Tag: Michelle Buteau
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Pamela Adlon’s Directorial Debut ‘Babes,’ Starring Ilana Glazer and Hasan Minhaj, Sells to Neon
Neon has picked up rights to Pamela Adlon’s directorial debut “Babes,” a comedy starring Ilana Glazer and Hasan Minhaj.Glazer, the co-creator and star of Comedy Central’s hit sitcom “Broad City,” co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Rabinowitz. The story follows the aggressively single Eden, who becomes pregnant from a one-night stand and leans on her married…
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How Netflix’s ‘Strong Black Summer’ Campaign Formalized Black Hollywood’s Cultural Calendar
It might officially be fall, but Netflix had a “Strong Black Summer.”At least, that was the name of the streamer’s warm-weather months campaign promoting a string of TV, film and documentary projects fronted by Black talent.Among the hot titles were Gabrielle Union’s rom-com “The Perfect Find,” the John Boyega-starring conspiratorial caper “They Cloned Tyrone,” a…
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Netflix’s ‘Survival of the Thickest’ Is What We Need Right Now
We’ve all heard of a “song of the summer,” but is there such a thing as a “series of the summer”? If so, Survival of the Thickest might be it. This comedy is packed with witty one-liners and lovable, sometimes eccentric characters. Series lead Michelle Buteau breathes life into everything she touches. She was Ali…
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New on Netflix in July 2023
July is shaping up to be an exciting month for Netflix subscribers with new seasons of your favorite shows, exciting new series, highly anticipated films, fascinating documentaries, and much more. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo returns as Mickey Haller in Part 1 of The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2, which follows the rule-breaking lawyer taking on an all-new case.…