“What I’ve learned is the stuff I got in trouble for was the stuff that was remembered.” Francis Ford Coppola talking writing. Well worth the watch. youtu.be/93O_GnAdKTI?si…

Storytelling is a superpower. Steve Jobs said: "The most powerful person is the storyteller." Unfortunately, most people don't know how to tell a good story. So they are at the mercy of those who do. Let's change that: Here's 5 principles for telling an amazing story: 1.

Ten years after “Breaking Bad” ended, Vince Gilligan reflects on his favorite unsung moments of the AMC drama, the one thing he’d change about the finale and why committing to the final season's opening was “the dumbest thing” he ever did. wp.me/pc8uak-1lD3S0

🧵To Our Fellow #SagAftraMembers: It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining table after refusing to counter our latest offer. (1/11)

Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude nytimes.com/2023/09/27/mov…

Africa has the fastest growing, youngest population of any continent. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African. Early tremors of this seismic change are already registering around the world. nyti.ms/3QzyOZl

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Incredibly inspired and blessed to call this human being mi sistren🙏🏽💜🌌✊🏽 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

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Wow! This is so good. Barack Obama knows exactly what to say, every damn time. He taps into the struggle we are experiencing in society & in politics with culture wars, diversity and inclusion and the dangers ahead — unless we find a way to live & let live. “It’s easier for

The AMPTP’s “last best final” proposal would allow them to body scan performers making *more than minimum* in TV and features. Performers would get paid once. But studios would be allowed to profit off their AI likenesses without their approval forever — even after they’re dead.

Let’s have the conversations. spotify.link/trevornoah

Physical media is almost a Fahrenheit 451 (where people memorized entire books and thus became the book they loved) level of responsibility. If you own a great 4K HD, Blu-ray, DVD etc etc of a film or films you love... you are the custodian of those films for generations to

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"Tonight's ruling upends almost 60 years of precedent in which civil rights groups have enforced Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to make sure that our country has a democracy that is free from racial discrimination." - LDF President and Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson

House Speaker Mike Johnson is among top US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery. Explore the political elite’s ties to slavery here reut.rs/3GOVT4P

Tom Wilson, who played Biff Tannen in “Back to the Future,” wrote a song about answering the same fan questions for almost 40 years and it’s one of the greatest things available on the Internet

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#NAACP presents 2024 Cinematic Shorts Competition in Las Vegas from July 13th- July 17th. This exciting competition will give (6) filmmakers the opportunity to win $10k film grant & shine a light on issues addressing social justice.NAACP Hollywood Bureau APPLY HERE - form.jotform.com/241136241442142

#Nigeria: EBROHIMIE ROAD: A MUSEUM OF MEMORY — New Documentary Explores Wole Soyinka's Historic Residence, Shot by Tunde Kelani (Trailer) From the OlongoAfrica platform comes an intriguing concept of a documentary titled "Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory," which explores how a