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William Earl Producer Will Packer, singer-actor Fantasia Barrino and gospel superstar Hezekiah Walker are among the notables who will be celebrated at the 2nd annual HBCU Honors, which recognize prominent alumni of HBCU institutions. The ceremony will be held Nov. 14 at Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

William Earl administrator Hayes Davenport is a comedy writer with an enviable resume, having worked on shows like “Eastbound & Down,” “Family Guy,” “Vice Principals” and “Dickinson.” Yet he left that career behind for a three-year run working at City Hall, with a special focus on helping Los Angeles’ homeless population. It’s a journey he first started by supporting the campaign of Nithya Raman, who became a Los Angeles City Council member for the 4th District in 2020.

William Earl administrator 2024 has been loaded with horror releases, with scary stories about everything from rampaging spiders to satanic late-night talk shows. This crop is distinctive for its unconventional reworkings of well-worn tropes.

William Earl administrator A cable news discussion on “CNN Newsnight with Abby Phillip” on Monday night took a shocking turn when conservative panelist Ryan Girdusky attacked journalist Mehdi Hasan, leading to the former to get banned from the network. During the discussion, Girdusky told Hasan “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off,” referencing the recent Israeli attacks against members of the terrorist group Hezbollah in which explosives were detonated in pagers. Hasan, a journalist who is Muslim and is the founder and editor-in-chief of Zeteo News, was shocked by the statement, asking, “Did you just say I should die?” CNN quickly released a statement, posted on social media by Phillip, banning Girdusky from the network.

William Earl administrator One day after Tony Hinchcliffe‘s controversial jokes at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally, Jon Stewart used his opening monologue on Monday’s “The Daily Show” to defend the comedian. After highlighting other speakers at the rally like Tucker Carlson and Rudy Giuliani, Stewart said, “But of course, for the media there was one moment in particular that raised the alarms,” then played a supercut of network anchors criticizing Hinchcliffe’s jokes, which included calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Stewart then defended Hinchcliffe by saying, “Obviously, in retrospect, having a roast comedian come to a political rally a week before election day and roasting a key demographic … probably not the best decision by the campaign politically, but to be fair, the guy’s just really doing what he does.” Stewart then played from jokes from Hinchcliffe’s “Roast of Tom Brady” set earlier this year, laughing at the segment and saying, “Yes, yes, of course, terrible, boo.

William Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT: This story contains mild spoilers for “Woman of the Hour,” now streaming on Netflix. “Woman of the Hour” screenwriter Ian McDonald faced a unique challenge with his sophomore feature: Tell a true crime story that felt “necessary and useful.” Luckily, the stranger-than-fiction story of Rodney Alcala, who won “The Dating Game” during a 1978 appearance amid a serial killing spree, was ripe for examination. “There’s a lot out there where a serial killer attacks a bunch of women, and there’s absolutely no reason to tell it,” McDonald says. “There was something about this that felt like it could be socially and culturally relevant now.

William Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Smile 2,” now in theaters. Parker Finn, the writer and director of 2022’s horror hit “Smile” and the just-released “Smile 2,” has taken one of the most recognizable horror ideas in recent years and blown it up even bigger for the sequel. In this chapter, troubled pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins to question her reality as she is haunted by increasingly troubling and violent images. Finn spoke with Variety about making a movie about a music superstar, the haunting ending and what future sequels might look like.

William Earl administrator Jon Stewart used his opening segment on Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show” to break down Elon Musk‘s appearance at a Trump rally on Sunday in Butler, Pa. While the appearance was widely mocked online for Musk’s enthusiasm — he literally jumped around the stage — the content of his speech was focused on the First and Second Amendments. “The other side wants to take away your freedom of speech,” Musk said.

William Earl administrator Kate Siegel is happy to get very real about extraterrestrial life very quickly. When asked if she believes in aliens, she offers a specific and chilling response. “I’m a huge sci-fi reader…Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors of all time,” she says.

William Earl Horror writer and director Steven Kostanski, who helmed indie hits like 2016’s “The Void” and 2020’s “Psycho Goreman,” knows his interests don’t always align with what’s trendy for genre fans. “For years, I’ve been trying to push my fellow filmmaker friends into trying to make some kind of little creature movie,” he says. “It would be great to have little puppets running around torturing people.

