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Editor’S Note: Much was written about maverick Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton when he died early last year. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, there are several treatments of the Black Wall Street atrocity in the offing, but Singleton and Gregory Poirier had the field all to themselves when they collaborated on Rosewood, a drama woven from historic events of the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, when a white mob killed black people and destroyed their town. Not many could have gotten such a movie made by a major studio back in 1997, but Singleton directed it for Warner Bros. It has taken Poirier, who won the WGA Paul Selvin Award for his work, time to find a handle on his own complicated relationship with Singleton, and that is what makes this guest column most poignant.

Recent events surrounding Black Lives Matter and the national conversation arising...

Exclusive: Verve is becoming a full-service agency with the launch of a talent team, which will be led by top TV talent agent Sean Grumman. He is leaving WME, where he was a partner in the talent department, to join Verve where he will become the agency’s 8th partner. WME and CAA alum Grumman will bring in other talent agents to build the Verve talent team.

This marks another step in the evolution of Verve, which was launched 10 years ago by WME motion picture lit agents Bill Weinstein, Bryan Besser and Adam Levine. The agency soon expanded into TV lit, and over the last few years also built up an alternative TV operation.

“As the agency continues to grow, we are excited to add Sean’s impeccable taste and client-first approach to both the Verve culture and Verve clients with the launch of our talent team,” the Verve partners said in a joint statement.

HBO Max has a major job on its hands to justify its approximately $15 a month subscription fee, especially given the strong competition out there from established names like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Disney Plus faced a similar challenge last year in arriving onto an already-saturated streaming marketplace, but at least had the advantage of major series like The Mandalorian to promote. While HBO Max will eventually be home to the Snyder cut of Justice League, and has some originals for its first week of availability, the big draw right now is its enormous back-catalogue of movies.

Given the various corporate elements that are going into HBO Max, including the Warner Bros. library, owners AT&T will be hoping that the combination of brand recognition for HBO programming, and a deep bench of movies, will convince people to add a new subscription to their list. To this end, HBO Max have added 122 films today,...

Do you like lists? Well, here’s a doozy. Below is everything coming to Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon Prime in June 2020.

Though the summer sun is starting to beat down, most of us are still being encouraged to stay indoors for Covid-19 related reasons. It’s not much fun, but at the very least, there’s an absolute ton of stuff landing in June that should distract you from the call of the beach.

Of particular note is the newly launched HBO Max, which is trying to catch the eye of potential subscribers with a red-hot first month. There’s an excellent selection of movies coming on June 1st, with horror titles like An American Werewolf in London (still the best werewolf movie ever made), Final Destinations 1-4, From Dusk til Dawn and Lifeforce.

Later in the month, there are some more recent films showing up, including...

To help you anticipate and navigate all that HBO Max has to offer, TVLine presents this comprehensive list of all the TV series, movies, documentaries and specials making their debut on the new streaming service this month — all as a 100-percent free supplement to our daily and handy What to Watch and weekly TVLine-Up columns, and our monthly New on Netflix roundup.

Among Max Originals coming in June are a new Adventure Time special, Doom Patrol Season 2 and Search Party Season 3. You’ll also be able to stream the most recent episodes of HBO original series, including Insecure, I Know This Much Is True...

Welcome to the HBO Max era! WarnerMedia’s streaming giant arrived on May 27 and is absolutely bursting with Warner movies, TV shows, and other titles. But time waits for no man or streaming service and each new month HBO Max will be expected to bring new content to the table. Things get started in June 2020 with the first batch of HBO Max new releases.

To be clear, the majority of the original series coming to HBO Max actually belongs to HBO. Shows like I May Destroy You (June 7), Perry Mason (June 21), and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (June 28) all belong to HBO…which now just happens to be a part of HBO Max. Confusing stuff, we know, but rest assured that if you have HBO Max you’ll get these shows…and if you only have HBO, you can go ahead and just get HBO Max for the same price anyway.

HBO Max launches May 27 with a whole lot of content ready to stream immediately. But throughout the nascent streamer’s first month, even more titles will be added, from HBO Max originals like “Adventure Time: Distant Lands Bmo,” to old favorites like “Amelie,” “Black Beauty” and “The Bucket List.”

Other brand-new HBO Max originals include the third season of comedy “Search Party,” and the second seasons of “Doom Patrol,” and “Esme & Roy,” all coming June 25, and on June 18, the second season of “Summer Camp Island” and the series premiere kids competition series “Karma.”

