‘Shirley’ review: Boring, East Coast academics have problems, too

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor the first time since 2019, the legendary Roots Picnic is scheduled to return in June with Mary J. Blige, Mickey Guyton — both of whom performed at the Super Bowl on Sunday — Summer Walker and Jazmine Sullivan leading a packed lineup.The festival — which is headlined, hosted, and curated by the Grammy-winning hip-hop group the Roots and co-presented by Live Nation Urban — will take place at the Mann at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia for two days of music, art, and culture on Saturday and Sunday, June 4-5, 2022. Also scheduled to perform are Wizkid, Kirk Franklin, Rick Ross, G Herbo and more — see the full confirmed lineup below.A special fan club presale goes live today at 10 a.m.

JD Linville Keshet International and A Private View’s Flemish thriller “Storm Lara” answers the question: What happens when a suicidal caller interrupts a live late-night radio show? As it turns out, a lot. The 4×30’ series moves quickly, putting acerbic radio DJ Lara (Ella Leyers, “Professor T.”) to the test when her suicidal caller’s identity is revealed, and her son’s life becomes endangered. Wouter Hendrickx (“De Infiltrant”) co-stars as Lara’s radio producer Rafik in the Daan Gielis (“La Holandesa”) written and Kadir Ferati Balci (“Turquaze”) directed drama.The series launches at Berlinale 2022 in the Series Market Selects selection, noting increased market potential.

Coronation Street stars Sally Carman and Joe Duttine gave a little glimpse into their relationship over the weekend.

Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Manchester United outcast Donny van de Beek has sparked confusion after setting tongues wagging in Everton training.The Netherlands international joined the Toffees last month on a loan deal until the end of the season having found minutes increasingly hard to come by at Old Trafford.The Dutch midfielder came off the bench to make his Everton debut in a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle, before playing a full 90 minutes for his new club in their 3-0 triumph over Leeds on Saturday.Van de Beek impressed in the Goodison Park win, but it has been his efforts in training which have reportedly caught the eye - and raised confusion - with those at Everton, according to Rio Ferdinand."I’ve been speaking to a few people at the club and they’ve said that he’s gone in there and lifted the levels, training-wise," the former United defender told Vibe with FIVE. "[He’s a] great lad, first and foremost, but you can see.

Suffering from that post-Valentine's Day malaise? Well don't worry, Irish indie-rockers Modernlove have got you covered with their new single, Follow You. 

This Morning 's Alison Hammond was left questioning Dermot O'Leary when he disappeared over to the other side of the studio during the ad break. The hosts, who normally stand together, were stood apart as Alison introduced the show back and Dermot had his head in a book.As she turned to him, the stunning host asked: "What are you doing babes?" prompting Dermot to respond: "Well you know I like to come over here to the library, I like to pick up a little book every day because we're always over here at the This Morning library."Alison was cackling as she asked Dermot what he had on hand today - and the answer certainly gave her a shock.Dermot responded: "Oh you'll love it.

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Danielle Lloyd will be chatting to the Daily Star about her wild WAG tales and the secrets behind looking so good after having five kids.Danielle, who was previously married to Tottenham Hotspur football player Jamie O'Hara, will be taking part in a Facebook Live event, which takes place on Wednesday, February 15 at 2.30pm.She will also be opening up about the birth of her daughter in November and her plans for the future.Readers will also have the chance to ask Danielle questions which will be read to her by showbiz reporter Carly Hacon, as part of her Carly in Convo series.Danielle has had numerous cosmetic procedures done in the past and she will be opening up about her surgeries and if she has plans to have more done in the future.Daniellw dated a string of high-profile footballers including Teddy Sheringham, Marcus Bent and Jermaine Defoe.She married Jamie O'Hara in 2012 and divorced him in 2014.Danielle will be lifting the lid on what it is like to hang out with fellow WAGS in her chat with the Daily Star.Danielle will be discussing what she's been up to lately and her relationship with her electrician fiancé Michael O'Neill.Danielle is a former beauty queen who wonMiss England in 2004 and was named Miss Great Britain 2006.She appeared on the cover of lads' magazines Maxim, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo several times and famously posed for Playboy.Danielle made numerous television appearances including the celebrity edition of Gladiators on ITV, BBC's Total Wipeout and Come Dine with Me on Channel 4.In 2014 she took part in celebrity diving show Splash! on ITV.Tune in to the Facebook Live interview with Danielle Lloyd on the Daily Star Facebook page at 2:30pm.For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star,

