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12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Netflix debuts ‘In Your Dreams' trailer, Keke Palmer joins ‘Spaceballs' sequel,' and more of today's top stories
Gold Derby's for June 12, 2025. trailer Netflix has unveiled its new animated film — an Inside Out-y exploration of the unconscious called In Your Dreams. Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Craig Robinson, Simu Liu, and Cristin Milioti star in the movie, which is set to hit the streamer on November 14. More from GoldDerby 'Cross' star Aldis Hodge on building an aspirational hero - who's not a superhero Ali Larter on playing an 'emotional rollercoaster' opposite Billy Bob Thornton on 'Landman' Get a taste of 'The Valley' (literally) with this food and beer FYC event The strike back Deadline has new details on the sequel to Mel Gibson's Star Wars riff, which was announced last year and written by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad with Josh Greenbaum directing. Bill Pullman and (shockingly) the mostly retired Rick Moranis will reprise their roles and join Keke Palmer, a new addition to the ensemble. The Motion Picture Association to be honor The American Cinematheque has announced that it will fete the MPA this November at the Power of Cinema Award. MPA chairman and CEO Charles H. Rivkin will accept the award on behalf of the organization, which is being honored alongside Michael B. Jordan. Mister Miracle TV series in the works Acclaimed comic books writer Tom King (also working on HBO's Lanterns) is set to run an animated adaptation of his Eisner-winning Mister Miracle series. Season 3 trailer Those crazy kids Belly, Jeremiah, and Conrad are at it again. The final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty will premiere on Prime Video on July 16. Best of GoldDerby Tina Fey on 'The Four Seasons': 'It was a challenge to be restrained about where we put jokes' 'The best job I ever had': 'From 'Supernatural' to 'The Boys,' Eric Kripke talks his biggest hits — and miss (ahem, 'Tarzan') 'Cross' star Aldis Hodge on building an aspirational hero — who's not a superhero Click here to read the full article.
Geek Girl Authority
05-06-2025
- Business
- Geek Girl Authority
LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION Season Finale Recap: (S03E10) The Side Job
For a finale, Leverage: Redemption, 'The Side Job,' doesn't feel all that final. Not to say it isn't a masterclass in building an engaging and layered narrative. But, honestly, that's kind of a given with this series. It also elegantly bookends the season with Hardison (Aldis Hodge) returning and Parker (Beth Riesgraf) holding him to his six-month reflection on the reason they do what they do. We can only hope Prime Video gives them a few more seasons with which to continue doing. RELATED: Catch up with our recap of the previous Leverage: Redemption episode, 'The Polygeist Job' In this episode, the unique use of black-and-white and color footage to denote the scenes 'in' the con versus adjacent is a multi-purpose device. It sells the film noir style of story. It highlights the epically dramatic lie Parker sells to the mark. Most brilliantly, it reminds us that Parker sees the world in black and white. Always has. Always will. It's her con. Her way. Image Credit: Courtesy of Prime Video Leverage: Redemption, 'The Side Job' Cold open on a black and white pan over Puerto Nuevo, Colombia. In a shadowy pub, a hatted man seated at the bar answers his phone, saying that he needs to get to the island to close the deal before 'the blonde' finds him because she's going to kill him. Further down the bar, the camera focuses on Parker glancing over with a grin. In Louisiana, two weeks earlier, at the Ramirez Processing Plant, the hatted man, wearing a suit and no hat, directs a hesitant worker to dump the load into the bone-grinder. In his office, he finds Parker rifling through his files. He's the plant's owner, Edgar Ramirez (Ricardo Chavira). She's [allegedly] Elise Bannister, a social worker. RELATED: Olivia Morris Shares How The Librarians: The Next Chapter Hooked Her From Page One She's investigating the child labor he uses. As he escorts her out of the building, she notes how small his workforce is, height-wise, and gives the bone-grinder a hard look as she passes it. Outside, he's impressed by the sports car she drives. Putting together her surreptitious entrance, her ransacking of his office, and the fancy wheels, he guesses she's up to something and promises to find out what it is. She scoffs and drives off. Reality As Ramirez heads back into the plant, the picture flips to color. Elliot (Christian Kane) and Sophie (Gina Bellman) drive up, looking for Parker. Sophie checks in with the rest of