For a list of everything that will be available on launch day, look here.

Below is the full list of everything new coming to HBO Max in June.

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4th & Forever: Muck City, Season One

Adventures In Babysitting, 1987 (HBO)

Amelie, 2001 (HBO)

An American Werewolf in London,...

Before HBO Max even launches — it goes live May 27 — WarnerMedia is trying to lure new subscribers by revealing what’s coming next month to the streamer.

The June lineup highlights on HBO Max include all 23 seasons of “South Park,” snapped up in a multiyear, $500 million-plus deal; James Cameron’s Oscar-winning “Titanic”; and the “Adventure Time: Distant Lands” special featuring lovable robot Bmo.

HBO Max, regularly priced at $14.99 per month (the same as HBO Now), will be available on multiple platforms and distributors through deals including with Apple, Google, Charter, Xbox, PlayStation, and AT&T/DirecTV. As of this writing, however, WarnerMedia has not locked in HBO Max deals with Comcast, Roku or Amazon.

New Max Originals this June include kids’ adventure competition series “Karma,” Season 3 of comedy “Search Party” and the second seasons of “Doom Patrol,” “Esme & Roy” and “Summer Camp Island.”

Movie highlights include “Titanic,” “Veronica Mars,” “Magic Mike” starring Channing Tatum,...

The TCA panel for the third season of FX drama Snowfall reflected on series co-creator John Singleton in the wake of his death in April at 51 and how they’re continuing to tell the story of his hometown South Central La.

“He told truthful stories about people who had been ignored, who had been depicted in a negative way,” actress Michael Hyatt said. “He told truthful stories that society would prefer to ignore; he forced a world to a see a community as their lovely truthful selves.”

“I think we feel pretty comfortable with telling the story he wanted to tell,” said Snowfall co-creator Dave Andron about the series which goes from a working-class neighborhood to a drug war zone amid the 1980s crack epidemic.

There was a creative philosophy between Singleton and Andron of allowing the story on Snowfall to unfold as needed, even though beats weren’t figured...

Paul Benjamin, who played one of the men on the corner in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” died June 28, Lee announced on Instagram.

“I’m sad to write that the great actor Paul Benjamin, who played Ml, far left, passed this past Friday, two days before the 30th anniversary of ‘Do the Right Thing.’ Rest in Paradise,” the director wrote.

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Born in South Carolina, Benjamin started out doing Shakespeare on stage in New York, and made his film debut with a small role as a bartender in “Midnight Cowboy.” He had a featured role in “Across 110th Street” in 1972, and appeared in Blaxploitation films like “The Education of Sonny Carson” and “Friday Foster” with Pam Grier.

Among his other appearances were in Richard Pryor comedy “Some Kind of Hero,...

Paul Benjamin, who appeared in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing, has died. Lee announced on Instagram that the veteran actor died June 28. The cause of death was not immediately known. Benjamin was 81.

Benjamin, who played one of the three wise Brooklyn “cornermen” in Lee’s 1989 film Do the Right Thing, began his career in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy. He went to play small roles in Sidney Lumet’s The Anderson Tapes and Born to Win, then segued into more extensive TV work later in the 1970s.

He appeared as a death row inmate in a 1988 episode of In The Heat of the Night and also in the 1994 pilot episode of ER, which led to his recurring role of homeless man Al Ervin during the next few seasons. Benjamin also worked on the American Masters documentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ralph Ellison, which aired on PBS, as...

Sony Pictures Entertainment has renamed one of its theaters the John Singleton Theater in honor of the Academy and Emmy Award-nominated director, screenwriter, and producer who died in April.

“We are so pleased that Sony Pictures will be honoring our father in this way,” said Justice and Maasai Singleton. “It is such a fitting tribute given the special place that Columbia Pictures was for him at the beginning of his career. The studio system was incredibly supportive of him in his work, which is something he deeply appreciated. This is especially touching for us. As children we were often brought to the lot while our father worked. Those days were fun and educational, and laid the groundwork for our own careers today.”

Its renaming serves as a celebration of Singleton’s historical career which began at Sony. At age 24, the director became the youngest person and first African-American to be...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies from established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones.

