'Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker': TV Review

Pale Waves have been forced to cancel a pair of shows in Ireland because frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie has lost her voice.The Manchester pop-rock band were due to perform in Belfast and Dublin tonight (February 19) and tomorrow (20) respectively as part of their UK and Ireland tour.Posting on Twitter, the band wrote: “Belfast and Dublin, we’re so sorry to have to do this but after not touring for 2 years, Heather’s voice has completely gone after the first run of shows.“We’re left with no option but to cancel tonight and tomorrow’s show’s under doctors orders.

Warhammer store in Nottingham yesterday (February 18), surprising staff and customers in the process.It comes after the Superman actor revealed in December during an interview on The Graham Norton Show that he was a big fan of the tabletop miniature war game.When appearing on the show ahead of the launch of the second season of Netflix‘s The Witcher in December, Cavill spoke enthusiastically about his passion for Warhammer.When asked about what he gets up to in his spare time, Norton stated: “You do fly your nerd flag with pride. One of your hobbies, and he’s got a lot of hobbies ladies and gentlemen, one of your hobbies…”Cavill then interrupted to comment: “Makes me sound weird.”“Well, you do have more hobbies than the average man, I’d say,” Norton retorted, before adding: “But you paint World Of War Craft?”“Warhammer,” Cavill corrected him.A number of staff and customers who were present during Cavill’s visit to the store have taken to social media to share photos of themselves with the actor.“It was our pleasure today to show Warhammer super-fan Henry Cavill round the home of Warhammer,” a Warhammer Community account tweeted.

Katharine McPhee is opening up about the struggles she had with body image while pregnant with her son Rennie.

Charlie Day starred in the original Pacific Rim movie in 2013 and he reprised his role for the sequel Pacific Rim Uprising.

Ebanie Bridges has shared a glimpse of her ongoing recovery process to her Twitter followers after stripping down to a leopard-print bikini before an ice chamber session.The Blonde Bomber will return to the ring in March following six months of resting and preparation, keeping her fans updated each step of the way.Bridges has earned an army of followers since her professional debut back in 2019, thanks in part to her tendency to catch eyes at weigh-ins as well as her unforgiving style in the ring.In her latest upload to Twitter, Bridges showed off her trip to a cryotherapy centre in Essex, with snaps of her full-body session as well as treatment on her hand.She captioned the upload: "Recovery things."The 35-year-old will return to the ring to take on Cecilia Roman on March 26 in a bid to take the IBF bantamweight belt from the Argentinian.That bout will come six months after Bridges edged past Mailys Gangloff on points having done severe damage to her right hand in the process.Will you watch Ebanie Bridges in action during her next fight? Give us your verdict in the comments sectionWith her next fight set to be on DAZN, Bridges will once again be working with Eddie Hearn.She recently said when asked what it has been like working with the Matchroom boss: "Eddie Hearn’s great, I mean, I don’t know, he’s hardly ever looking at me."He checks out the floor and the ceiling a lot.

Facebook. Brandy said: "My 18-year-old daughter was at Starbucks, alone, the other night.

West Ham star Joey Beauchamp.Beauchamp is an Oxford club legend having made over 350 appearances for the club while also having spells with Swindon Town and Swansea.West Ham had signed winger Beauchamp from Oxford in 1994 for a then club-record £1.2million, though he never played a competitive game for the Hammers.He returned to Oxford after a stint with Swindon, and was also voted United's player of the 1990s.An Oxford United statement read: "The thoughts of everyone at Oxford United are with the family and friends of Joey Beauchamp who has passed away aged 50."It added: "The club will pay fitting tribute to one of its greatest ever players in due course but for now we ask fans to allow Joey’s family some privacy at this incredibly sad time."While former team-mate Ross Weatherstone described Beauchamp as United’s greatest player.He posted: "Honoured to call you a friend & privileged to have graced the same football pitch as you."My thoughts are with all your family & especially your daughters.

Atletico Madrid have been dealt a major injury boost ahead of next week's Champions League last 16 first leg against Manchester United as Antoine Griezmann has returned to first-team training.

A’lelia Bundles has denounced Self Made, the Netflix series inspired by her great-grandmother Madam C.J. Walker. 

Despite being married for 19 years, Bill Bellamy has made a career out of embodying the fine, tall, dark-skinned, player-type in just about every movie we love.

Netflix’s “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker,” the story of America’s first self-made female millionaire, takes place between 1908 and 1918. But the music, instead of focusing on the early jazz that might be expected, runs the gamut from ragtime to hip-hop.

Up until recently, most of the people deemed worthy of drawn-out biographical explorations have been white, but it's a new day in Hollywood. In theaters, films like Hidden Figures (2016) and Harriet (2019) brought stories about lesser-known African American heroes from out of the shadows, and with Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, Netflix does the holy work of making the self-made millionaire the TV star she should have been long before now.

Over the weekend, a new miniseries arrived on Netflix and instantly became the talk of the town. The online streaming platform dropped a new show called Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker. Based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia Bundles, the miniseries tells the story of Madam C. J. Walker, an African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire. She went on to become the first female self-made millionaire. Octavia Spencer plays the lead role. 

She was the daughter of a former slave, who battled sexism and heartbreak to get to the top and become America's first black female millionaire.

Octavia Spencer is no stranger to playing inspiring women, and in her new miniseries, she's portraying a real-life icon.

Finding the look for Netflix’s new four-part series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” was something costume designer Karyn Wagner describes as “being in heaven, and a smorgasbord of design.”

Black women are working together to honor the legacy of Madam C.J. Walker in the limited Netflix series, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. 

Up until recently, most of the people deemed worthy of drawn-out biographical explorations have been white, but it's a new day in Hollywood. In theaters, films like Hidden Figures (2016) and Harriet (2019) brought stories about lesser-known African American heroes from out of the shadows, and with Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, Netflix does the holy work of making the self-made millionaire the TV star she should have been long before now.

Last year, the director Kasi Lemmons did something interesting, if not consistently successful, with the character of Harriet Tubman: She turned her into a modern action hero. Lemmons’s film “Harriet” had the beats and the posture towards its audience of a thrill-ride multiplex feature, but set in the 19th-century South instead of the present day and starring Cynthia Erivo instead of, say, Liam Neeson.

Angelique Jackson When adapting the story of Madam C.J. Walker, America’s first Black female self-made millionaire, into Netflix’s limited series “Self Made,” co-showrunner Elle Johnson knew that there was one thing the team must get right — the hair.“This was something that myself, the other co-showrunner Janine [Sherman Barrois] and Nicole [Jefferson Asher, series writer] were all really concerned with,” Johnson says.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAlthough they are set a century apart, both Netflix limited series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J.