the team to see if they know what Parker's up to. Breanna (Aleyse Shannon) and Harry (Noah Wyle) are in a hospital room, asking a woman about a boy, Rodrigo (Adan Carvacaño), who lies unconscious in the bed, his arm in an external fixator device. She tells them he had told her that he got a good-paying job, but she didn't know it involved dangerous machinery. She tells Harry they can't sue because Rodrigo had fake work papers saying he was old enough. When Breanna asks where he got the papers, Rodrigo wakes up and says it was Ramirez, but he can't testify because Ramirez will punish his undocumented cousins. Boundaries At headquarters, Sophie asks Elliot if the particulars of this case don't have him worried. Harry gets off the phone with his mom and asks them how to get around answering her questions about Leverage. Breanna enters and debriefs Edgar Ramirez, who repeatedly violates child labor laws. He deflects the bad press onto the employment agency, saying Dean Cisco (Garrett Hines) didn't vet the employees properly. However, Breanna's learned that Ramirez actually owns Cisco's company. RELATED: TV Review: Leverage: Redemption Season 3 Harry wants to know why they're so concerned about Parker. Parker arrives and explains that she is triggered by cases involving kids. She's installed bugs and cameras in Ramirez's office and a backdoor to his computer. Breanna has access to all of it. Parker promises to call if she needs help. When Elliot questions her going it alone, she points out that everyone on the team has their personal side job projects. Elliot looks out for veterans. Harry takes on legal clients. Breanna does her white-hat hacking. The team wishes her well. As Parker leaves, Sophie asks Elliot if he believes Parker's explanation. He doesn't. The Set Up Back in black-and-white. Ramirez and Cisco discuss Parker's visit. Ramirez tells Cisco that she was looking for paperwork on his employees connecting them to Isla Nubla, a tiny island off the coast of Colombia. He remembers receiving a voicemail from a Marta Cabrera from Gold Star Properties asking about employees from Isla Nubla. He plans to go see her in person. RELATED: Dean Devlin Dishes on The Librarians: The Next Chapter's Magical Homecoming In color, at the Gold Star offices, Sophie lets herself in. Over the cons, Breanna reminds Sophie that Parker wasn't taking anything from Ramirez's files; she was planting the Isla Nubla stuff, including the voicemails from Cabrera. As Sophie wonders why Parker laid a trail to Gold Star, Breanna realizes that Ramirez should be arriving any second. Sophie finds a blue folder with a sticky note on it that reads, 'FOR SOPHIE.' Grinning, she opens it up, picks up some wardrobe props, and acknowledges that Parker set her up. Drawing Sophie In When Ramirez knocks on Gold Star's door, it's back in black-and-white. Sophie greets him as Marta Cabrera. He says he's there to discuss Isla Nubla. She jumps on the topic, explaining that Gold Star owns the island now, and they're waiting for investors to develop a deep-water cruise ship port. Parker makes her entrance, pointing out that the island is empty because Hurricane Frances forces everyone to evacuate, and no one was allowed back on. However, before they can develop, they need someone born on the island to sign off to satisfy Colombia's government's mandate to respect indigenous claims to the land. That person will get a million dollars a year for life as compensation. RELATED: Geek Girl Authority Crush of the Week: Leverage: Redemption 's Parker Outside, Ramirez tells Parker he doesn't need her now. He'll find someone born on Isla Nubla by the weekend. Parker coerces him back with talk of making even more than the payout Mart Cabrera mentioned. She texts him an address to be at in an hour. Something Like That He leaves, and the picture blinks back into color. Parker returns to the conference room and debriefs with Sophie. They agree that the seat-of-the-pants grift was a lot of fun. Sophie guesses that the real reason for Parker's con is that their current jobs are too safe. Parker allows that might be part of it. Parker tells Breanna to meet her at the address she just texted Ramirez. They arrive on the 34th floor of a partially constructed building. Parker tells Breanna she wants to put the mark under stress to distract from the lie. Playing the building's architect, Breanna guesses that the real reason for Parker's con is that she wants to innovate their cons. Parker allows that might be part of it. RELATED: On Location: The Belgrade Fortress on The Librarians: The Next Chapter Flip to black-and-white for Ramirez's arrival on site. Breanna calls Parker and Ramirez over to where they can't be overheard. They step out onto an unfinished balcony. Breanna tells