Today, however, we break the mold to celebrate a legend. Host Dan Mecca is joined by podcast producer Conor O’Donnell to talk about the films of director John Singleton, who passed away at the young age of 51 in late April. Though we go through all nine feature films he directed, we focus on Poetic Justice, Rosewood, and Baby Boy.

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Pioneering filmmaker John Singleton passed away on April 28 and, at only 51, too soon. Today, on Be Reel, we reflect primarily on three entries from Singleton’s career: the seminal “Boyz N The Hood” (1991), the endlessly meme-able “Poetic Justice” (1993) and the unsung achievement “Rosewood” (1997). We were thrilled to be joined by novelist, critic, and podcaster Tochi Onyebuchi (“Beasts Made of Nights“) to unpack Singleton’s significance as a modern mythmaker, a cinematic accumulator of black culture and a quintessential Los Angeles scribe.

Continue reading The Essentials: The Films of John Singleton [Podcast] at The Playlist.

John was such a supernova in his youth that we forget that he was only beginning to fully assert his gifts as a director. Kurosawa was 52 when he directed [High and Low]. Hitchcock was 56 when he directed To Catch a Thief. As much as we will treasure his body of work, we were looking forward to the films John would have made in the years ahead.— The Singleton family's official statement on the death of John SingletonThe late John Singleton's first three films—Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, and Higher Learning—formed a trio of resounding accomplishment and earned him a reputation as a prodigious visionary before he'd even turned 30. However, Singleton's career did not end there, instead continuing down (and thereby paving) a narrow path in Hollywood traversed by very few Black filmmakers, filled with blockbuster franchises, remakes, and eventually television. Even then, when there was so much more to be pursued and completed,...

Tony Sokol Apr 30, 2019

John Singleton broke open doors with hard truths and an authentic vision.

Trailblazing director John Singleton died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 51. The family of the director, producer and screenwriter of Boyz N the Hood, said they had directed doctors to pull him off life support after he suffered a massive stroke on April 17. Singleton had been in a coma.

“We are sad to relay that John Singleton has died," The Singleton Family said in a statement. "We want to thank the amazing doctors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital for their expert care and kindness and we again want thank all of John’s fans, friends and colleagues for all of the love and support they showed him during this difficult time.”

Singleton was the youngest person and first African American ever nominated for a best director Oscar. He was 24 years old, and a...

John Singleton loved talking movies. Sometimes it was about the art behind the process; sometimes it was just for the fun of it. Singleton’s shocking death at 51, after suffering a stroke that put him in a coma, brought the usual pull quotes about Boyz N the Hood, the 1991 film that put the then-22-year-old in the record books as the youngest person — and the first African-American — to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Director. His debut put his subsequent career in the shadows. Yet he persevered, following Boyz with Poetic Justice,...

Filmmaker remains youngest person ever to be nominated for directing Oscar.

The entertainment world has been paying tribute to John Singleton, the pioneering director who died in Los Angeles on Monday aged 51 following a stroke.

Several of those who took to Twitter to express their condolences used the word “inspirational”, indicating the depth of feeling and the debt of gratitude many in film felt towards the late filmmaker.

Singleton was in his early 20s when he found widespread fame with Boyz N The Hood. He became the first African American to earn a best directing Oscar nomination for the film...

John Singleton, who died Monday at age 51, left a legacy that included one of the 1990s’ most influential movies in Boyz N the Hood, his debut feature that earned him a pair of Oscar nominations. The movie, which he made at age 24, not only broke ground in the culture of films but also for African Americans — Singleton was the first ever to receive a Best Director nom.

His shocking passing after suffering a stroke April 17 means he only was able to direct nine films in his career, and most recently created and executive produced FX’s Snowfall, the drama series about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Singleton’s hometown of Los Angeles. FX renewed Snowfall for a third season last fall.

His film credits after Boyz N the Hood...

Hollywood is reeling after news broke on Monday that John Singleton has died at the age of 51. The Oscar-nominated director of “Boyz n the Hood” and “Shaft” suffered a debilitating stroke two weeks ago.

On social media, filmmakers and actors such as Jordan Peele, Regina King, and Robert Townsend responded to reports that Singleton had died, praising the director’s work and reflecting on his many kindnesses. His career took off with “Boyz N the Hood,” a drama set in South Central L.A. that received critical raves and was a major commercial success. Singleton became the first African American and youngest person to ever be nominated for best director, earning his invite to the Oscars at age 24.

