HBO seems to be on it’s way back from creative hiatus as it enlists the help of 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen for a new pilot, Codes of Conduct.
The logline seems to hint at the very themes that helped make Six Degrees of Separation starring a much younger and less experienced Will Smith a critical success.
Shonda Rhimes is a woman who refreshingly has nothing to be angry about, and if she does it’s because of the nonsensical opinions levied on her by the likes of New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley, whose recent essay caused quite a stir due to it’s challenged reference to the “angry black woman syndrome”.
NBC’s The Slap which has yet to be assigned a premiere date, is bustling with casting news. The eight-episode mini-series that centers on the events that transpires after a child is slapped by a man in response to his rowdiness at a family barbecue, will showcase an impressive array of talent, including Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Louise Parker, Zachary Quinto and Brian Cox.
Valentino under the tutelage of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli is experiencing something of a renaissance with all the pomp and circumstance in order.
Hedi Slimane erected another mind-altering show for the lucky ones who got another opportunity to be seduced by the ensuing pieces that filtered through the runway unscathed.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has spent majority of her career turning the global catwalk into her own personal playpen. She silently and effortlessly slid into her forties and is proving beyond a doubt that beauty only gets more refined with age.
Getting older is supposed to inspire wisdom and garnered experience and Campbell is clearly putting this theory to good use.
Back in December 1974, poet and playright Ntozake Shange with the help of four other performers brought her most famous work to date, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf to life in a bar outside Berkeley, California.
Most women relish the thought of being able to finally squeeze into the size of their choice. The smaller the better of course, because that is proof that you are playing in the arena where the top dogs consistently dwell. To put it plainly, not only are we obsessed with staying forever young, but we also buy into the notion that anything above a size 2 is sacrilegious.
Rihanna has never been one to back down from a challenge, so it’s no surprise that she seizing yet another opportunity to stick up for yourself while also telling her detractors where to stuff it.
Almost three years after her untimely death, Whitney Houston returns to the spotlight, but this time it’s for good reason. A compilation of the late singer’s most memorable performances, including her chill-inducing version of “The Star Spangled Banner” will be available for fans on Nov. 10.