Why Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal made a ‘Blindspotting’ series

Camila Cabello is back with new music.

Red Velvet have announced their first concert in over two years as a full group, The ReVe Festival: Prologue, will take place next month.The K-pop girl group last gave an in-person concert in February 2020 when they performed in Fukuoka, Japan. However, they were without singer Wendy for the show, who was recovering from a stage accident that happened in December 2019.Red Velvet’s full line-up – completed by Seulgi, Joy, Yeri and Irene – will bring The ReVe Festival: Prologue concert to Seoul’s Olympic Handball Gymnasium on March 19 and 20.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s $106.4M global box office weekend for Uncharted was another reminder to a streaming-obsessed entertainment industry that the tried-and-true business model of theatrical features still works, and that there’s an audience for them.

The news focus on Presidents Day was of Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, as he ordered troops to enter two separatist regions of Ukraine for “peacekeeping” purposes after he recognized their independence.

Dancing On Ice's Alex Murphy, 32, once suffered a cancer scare after noticing she had a lump on her breast.The professional skater opened up on the terrifying experience today during an Instagram Q&A on her Stories.Alex was asked by a fan what health scare she suffered and she took the opportunity to reply in a lengthy post.She penned: "Everything is all good now."I found a lump on my boob, was referred to a specialist, and I had to have a series of mammograms, ultrasounds and biopsies."It came back benign so I'm in the clear.“I’ve been referred for some generic counselling because of my family history, so hopefully that will all come back clear as well.“I shared it on Facebook only because I was getting so much [faeces emoji] about how my content had stopped and how Paul and I had ‘definitely split up’ etc.” (sic)She went on: "It was horrible, but I think we're through the worst of it now.“I’m recovering from the biopsy fine, and I'm just mentally tired but I'm more than OK."In view of her 192,000 followers, Alex urged other women to perform self-breast exams.She concluded: “So ladies if you actually read to the end of this… check your boobs.”Alex became the winner of Dancing on Ice 2020 alongside Joe Swash after replacing Alex Schauman.She gained notoriety thanks to her performances on Dancing On Ice and her own YouTube series Celebs Go Skating.The American skater previously confessed she would also “love” to compete in Strictly Come Dancing.Alex admitted she is already “ahead of the game” with her extensive dance experience after years of performing on ice.In an interview with Express.co.uk last year, Alex said: “I’d love to do Strictly because I'm so competitive.

Lorraine Kelly, 62, has taken to Instagram to share her weight loss news with her 474,000 followers.The post was originally posted by Weight Watchers coach ‘Suzy StirFry’ and Lorraine shared the post on her Instagram Stories.In the photo, they both looked surprised, but very pleased.@wwsuzystirfry captioned the image: “This is what losing THREE AND A HALF POUNDS on holiday looks like! Please join me in congratulating @lorrainekellysmith in nailing her new plan!She added: “You’re on fire” followed by heart and fire emojis.“You really can live your life the way you want to on Personal Points,” Suzy added.@mrsflan70 commented: "Wow!! That's incredible and especially on holiday.

All hail the Queen of TikTok: Penelope Disick! The 9-year-old showed off her moves once again in a new video with dad Scott Disick, 38, showing off a quick routine to the bass heavy “Captain (whistle)” by Nutcase22. The pair mimicked a flute playing move during a whistle part of the song, both giving the camera an ultra-serious look in the clip shared on Sunday, Feb. 20.

Michael Buble’s family is getting bigger! The Canadian crooner, 46, and wife Luisana Lopilato, 34, revealed they have another child on the way in a sneak-peek at the forthcoming music video for his track “I’ll Never Not Love You” which emerged on Monday, Feb. 21.

Boris johnson today (February 21) said that the response to the pandemic would be "vaccine led" as he announced that all lockdown restrictions will be ending by Thursday. Speaking after he announced all remaining Covid restrictions will be axed, the PM said there "may be significant resurgences" and "it's very possible that those will be worse than Omicron".Whitty said at a Downing Street press conference that new strains were to be expected and while some "will just disappear" others could escape vaccines and result in a fresh wave in hospitalisations.Prof Whitty said: “Some of those new variants will just disappear, but some of them will cause us significant problems and they could be either more vaccine escaping but as severe as Omicron, but the net effect would be actually more people end up in hospital because a lot of our protection is from vaccination, or it could be more intrinsically severe, because Omicron came from a much earlier variant.”He added we “could certainly end up with something which is more likely to lead to hospitalisations than Omicron”, adding that winters are expected to be “tricky” even in the absence of significant new variants due to the combination of Covid, flu and other respiratory problems.The Chief Medical Officer also urged Brits who test positive for Covid to self-isolate, even though they will no longer be forced to do so under law.“As we look at the next weeks, we still have high rates of Omicron and I would urge people in terms of public health advice, and this is very much the Government’s position, that people should still if they have Covid try to prevent other people getting it and that means self-isolating," he said.