Singleton joined the Directors Guild of America in 1990, served three terms as a member of the Western Directors Council and was the co-chair of the African American Steering Committee. DGA president Thomas Schlamme...

Singleton earned a best director Oscar nomination for Boyz N The Hood in 1991, becoming first African American to do so.

Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton died on Monday (29) after suffering a stroke last week. He was 51.

A family spokesperson said Singleton died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles peacefully, surrounded by family and friends. The family took the decision to turn off Singleton’s life support on Monday.

“We want to thank the amazing doctors at Cedars-Sinai Hospital for their expert care and kindness and we again want thank all of John’s fans, friends and colleagues...

John Singleton (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Oscar-nominated director John Singleton has died. Singleton had been on life support at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, CA after suffering a stroke. He was 51.

Despite reports early Monday morning that the famed writer, director, and producer had died, Singleton’s spokewoman Shannon Bar confirmed to USA Today that he was alive and “still on life support.” She added that any report to the contrary “is inaccurate.”

Later Monday morning, Singleton’s family confirmed to Fox News that they had taken him off life support. They said it was an “agonizing decision” that they made “over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors.” The family of Singleton released a full statement about him.

“John Singleton is a prolific, ground-breaking director who changed the game and opened doors in Hollywood, a world that was just a few miles away,...

It was nearly three decades ago when writer-director John Singleton’s freshman film “Boyz N the Hood” gave us a compassionate and deeply human story about growing up black and ambitious with a life that is sadly expendable — long before Black Lives Matter rewrote that narrative. He earned not one but two Academy Award nominations for helming the movie and penning the script. Though he didn’t win, “Boyz N the Hood” is still talked about as one of the best and most tragically honest films about young black men, cementing its place in cinematic history and in the hearts of audiences across the globe.

Black humanity was Singleton’s signature, as he went from a story about young black men in the hood to a 1993’s “Poetic Justice,” a moving romantic tale about the relationship between two lyrical underdogs — Justice (Janet Jackson) and Lucky (Tupac Shakur) — who come together...

John Singleton, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind films like Boyz n the Hood, Rosewood and Four Brothers, died Monday after suffering a stroke. He was 51.

Singleton was hospitalized April 17th and later fell into a coma. Per a statement from his family, he was immediately placed in the hospital’s intensive care unit. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend John Daniel Singleton will be taken off of life support today,” his family said in a statement. “This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made,...

Hollywood stars and public figures took to social media on Monday to pay tribute to director, screenwriter and producer John Singleton, who died Monday following a "major stroke" on April 17, which left him hospitalized in a coma. He was 51.

Singleton was known for helming a number of films, including Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Baby Boy, Rosewood, Shaft and 2 Fast 2 Furious. He made history as the first African-American and youngest person to be nominated for a best director Oscar in 1992 for Boyz n the Hood.

In addition to his work on films, Singleton directed episodes of ...

John Singleton, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Boyz n the Hood,” has died at the age of 51. The director was hospitalized April 20 because of the stroke and was put into a medically-induced coma several days after. The director’s mother, Sheila Ward, requested a judge to appoint her temporary conservatorship at the time because Singleton was “unable to properly provide for his personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.” Singleton was taken off life support today, April 26. The director’s family confirmed the decision to Deadline.

“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton will be taken off of life support today,” a spokesperson for the family said in a statement. “This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors… We are grateful to his fans,...

John Singleton, the Oscar-nominated writer and director of Boyz N the Hood, will be taken off life support Monday, 13 days after suffering a major stroke while at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. He had been in the ICU ever since.

“It is with heavy hearts we announce that our beloved son, father and friend, John Daniel Singleton will be taken off of life support today,” a spokesperson for the family said in a statement to Deadline. “This was an agonizing decision, one that our family made, over a number of days, with the careful counsel of John’s doctors.” (Read the family’s full statement below.)

Singleton, 51, had struggled with hypertension, the spokesman said, and that “his family wants to share the message with all to please recognize the symptoms by going to Heart.org.”

“We are grateful to his fans, friends and colleagues for the outpour of love and...

John Singleton (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

John Singleton is on life support at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, CA after suffering a stroke. Despite reports early Monday morning that the famed writer, director, and producer had died, Singleton’s spokewoman Shannon Bar confirmed to USA Today that he is alive and “still on life support.” She added that any report to the contrary “is inaccurate.”