William Earl administrator It’s easy to dip into hyperbole after seeing Idles play. If you want energy, rawness and showmanship from a concert, is any other band devoting this much of themselves to the live experience in 2024? The British post-punk quintet — vocalist Joe Talbot, guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, bassist Adam Devonshire and drummer Jon Beavis — is a swirling mass of passion and fiery emotion, marked by a heavy rhythm section, screaming guitars and Talbot’s aggressive shouted-sung sloganeering.

William Earl administrator Jason Yu’s feature debut, “Sleep,” is a supernatural domestic thriller about a South Korean couple named Soo-jin and Hyeon-soo (Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun) who are torn apart by his increasingly dark sleepwalking habits. As they welcome a baby into their world, things take a turn for the worse, and she investigates what is really causing her husband’s frightening behavior. Yu cut his teeth as Bong Joon-ho‘s right-hand man during the two-and-a-half-year filming of “Okja,” and considers the director a mentor and inspiration for the project.

William Earl administrator A new behind the scenes featurette for “Yellowstone” has been released, and it seems like security was such a concern on set that actors were at risk of being sent to the train station if they spilled any secrets. The very intense clip mixes brief glimpses of show footage with the actors and crew talking about the making of the long-awaited second half of the fifth season, which is set to debut on the Paramount Network on Nov. 10.

William Earl administrator While filming a series as grim as the new FX drama “Grotesquerie,” it helps to have someone like star Niecy Nash-Betts cut the tension once in a while. Otherwise, things can get dicey, spending all day filming bloodied bodies posed in perverted Biblical poses. “There is that shock factor when you first walk in,” she said in an interview with Variety.

William Earl administrator Looking for the perfect spooky season read? Richard Chizmar’s upcoming novel “Memorials” is sure to do the trick. Per the official synopsis, “Memorials” tells the story of “Three students from a small college [who] embark on a week-long road trip to film a documentary on roadside memorials for their American Studies class. The project starts out as a fun adventure with long stretches of empty road and nightly campfires where they begin to open up with one another.

William Earl administrator Candice Bergen and Selena Gomez took aim at Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s widely-mocked “childless cat ladies” comment at the Emmys. While presenting during the show, Bergen brought up her series “Murphy Brown,” saying: “In one classic moment, my character was attacked by Vice President Dan Quayle when Murphy became pregnant and decided to raise the baby as a single mother.

William Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT:This article discusses plot points in “The Deliverance,” now playing on Netflix. With films like “Precious,” “The Paperboy” and “The Butler,” Lee Daniels is one of Hollywood’s most adventurous directors — but many fans were surprised to learn that his newest film, “The Deliverance,” was a horror movie. By his own admission, Daniels is known for dramas, and while there are supernatural elements in “The Deliverance,” they are squarely situated in a family story based on true events. In the film, Ebony (Andra Day) is a single mother taking care of her three kids (Caleb McLaughlin, Demi Singleton and Anthony B.

William Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT:This article contains minor spoilers for “Milk & Serial,” now available to watch on YouTube. Curry Barker has delivered the year’s most unlikely hit. The filmmaker and comedian is the mastermind behind “Milk & Serial,” a 62-minute horror feature about YouTube pranksters who get caught up in some rapidly escalating crises that ideally aren’t spoiled in advance. Made for only $800, the film co-stars Barker and his comedy partner, Cooper Tomlinson, who is also a producer.

William Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT:This article contains spoilers for the entire plot of “The Crow,” now playing in theaters. Director Rupert Sanders knows that “The Crow,” his third film, will inevitably be seen through the spectrum of nostalgia for the 1994 cult hit. “I just wanted to make something,” he says. “I knew there would be people who didn’t want it to happen.

William Earl administrator Since 2012, “The Eric Andre Show” can best be described as a cacophony of chaos. Each 11-minute episode is a wild spin on the traditional late-night format, hosted by a terrifyingly heightened version of comedian Eric Andre. It always begins with him destroying his set in increasingly ludicrous ways, only to have it quickly replaced as he’s panting for breath, while the off-kilter studio band is playing something distressing.