him that Marta didn't divulge that anyone indigenous to the island will get a piece of any business established there. She wants her firm to be the one to build the port. If Ramirez wants in, he needs to buy in at 10 million dollars. She guarantees a ten-to-one return, minimum. Spinning Stories At headquarters, in color, Harry checks in on Sophie, who is reviewing Parker's sting. Sophie explains how Parker's combined two different cons to convince Ramirez to empty his coffers into an escrow account that the Leverage team will pillage. She's concerned that Parker's placing herself in danger in order to close the deal. In black-and-white, Parker attends one of Ramirez's fundraisers. On the dance floor, he accuses her of being a bigger bad guy than him because she uses people to get ahead. His phone pings, and he shows her that Cisco has doctored papers to prove that Ramirez was born on Isla Nubla. This pulls the rug out from under Parker's plan. Recovery In color, Parker sits in the corner of Rodrigo's hospital room. His aunt comes in and tells Parker that he's improving slowly. She tells Parker that she's a good person for helping them. Parker gets up and leaves. RELATED: A Leverage: Redemption Primer: Get Ready to Steal Season 3 Harry gets into his car, unaware Parker's hiding in the backseat. She startles him. He screams and jumps out of the car. She follows and tells him she admires him because he changed. He points out that she did, too. She admits she did eventually, but it started out as a way to do new crimes, a challenge. She says she changed with the team while he changed on his own. He guesses that the real reason for Parker's con is that she's trying to figure out how people change. Parker allows that might be part of it. She asks him to revert to evil lawyer mode temporarily as a favor. At the plant, in black-and-white, Harry finds Ramirez. Calling himself Dexter Cheeble, Harry asks for employment records on Hector Ortez, a 19-year-old born on Isla Nubla, Colombia. Ramirez tells Harry that if he comes back in the evening, he'll get the paperwork for him, and they can discuss some potential financial accommodations. Shaking hands on it, Harry leaves. Ramirez places a call, saying that they've got a problem. Flipped In his office, he tells Parker about Harry's visit. She recommends they pay Harry off. Ramirez argues that blackmailers just keep on taking. They're better off just killing him. He's already engaged some men from Cisco's bunch. They'll wait for Harry in the plant parking lot and kill him as soon as he arrives. Parker turns to one of her hidden cameras and shoots a meaningful look at Breanna. Breanna's surveillance footage is in full color. She tries to raise Harry on the coms to warn him. Next, she tries Elliot. Meanwhile, Harry arrives at the plant. He gets a warning text from Breanna just as a black SUV squeals up behind him. The goons chase him into the plant. RELATED: Read the Recap of the Best Leverage: Redemption Season 3 Episode, 'The Grand Complication Job' Parker slaps Ramirez in black-and-white, accusing him of screwing up by ordering the hit on the lawyer at the plant. He suggests they leave. In color, Harry fights the goons until Elliot arrives. Harry runs out and confronts Ramirez and Parker in black-and-white. Parker pulls out a gun and shoots Harry twice. Ramirez takes it from her and puts a final slug in his back. Elliot arrives, and Ramirez criticizes his hitman skills, leaving Elliot to dispose of Harry's body in the bone-grinder. Ending It Once Ramirez and Parker leave, the scene reverts to color. Elliot compliments Harry on his fall and helps him to his feet. Back at headquarters, Parker tries to make light of the real hired killers she didn't anticipate. Sophie and Elliot insist she finish the con immediately. She agrees once Breanna assures her that they will get every cent of Ramirez's money. In black-and-white, Ramirez leaves the plant with his papers. Parker drives up and offers him a ride. He gets in, and she stuns him with a taser. Grabbing his phone, she messages the plant supervisor to clear the floor and send everyone home because of a spot inspection. RELATED: TV Review: Cross Season 1 In color, Sophie's waiting at the Gold Star offices and tells Breanna and Harry that Parker's late. They ping her phone and discover she left it at headquarters. Back at the now-empty plant, black-and-white Parker prepares to send Ramirez through the bone-grinder, explaining that a little while ago, someone asked her why she does what she does. When the others asked her, they didn't let her answer: they just kept guessing. Starting up the bone-grinder, she gets ready to tip Ramirez in, stating she's not sure what she's going to do. The bone-grinder stops. Faint with relief, Ramirez