Jeremy Tardy will not return to Netflix’s Dear White People, citing his negotiating experience with production studio Lionsgate and what he calls “their practices of racial discrimination.” Lionsgate in response characterized the impasse as “purely financial negotiation regarding deal terms,” and nothing more. Tardy, who recurred as Rashid Bakr in 11 total episodes over the […]
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Younger Recap: ‘Dear Josh…’
RELATED STORIES One week after Kelsey’s career-ruining social media snafu, Wednesday’s Younger reminded us that classic pen-and-paper snail mail can be just as damaging. Take, for example, the goodbye letter Liza wrote to Josh this week. In case you didn’t fully absorb it during the episode, let’s give it another read: “Dear Josh… I can’t […]
Dear White People season 3 cast: Who is in the cast of Dear White People?
Dear White People season three is available to stream and download on Netflix now. The series is an adaptation of the film of the same name and was brought to Netflix by the film’s original writer and director Justin Simien. The series follows a group of black students who study at Winchester, a predominately white […]
Daily Podcast: Barry Jenkins on ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, ‘Dear White People’, and More
On the December 21, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, senior writer Ben Pearson interviews director Barry Jenkins about life after Moonlight, directing If Beale Street Could Talk, Brian Tyree Henry‘s big show-stopping scene, and much more. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here […]
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie, With Music From ‘La La Land’ Team, in the Works With ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ Director
The award-winning Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is coming to the big screen. The musical, which features songs by La La Land and The Greatest Showman team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, has been running on Broadway since 2016, and took home Best Musical, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical at […]
‘Dear David’ Movie, Based on a Creepy Twitter Thread, Coming from New Line
Hollywood has decided to turn to Twitter for inspiration. What could go wrong?! New Line Cinema has snapped up the rights to Dear David, a ghost story that was originally told in a series of tweets by former BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis. Ellis presented the tweets as true, detailing the story of a ghost haunting his […]
Dear God, Please Let the I.D. Buzz Copy the Volkswagen California’s Interior
While the United States seems intent on pushing vans into the work-vehicle category, Europe continues to enjoy them for leisure activities. That’s a shame because there’s a chance some of that interesting van culture would have trickled over the ocean were it not for the chicken tax and unwarranted prejudice. Volkswagen has several such lifestyle […]
Daily Podcast: The Conners, Dear White People, Sinemia, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Terror, Disneyland, and More
On the June 22, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including The Conners, The Terror season 2, Sinemia, Point Blank, Dear White People, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and Disneyland’s dynamic pricing. You can subscribe […]
Viral GHOST story Dear David becoming horror movie: WATCH the creepy REAL-LIFE footage
Cartoonist and former BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis claims he’s been haunted by the ghost of a small boy called David. Since last summer he’s been posting descriptions of his experiences on Twitter, alongside photographs and videos as evidence. It all started when the New Yorker had a dream of a boy with a dented head […]
Dear oil helps some emerging economies and harms others
When they are not fretting about the American dollar or Chinese debt, policymakers in emerging economies keep a close eye on the oil market. The price of Brent crude has risen by nearly 50% in the past year to around $ 80 a barrel. It ranks as the 11th-biggest spike in the past 70 years […]