and a Movie Disney can’t change its problematic past. But can it make a new future with Marvel? transcript -0:00 April 8, 2021, 4:01 p.m. ET Disney owns a piece of every living person’s childhood. Now it owns Marvel Studios, too. The co-hosts Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris look at depictions of racist tropes and stereotypes in Disney’s ever-expanding catalog. The company has made recent attempts to atone for its past. But can it move forward without repeating the same mistakes? On Today’s Episode Image Teyonah Parris portrayed Monica Rambeau in the 2021 Disney+ series “Wan...

Asian-Americans’ Politics, Pandemic Wilderness Explorers and O.J. Simpson’s Twitter Account: The Week in Narrated Articles Five articles from around The Times, narrated just for you. Volunteers assembled campaign signs at an Asian Pacific Americans for Trump field office in Orlando, Fla., in September.Credit...Alexander Drago/Reuters April 9, 2021, 7:00 a.m. ET This weekend, have a listen to a collection of narrated articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote the story. Amid Awakening, Asian-Americans Are Still Taking Shape as a Political Force For...

New & Noteworthy, From Jazz-Age Cairo to a Catholic Memoir Published March 16, 2021Updated March 21, 2021 Recent titles of interest: ZABOR, or The Psalms, by Kamel Daoud. Translated by Emma Ramadan. (Other Press, paper, $17.99.) An ode to storytelling with shades of Scheherazade, this novel by the author of “The Meursault Investigation” features a hero convinced that his journal writing keeps those he loves alive. THE PHONE BOOTH AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, by Laura Imai Messina. Translated by Lucy Rand. (Overlook, $25.) Set in the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, this novel about gr...

How to watch the 'Framing Britney Spears' documentary in the UAE The highly-anticipated documentary has been the talk of the showbiz world… If you were growing up in the nineties and noughties, chances are you were a huge fan of pop star Britney Spears, and even if you weren’t, we bet you’d heard of her. The singer, famous for tracks such as Baby One More Time and You Drive Me Crazy, is currently the focus on a much-hyped documentary, named ‘Framing Britney Spears’, which looks at the details of her conservatorship. Following a series of public breakdowns, Spears’ father was ...

'Framing Britney Spears' Sells Globally For Red Arrow Studios International Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The documentary shines a light on the Queen of Pop’s court battle for control of her estate and also re-examines the media’s handling of her life and career. Since its early February debut, the film has been generating considerable attention around the world. More from Variety International sales include Sky (U.K. & Ireland), Nine (Australia), Crave (Canada), Three (New Zealand), Talpa TV (the Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TV2 (Denmark), TV4 (Sweden & Finland), D...