sees Elliot and assumes he's there to stop Parker. Elliot denies this and walks away. Got Your Back Parker follows him in color and asks him if he's going to stop her or tell on her. He tells her that they aren't like the others. Whatever she chooses to do, he's got her back. In black-and-white, Parker rushes back to the bone-grinder. She turns it on. Desperate, Ramirez tips the trolley and rolls out. By the time Parker follows him out of the building, he's disappeared. Flashforward to the Colombian pub. Cisco tells Ramirez that the papers he traveled on aren't from him. Parker walks over and ends the call. RELATED: Read our Leverage: Redemption recaps Full color when the phone hits the bar. She tells him his papers are hers. Flashback: After Parker and Breanna pulled the construction site con, she had Breanna use Cisco's software to create new Colombian papers. In the pub, she tells him he's been traveling as a wanted fugitive. Her real reason for the con is redemption. She tells him his redemption begins with empathy. In the U.S., he's dead. Flashback: Parker leaves his shoes, wallet, and cell phone next to the bone-grinder opening. Now that he has to live in a country with no papers or resources, hiding from the law, maybe he'll understand the lives of the people he exploited in his plants. Not Just the Side Job Parker returns in time for Breanna to go pick up Hardison. Before Sophie leaves for a weekend with Jack, Harry asks her to meet his mother because he wants his mother to meet his best friend. Once Hardison's home, Parker gives the team her report, the product of six months of analyzing why she does crime. She's concluded that she's a thief. She breaks the rules because the rules sometimes say it's okay to hurt others, and that's not right. This is her way because it's their way. All three seasons of Leverage: Redemption are now streaming on Prime Video. Come on, Prime Video. Let's give Leverage: Redemption three more seasons. REVIVAL: Check Out 9 First-Look Photos From Melanie Scrofano-Led Series Diana lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she invests her time and energy in teaching, writing, parenting, and indulging her love of all Trek and a myriad of other fandoms. She is a lifelong fan of smart sci-fi and fantasy media, an upstanding citizen of the United Federation of Planets, and a supporter of AFC Richmond 'til she dies. Her guilty pleasures include female-led procedurals, old-school sitcoms, and Bluey. She teaches, knits, and dreams big. You can also find her writing at The Televixen, Women at Warp, TV Fanatic, and TV Goodness.
Buzz Feed
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
19 Fascinating, Surprising, Or Really Cool Celebrity Facts That Kinda Blew My Mind
1. Aldis Hodge is a serious horologist. He studied product design and architecture in college and applied those learnings to making watches, which he started conceptually designing at 19. He spent years working on prototypes for his upcoming watch brand, A. Hodge Atelier, and also designed the watch for his Black Adam character, Carter Hall/Hawkman. He was deeply inspired by Benjamin Banneker, a Black mathematician and astronomer who created a wooden clock that kept precise time in 1753. Aldis credited him as the inventor of "the very first striking time device in America" in a beautiful essay he wrote for Hodinkee about his journey into horology. 2. Zendaya has been a vegetarian since she was 11 years old. On a road trip, she and her father passed a slaughterhouse, and he explained how it all worked. She immediately decided not to eat meat anymore and never looked back. "My main reason for being a vegetarian is that I'm an animal lover — definitely NOT because I love vegetables," she said. 3. After a breakup, Regina Hall tried to become a nun. She'd previously been interested in joining a convent at 14 years old, but this time around, she was considered "too old" due to the age cutoff. The actor revealed that there was also a previous sexual partner cutoff. "Some you can't have been with, I think four? But I was right at five," she joked with a laugh. 4. Before she was famous, Janelle Monáe worked at Office Depot. She wrote the song "Lettin' Go" about being fired for answering fan emails on the job. Well, that song got the attention of OutKast, who featured her on their album Idlewild, and the rest is history! 5. Spike Lee earned a BA in Communications from Morehouse College and an MFA in Film and Television from NYU. He returned to NYU as a professor, where he's taught film students for over 30 years — a beautiful, full-circle moment! His Spike Lee Scholarship Fund has distributed over $1 million to help students fund their thesis films. 