On April 20, Singleton’s family revealed that he had suffered a stroke on April 17. “We ask that privacy be given to him and our family at this time and appreciate all of the prayers that have been pouring in from his fans, friends and colleagues,” they said in a statement.

Singleton is best known for writing and directing the 1991 breakout film Boyz n the Hood. The movie earned him two Oscar nominations, making him the youngest best director and first black nominee in the category.

Director John Singleton is now in a coma, according to court documents filed by his mother in pursuit of a conservatorship on the stricken film director.

Singleton suffered a major stroke in mid-month and has since been hospitalized, but this is the first report of his grave condition. The court documents were filed Thursday on behalf of Singleton’s mother, Shelia Ward. The papers state that Singleton is “currently hospitalized in a coma and is unable to provide for his personal needs” or “manage his financial resources.”

Representatives of Singleton did not respond to a request for comment. Singleton’s family confirmed his stroke on April 17. Singleton’s debut film, Boyz n the Hood, remains one of the definitive movies of the 1990s. It led to Singleton’s nomination for two Oscars – Best Director and Best Original Screenplay – becoming the youngest filmmaker to be nominated in those categories. The gritty...

“Boyz n the Hood” writer-director John Singleton was hospitalized earlier this week for what’s being described as “mild” stoke, reports Variety. The filmmaker checked himself into the hospital after experiencing pain his leg following a flight from Costa Rica to the United States, which, also per Variety, potentially contributed to the medical incident.

Singleton burst onto the scene with “Boyz” in 1991, for which he earned Academy Award nominations for both Best Original Screenplay Best Director — the first black filmmaker to receive the latter nod, as well as the youngest at just 23 years old. Now 51, he has since directed the films “Shaft,” “2 Fast 2 Furious,” and “Four Brothers,” among others, in addition to episodes of “Empire,” “American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson,” and “Rebel.” Singleton also created the FX drama “Snowfall.”

He also supervised the production of the documentary “L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later...

John Singleton, whose Boyz n the Hood remains one of the definitive movies of the 1990s, may have suffered a stroke and is hospitalized.

Social media has erupted with shout-outs and prayers for the director, who is allegedly at Cedars Sinai. His current condition is unknown.

Singleton was nominated for two Oscars – Best Director and Best Original Screenplay – for Boyz n the Hood, becoming the youngest filmmaker to be nominated in those categories.

He also directed Michael Jackson’s video for “Remember The Time.” His other credits include Rosewood, Shaft, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and Four Brothers.

In TV, Singleton directed “The People vs. Oj Simpson: American Crime Story,” and episodes of “Empire,” and “Billions.”...

12:37 Pm -- John's family tells TMZ the famed director suffered a stroke Wednesday while at the hospital. He's currently in the ICU and under great medical care. The family adds, "We ask that privacy be given to him and our family at this time and appreciate all of the prayers that have been pouring in from his fans, friends and colleagues."John Singleton has suffered a stroke ... family members tell TMZ. The legendary director...

Sean Wilson Aug 4, 2017

Yes, Star Wars. But what about all the great John Williams scores from less famous movies? Here are 15 of them...

Cinema's most esteemed and popular film composer, John Williams, turned 85 this year (you might have seen the recent spectacular BBC Proms concert in his honour). Careers don't come more astonishing than that of Williams, nominated for 50 Academy Awards which puts him second only to Walt Disney for the most ever.

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However it's all too tempting to boil Williams' career down to the more obvious highlights: Star Wars, the Indy trilogy, Superman, E.T., Jurassic Park and the like. In truth, he's a far more versatile composer than many like to give him credit for, and he's much more than just a big themes guy.

“I mean, obviously, I can never say anything about anything about anything,” Theo Rossi laughed, before joking that his phone has been tapped since the day he joined the Marvel Universe. The Marvel's Luke Cage star shared a tiny tease when Et caught up with him earlier this summer, just before filming began on season two of the Netflix hit: "I know Cheo [Hodari Coker, the show's creator] has some cool things planned."

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Luke Cage himself, Mike Colter, played things just as coy when Et caught up with him at the premiere of his new film Girls Trip. "I think we're gonna mix it up a little bit, and we know what kind of show we are this season," he shared.