Instagram after promoting the “Eff Your Body Standards” campaign and has since been featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan, People Magazine and Nylon. The size 20 model, who has 2.4million followers, has spoken out about eating disorders, body positivity and her own struggle with anorexia.But, last week she posted on social media after people left comments on a video of her eating pop tarts with her son.One comment claimed it was “wrong” for people to be eating “that cr*p” and added: “Second, this person is extremely overweight to the point you’re literally about to die and last you’re a young kid horrible diet habits, this shouldn’t be supported by anyone and yet everyone seems to love it.”But, Tess, whose son is five-years-old, hit back at the negative messages and said she was raising her child not to see food in terms of “good” and “bad”.The model added that she wouldn’t care if her children grew up to be fat.She said: “Bowie LOVES doing his taste test videos.

holidays just got a little bit easier. That's because the country has finally scrapped coronavirus tests for fully vaccinated travellers.

Aldi has been delighting customers with the items inside its much-loved Specialbuy aisle for years now. And the latest launch to the chain is one that is sending shoppers wild, praising the product as 'excellent' and 'the best'. The Specialbuy range has released everything fro budget air fryers, to coveted furniture pieces and more.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Amazon Studios Inclusion Policy and Playbook released last June in the U.S. is reverberating in the streaming giant’s productions around the world.That is the main takeaway of a panel at the European Film Market on Amazon’s diversity, equity and inclusion panel where it emerged that, though it is U.S.-specific, Amazon’s teams in Europe are starting to create their own adaptations of the Playbook, including the German unit led by head of German Originals Philip Pratt.“We are inspired by what the U.S.

Marta Balaga As global consumers turn towards series produced in their own countries and other non-US content, developing authentic stories for local markets might be the key to global success, pointed out participants of the Berlinale Series Market opening on Monday.“Great successes can come from anywhere. That’s the biggest learning,” said Jens Richter, CEO at Fremantle Media International, calling South Korean surprise smash “Squid Game” – repeatedly mentioned throughout the event – another “steppingstone towards creating more openness,” – also when it comes to the European market.As pointed out by executive director at Ampere Analysis Guy Bisson, kicking off the “Mission: Europe.

Elisabeth Moss to entertain the masses during quarantine. Her modern retelling of a Universal Classic Monster flick, n, was among the first movies to stream early when theaters shuttered.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticMovies are slowly starting to trickle back into theaters, emphasis on the word “slowly.” For the time being, audiences’ options are still better at home, as this week’s crop of new films includes outrageous new genre fare — such as “Becky,” from the directors of “Cooties,” which plays a bit like a hard-R version of “Home Alone” — and festival standouts such as Hong Sang-soo’s “Yourself and Yours.”“The Invisible Man” star Elisabeth Moss elaborates on her ever-widening scope of tortured women in the wildly unconventional Shirley Jackson biopic, a movie which portrays the author of “The Lottery” as the kind of character one might discover in her mind-bending horror tales.Here’s a complete rundown of the week’s

Elisabeth Moss has played her fair share of women on the edge, but she’s taking it to a whole other level in “Shirley”, portraying writer Shirley Jackson.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWe’ve seen Elisabeth Moss take on corporate male toxicity in Mad Men, a ghost of a man in The Invisible Man, Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale and punk rock in Her Smell. This weekend we’ll see her try her as a horror author who tries not unravel as she goes through her creative process in the Josephine Decker-directed Shirley.The film, which is adapted from Susan Scarf Merrell’s 2014 novel of the same name, bowed at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is based on the real-life horror author Shirley Jackson and her husband Stanley Hyman.“We were not making a film that we ever thought, ‘Oh, we’re making a film about the real Shirley Jackson’,” Decker told Deadline at Sundance.

The author Shirley Jackson led a fascinating life. A full on biopic of Jackson would certainly be worth exploring. However, filmmaker Josephine Decker has something far different and far more unsettling up her sleeve with Shirley, a psychological thriller more so than anything else. That being said, if this is how an auteur can tackle biopics going forward, that’s something to be excited about. Armed with a full throated performance in the title role from Elisabeth Moss, Decker lets her audience have it. This isn’t what you’re expecting and it might turn off some, but for others, it’s going to be a blast. Hitting tomorrow, it’s well worth a watch.

Focusing on anything besides what’s going on in America’s streets is difficult at the moment. In another reality the entertainment industry is debating what can only be described as questionable standards for resuming production in an era of COVID-19, fans are celebrating Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica” and getting excited about the potential resumption of the major sports leagues.