6. You might've guessed that Queen Latifah is a stage name, but do you know the origins of it? The actor, who was born Dana Elaine Owens, said, "My mother raised me to believe that all women are queens and should be treated as such." At 8 years old, she found the name Latifah in a book of Arabic names and loved the meaning: delicate, sensitive, kind, and nice. "That's the story of my life. I think that's the wonderful thing about a woman. We can be strong, but then we can be soft and kind and sensitive," she said. 7. For her performance as Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Angela Bassett became the first actor to earn Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for a Marvel film. She went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (as we all know, she got robbed at the Oscars). But that wasn't the only time she made history! Angela became the first Black actor to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her portrayal of Tina Turner in the 1993 biopic What's Love Got to Do With It. 8. Thanks to the PBS show Find Your Roots, RuPaul and Senator Cory Booker discovered they're cousins. Both were happy about the news, and Cory later appeared on an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. 9. Though we all know and love her acting, Laverne Cox was actually a dancer first. She started dancing at 8 years old, received scholarships for high school and college, and ended up graduating from Marymount Manhattan College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. 10. At the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex where Alicia Keys was raised, Samuel L. Jackson worked as the building's first security guard. Of course, he went on to become one of the greatest actors in Hollywood and recently appeared in Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show. 11. Speaking of Alicia, did you know her mom shut down her first idea for a stage name? The singer, who was born Alicia Augello Cook, flipped through the dictionary and picked the last name Wild. She recalled saying, "Alicia Wild, how does that sound, Ma?" But her mom responded, "It sounds like you're a stripper." So, Alicia chose Keys instead. "It's like the piano keys. And it can open so many doors." 12. Terry Crews is a phenomenal artist. He was offered an art scholarship before a football scholarship in college, when he also drew courtroom sketches. After he was cut from NFL teams, he would paint some of his fellow athletes to get by, spending up to two months on each painting. 13. John Boyega and Letitia Wright met at London's Identity School of Acting and often went to McDonald's. "After class, we'd meet up to discuss life, the future, and just inspiring each other," she said. He added, "You haven't changed. We always have life-changing conversations." 14. Aside from acting, Yara Shahidi possesses a number of talents. She has a black belt in Tang Soo Do (a type of karate), paints watercolors, and even crochets. The Harvard graduate, who is Black and Iranian, also speaks Farsi (it was her first language!). 15. Halle Berry remains the first and only Black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actress. She addressed this last year, saying, "It's certainly not because there has been nobody deserving." 16. While at Howard University, Chadwick Boseman was one of nine students who attended a summer exchange program at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford. Actor Phylicia Rashad, one of his teachers, asked her wealthy friends to sponsor the trip, and Denzel Washington was Chadwick's benefactor. "The funny thing is, he showed up at the New York premiere of Black Panther," Chadwick said. "I'm like, 'It's great to meet you. Big fan of your work. Just wanted to tell you thank you for paying for me to go to Oxford.' He was like, 'Oh, you owe me money!'" 17. After high school, Tessa Thompson wanted to join the Peace Corps, but they required a college degree. So, she attended college — graduating with a BA in cultural anthropology — but fell in love with acting along the way. 18. You probably know Karamo Brown from Queer Eye, but did you know he appeared on The Real World: Philadelphia first? Back in 2004, he was cast on the MTV show, becoming one of the first openly gay, Black men on reality TV. 19. And finally, At 19 years old, Sheryl Lee Ralph was the youngest woman to graduate from Rutgers College at the time. In 2023, she returned to her alma mater to give a commencement speech, recalling that she had no pictures of her graduation day because she worked a Skippy peanut butter commercial instead. "I made the right decision. Look at me now," she joked. "But seriously, what a blessing. I got to do the commercial, and today, I get to take a picture in the cap and gown." 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