"The second season will be a little different than the first one. I'm really excited about it. I'm excited about the new villains," Colter said, possibly...

Vulture WatchWill Dr. Rosewood still continue his hunt for clues? Has the Rosewood TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on Fox? The television vulture is watching for the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is a dedicated place to track the status of Rosewood season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?What's This TV Show About?Airing on the television network, Rosewood follows charismatic Miami pathologist, Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. (Morris Chestnut). Although optimistic, as well as calm, cool, and collected, this Medical Examiner has two holes in his heart and will probably die within a decade.

Are you a fan of Rosewood? Earlier, we reported Fox has cancelled the TV series after two seasons. What do you think? Would you have watched a third season?The crime drama centers on Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut), a charismatic pathologist, who teams up with tough Miami homicide detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz). The cast also includes Lorraine Toussaint, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Eddie Cibrian.Read More…...

As reported earlier today, the Rosewood TV show has been cancelled after two seasons on Fox. Now, stars Morris Chestnut and Jaina Lee Ortiz have responded to the cancellation. Check out their reactions, below. A Fox police procedural, Rosewood centers on charming Miami pathologist, Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. (Chestnut) and Detective Annalise Villa (Ortiz). Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, Lorraine Toussaint, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Eddie Cibrian also star. The season two, and now Rosewood TV series finale episode, "Blistering Heat & Brotherly Love," first aired on Friday, April 28, 2017. Read More…...

Network: FoxEpisodes: 44 (hour)Seasons: TwoTV show dates: September 23, 2015 -- April 28, 2017Series status: CancelledPerformers include: Morris Chestnut, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, Domenick Lombardozzi, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, and Lorraine Toussaint.TV show description: Set in Miami, this crime drama centers around Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. (Morris Chestnut). Cool, calm, collected and incredibly charismatic, he's the city's leading Pathologist and a man who's much in demand by the homicide department.He's joined in his practice by 'toxicology queen' and sister Pippy (Gabrielle Dennis) and DNA specialist Tarra Milly 'Tmi' Izzicoff (Anna Konkle). Never too far away is his mother Donna (Lorraine Toussaint). She always has something to say, especially about his love life.Read More…...

It looks like Rosewood is packing it in. Today, it was revealed that the TV show had been cancelled after two seasons.The crime drama centers on Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut), a charismatic pathologist, who teams up with tough Miami homicide detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz). The cast also includes Lorraine Toussaint, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Eddie Cibrian.Read More…...

Peak TV is coming to Austin, Texas.

The Atx Television Festival announced Thursday a robust number of television panels and screenings joining its lineup of already impressive programming. John Singleton’s upcoming crack cocaine drama “Snowfall” gets the honors of being the Opening Night screening. Other FX programs that will be featured are “The Americans” and “Fargo.” Other new shows added include HBO’s “The Leftovers” and “Girls,” in addition to “The Walking Dead” on AMC.

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Check out the full list of new TV panels and screenings below.

Premieres

“Snowfall” (FX)

John Singleton’s new series set in 1980s Los Angeles traces the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic. “Snowfall” will be the festival’s Opening Night screening, followed by a panel discussion with producers and stars of the show.

Screenings

”Fargo”

FX will screen...

20 years ago today, a car drove down a dark, desolate strip of road as David Bowie crooned, in one of the most fortuitous meetings of song and material cinema’s ever seen, “Funny, how secrets travel.” The film that unspooled over the next 130-or-so minutes left many bemused at first (or second or third) glance, but, two decades later, has become a cornerstone in its director’s career and that decade in cinema. I speak not of John Singleton’s Rosewood, also released on February 21, 1997, but David Lynch‘s Lost Highway, whose nightmare noir plot, brutal violence (even for the auteur in question), and heavy, industrial-drenched soundtrack suggests it was made by an artist at the absolute edge of their sanity — even if its Tm-happy creator would suggest it’s, as per usual, simply a sum of ideas.

You can hear that many times over in the circa-97 interviews and making-ofs collected herein,...

Graceland alum Manny Montana is set to recur on Fox drama series Rosewood. The Miami-set medical procedural follows top private pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut) and tough-as-nails Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz) as they investigate East Miami Pd's most challenging cases. Montana will play Marcos Villa, brother of Detective Annalise Villa (Ortiz) who just finished his third tour in the Army. He's recently returned to Miami but we have yet…...