Spider-Man and MJ haven’t found a new home just yet.

darts match with Michael van Gerwen.The three-time world PDC champion once paid a visit to the Netherlands national team camp, where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Memphis Depay and Matthijs de Ligt.Also in that national squad in May 2018 was Weghorst, who was with the senior team for the first time after impressing with Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.Whether or not he made an impression on his new international team-mates on the pitch, he certainly caught the eye in a darts session with the group visitor.A video clip shared by the Netherlands national team's Twitter account showed van Gerwen giving the football stars some darts tips, and several of the player having a go at throwing an arrow or two.One of those keen to step up to the oche was Weghorst, who was quick to show off that he was no novice with some tungsten in his hands.He even beat van Gerwen in a head-to-head leg, hitting two 140s on the way to a sensational victory.Which others sports stars have shown a prowess for darts in the past? Let us know in the comments section.And he didn't just produce any old checkout – Weghorst hit the bullseye to confirm the win and earned a round of applause from his team-mates.Van Gerwen was also clearly impressed, as he gave his conqueror a fist-bump.The footage shows Weghorst to be as accurate with his hands as he has been with his feet in a football career which has yielded a hatful of goals to date.He scored 59 goals in 118 Bundesliga games during his time in Germany – a record of exactly one goal every two games.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting

countless dead fish washed up on the shores.A palaeobotanist researcher even drew comparisons between the Great Dying 251 million years ago – that killed off 90% of our planet's species – and damage being done today.

For many people that are in their 30s (and older), “Twister” holds a special place in their hearts. Sure, the film is ridiculous, but it also has one of the best casts (including a scene-stealing Philip Seymour Hoffman) and some great lines (“‘The Suck Zone.’ It’s the point basically when the twister… sucks you up.

Haley Bosselman editorAt the “Blindspotting” premiere at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sunday, cast member Candace Nicholas-Lippman highlighted the significance of television programming about communities of color.“I want young girls, Black and brown, biracial girls, I want them to be able to see themselves when they look at us on screen, to know that someone that looks like Janelle, you look like her, you can do this, too,” Nicholas-Lippman, who plays Janelle, told Variety.The new series from Starz is based on the 2018 movie of the same name, written by Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal.

Jasmine Cephas Jones looks amazing in a plunging purple dress at the premiere of Blindspotting held at Hollywood Forever on Sunday night (June 13) in Hollywood.

She recently revealed her desire to helm a more diverse sequel to her 1996 hit thriller Twister.But Helen Hunt was supporting another sequel on Sunday when she hit the red carpet for the new Starz dramedy Blindspotting, a continuation of the critically acclaimed film of the same name.Joining the 57-year-old Oscar winner was the series' lead actress, Emmy winner Jasmine Cephas Jones, 31.

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“Blindspotting” moves like a song: from opening verse to swelling chorus, emotional bridge and back again. Sometimes, this manifests quite literally, as the characters turn to the camera and burst into emphatic spoken word, turn on their heels and break into a staccato dance, or dream up an entire music video starring themselves.

Anthony Ramos poses for a photo on the red carpet with fiancee Jasmine Cephas Jones at the premiere of her TV series Blindspotting on Friday (June 11) at Pier 76 in New York City.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThree years ago Jasmine Cephas Jones originated the character of Ashley in the feature “Blindspotting,” written by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs. It was a breakout screen role after she already took the stage by storm as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton.” Now, after equally memorable work in everything from “Mrs.

Blindspotting.Premiering Sunday, June 13, the TV adaptation of Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs’ 2018 original feature film picks up six months from where the film left off. In the pilot, Ashley Jones (Hamilton‘s Jasmine Cephas Jones) is in for a hell of a shock when she returns home to find her partner of 12 years, Miles, being abruptly taken away by police.

2018’s “Blindspotting” was the kind of movie that created its own viewing experience. That’s about all you need to remember before watching the new “Blindspotting,” the new series premiering on Starz on Saturday, June 13, which doesn’t demand that you rewatch Carlos López Estrada’s movie to remember specific events but recaptures that experience more than anything else.