New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine aren't the only Fox shows doing a crossover. Today, the network announced Carla Gallo will reprise her Bones role on an upcoming episode of Rosewood.On Bones, Gallo plays intern Daisy Wick. Rosewood centers on the partnership between pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut) and homicide detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz). The cast also includes Lorraine Toussaint, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Eddie Cibrian.Read More…...

Fox has put in development legal drama Hawk from Rosewood executive producer Andy Berman and creator/executive producer Todd Harthan. Written by Berman, Hawk is described as a law show with a twist. It centers on Johnny “Hawk” Jr., a con man with special skills, who tries to reconcile his criminal past when he becomes the in-house legal investigator for the glossy La firm he almost took down. Berman and Harthan executive produce. 20th Century Fox TV, which is behind Rosewo…...

Last season, Fox paired new drama Rosewood with their highest-rated series, Empire, on Wednesdays. This time around, they've moved it away from Empire and relocated the series to Thursdays, an even more competitive evening for television. How will season two perform in the ratings? Will it be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned.Rosewood revolves around Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut), a calm, collected and incredibly charismatic, pathologist. He's recruited by Miami's homicide department and partnered with tough Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz). She's annoyed by his constant optimism. The rest of the cast includes Lorraine Toussaint, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Eddie Cibrian.The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated...

Deadline reports actress and singer LeToya Luckett (above) will recur on the second season of the Rosewood TV show on Fox, along with Camille Spirlin. The Miami medical procedural stars Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. and Jaina Lee Ortiz as Detective Annalise Villa. The cast also includes: Lorraine Toussaint, Gabrielle Dennis, Anna Konkle, and Domenick Lombardozzi.According the the report, Luckett has been cast as Dr. Rosewood's new love interest, Tawnya. Spirlin will play her daughter, Kayla. She is described as, "a sharply intelligent and precociously cynical girl who views Rosewood, the new man in her mom’s life, with open suspicion," before she comes around to seeing him as a good man. Eddie Cibrian joined the series back in July, after Brian Austin Green exited during filming the second season premiere episode. Read...

When Lee Daniels’ Star stars shooting this month, it’ll be with a daytime TV vet at the helm.

Chuck Pratt Jr., who most recently served as headwriter on CBS’ The Young and the Restless, has been named showrunner and executive producer of the upcoming Fox series, filling the void left by departing producer-writer Charles Murray.

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In early September, Murray left the show after he and Star co-creators Daniels and Tom Donaghy amicably parted ways over creative differences.

Pratt’s TV resumé includes The Lying Game, Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place and Ugly Betty,...

Actress and Grammy-winning singer LeToya Luckett and Camille Spirlin (Marvin Marvin) have booked recurring roles on the second season of Fox drama series Rosewood. The Miami-set medical procedural follows top private pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut) and tough-as-nails Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz) as they investigate East Miami Pd's most challenging cases. Luckett, will play Tawnya, a new love interest for Rosewood. Spirlin will portray…...

The drama on Rosewood Season 2 is beginning looong before the sophomore season hits the air.

According to TVLine, Brian Austin Green left his new role on The CW series in the middle of shooting the first episode of the season.

Green didn't feel it was the right fit for him, and neither did the show.

Before the day was out, though, there is word of a replacement for the departing series regular.

Eddie Cibrian will step into the spot left open on the set.

At least they were only part of the way through shooting the second season premiere, so hopefully there will not be to many reshoots involved.

The character in question is Aaron Slade, East Miami Police’s newest member with a mysterious past, who will both challenge and complicate an already messy situation between Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. (Morris Chestnut) and Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz...

What we can learn from John Singleton’s feature debut 25 years after its historic release.Columbia Pictures

Twenty-five years ago today the film Boyz n the Hood was released into American theaters to critical and commercial success. Written and directed by John Singleton, then a 23-year-old first-time filmmaker freshly graduated from USC film school, this devastatingly powerful drama chronicles the struggles of black life against a backdrop of urban violence and racial inequality in South Central Los Angeles. The success of Boyz ushered in a new wave of black American cinema, featuring superior performances by Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, and launching the careers of Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Ice Cube, Nia Long, and Regina King. A quarter century since its momentous debut, Boyz prevails as a reminder of the importance of supporting new and diverse filmmakers in telling their unique and oftentimes personal stories.

Boyz’ deeply moving tale about three friends — Tre, Ricky...