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Plot: Muncie Daniels is a respected media pundit who thinks he has it all. When he’s framed for the murder of a white supremacist, he must clear his name, protect his family, and unravel a high-level conspiracy before time runs out.

Review: The concept for the hit 1960s series The Fugitive spawned an award-winning box office hit in 1993 starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones but failed to ignite much buzz when it was rebooted on the small screen twice, in 2000 and 2020. While it does not share any official connections with the story of Dr. Richard Kimble and his search for a one-armed man who killed his wife, the new Netflix series The Madness may be the closest anyone has gotten to capturing the paranoia and tension that made The Fugitive so good. Led by Oscar-nominee Colman Domingo in one of his best performances to date, The Madness is...

Hacks, Fellow Travelers and Ava DuVernay’s feature film Origin were among the recipients of the 2024 Humanitas Prizes for television and film writers whose work “explores the human condition in a nuanced way.”

This year’s honors were announced and presented at the organization’s annual awards ceremony last night at the Avalon Hollywood. The event was emceed by June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer.

See the complete list of recipients below.

In all, 56 writers were nominated for their work across nine film and TV categories. During this year’s event, each winner received their trophy and delivered remarks to an audience of industry professionals. Winners also receive a $10,000 cash prize.

Also honored were the the recipients of the 2024 New Voices Fellowship, The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award, and The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award. Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming for Starz,...

“Hacks,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Black Cake” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” were among the big winners on Thursday as Humanitas revealed its 2024 Humanitas Prize recipients. The ceremony, held at Avalon Hollywood, revealed honors in nine juried categories, including TV, film and documentary fields.

“We actually got something friends,” “Origin” filmmaker Ava DuVernay said in accepting the award for drama feature — which had been previously snubbed through last year’s Oscars season. “We went through that whole awards gauntlet, and then this popped up in the summer, and I thought, ‘wow, they’re kind of off kilter for the award season!’ Because they don’t care about that… they’re doing something different. This award show that is about doing something with this medium that matters. Yes, entertainment matters, but we have such a powerful voice, such a powerful platform. So I commend everyone that’s trying to say something.”

Max’s “Hacks” Season 3 episode “Yes,...

“Snowfall” writer Jeanine Daniels is the inaugural recipient of the Starz #TakeTheLead Award. Kathryn Busby, President of Original Programming for Starz, will present the award to Daniels at The Humanitas Prizes Awards Show and Toast on Sept. 12 at the Avalon Hollywood.

Created through the streaming platform’s “#TakeTheLead initiative” to amplify narratives by, about and for women and underrepresented audiences, this award “recognizes a writer who has completed the Humanitas New Voices Fellowship and demonstrated a dedication to improving representation through their storytelling.”

Daniels was a New Voices Fellow in 2019, and was mentored by Erika Kennair, Head of Scripted, US and Canada at The Mediapro Studio and a member of Humanitas’s Board of Directors. In addition to writing and co-producing for “Snowfall,” Daniels currently serves as a supervising producer on “P-Valley.” Her portfolio includes projects for Netflix, Apple, HBO Max, OWN, BET and TVOne.

“Jeanine is a seasoned and...

Snowfall Season 6 Episode 6 Episode Description And Spoilers Snowfall Season 6 Episode 6 Photos Concrete Jungle – Episode 6 – “Concrete Jungle” – Franklin braces for fallout. Kane seeks revenge. Written by Dave Andron and Jeanine Daniels & Davon Briggs; directed by Katrelle Kindred. FX’s Snowfall – Sixth and Final Season – Premieres Wednesday, February 22 at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on FX and Streaming the Next Day on Hulu s06e06 6×06 6.06 s6e6 snowfall episode This was how crack began. Over the course of five seasons, FX’s Snowfall has chronicled how an off-the-books CIA operation contributed to the destruction rock cocaine leveled upon the vibrant community of South Central L.A. It’s October 1986 in this sixth and final season, as civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin (Damson Idris) is desperate, forced to rob his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and Uncle Jerome (Amin Joseph) after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson). Meanwhile,...

Snowfall director Damian Marcano wanted to show another side of strippers-turned-assassins Black Diamond and Dallas, so he explored them through motherhood.

The end result was an awkward-but-comical interaction in last week’s Episode 3 between the pair and Louie and Jerome, as Black Diamond and Dallas dropped off their children at elementary school. Louie told the women, who now work for Franklin, she would and could forgive them for nearly killing her if they used their exotic dancer connections to plant seeds of usurpation in Mello’s head.

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Mara Brock Akil, the creator/showrunner behind such series as Girlfriends, The Game and Being Mary Jane, has tapped former AMC exec Susie Fitzgerald to run her story27 banner.

Fitzgerald, who Deadline revealed was leaving the cable network in May 2020, will oversee all film, television and digital media projects for the production company, which is under an overall deal at Netflix.

She was previously EVP, Scripted Programming for AMC and SundanceTV and oversaw development of shows such as Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Fear The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul.

Her appointment comes as Akil has set her first slate of developments with the streamer, which Fitzgerald helped attract writers such as Jerron Horton and Jeanine Daniels.

Akil is developing projects including Agency, Forever, Astronaut Chicks and Stamped from the Beginning.

Agency is an hour-long drama, inspired by the real lives of sports agents, Aaron and Eric Goodwin.

The fastest way to separate die-hard Snowfall fans from trendy ones is dropping White Rob’s name.

Played by actor Taylor Kowalski, White Rob is an old friend of Franklin’s from high school, a member of his O.G. crew and the one who introduced him to his first plug, Avi. That’s why Rob’s brief but significant appearance in Season 4 mattered to hardcore Snowfallers who reveled in seeing his familiar face.

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Exclusive: Gregory Johnson has joined Range Media Partners, the management and brand development firm, as a partner. He will have a focus on entrepreneurs and activists across the multimedia landscape. He joins the team of Range Media Partners managers Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Matt Graham, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham. Johnson most recently served as founder and CEO of 5 Streams, a talent management and strategic planning firm focused on supporting world class creatives who were overlooked by Hollywood’s traditional gatekeepers.

His client roster includes writer/directors Jeanine Daniels, Nikki Taylor-Roberts, musicians D Smoke and Christen Lien, youth activists Taylor Richardson aka Astronaut Starbright, Havana Chapman-Edwards, along with other multi-hyphenate talent.

“I have had the good fortune of knowing Greg for ten years – he is a Renaissance man with a heart of gold,...

Actors and screenwriters came together Saturday night to support the young women involved in WriteGirl at the organization’s annual Lights, Camera, WriteGirl! event.

The organization empowers girls to share their voices with a community of female writers. In the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood, Calif., scenes and monologues written by the girls earlier in the day were performed by actors Keiko Agena (“Gilmore Girls”), Kelsey Scott (“How To Get Away with Murder”), Aasha Davis (“Friday Night Lights”), Adam Tsekhman (“Legends of Tomorrow”), and Ted Cannon (“Justified”).

The scenes ranged from comical discussion between a health conscious father and his junk-food-loving daughter to an emotional monologue where a boy wished he was no longer invisible. After the skits, a panel of screenwriters provided commentary about the writing style.

Executive director of WriteGirl Keren Taylor said that during the day the mentors and girls focus on “getting away from clichés, talking...

In celebration of Black History Month, TV One is debuting "Change Agents: History in the Making," a program of 21 short films produced by four award-winning content creators, airing every weeknight throughout February.  Beginning Monday, Feb. 1 at 10 p.m. Et, the short films produced by American Black Film Festival winner Alton Glass ("Cru"); African American Women in Cinema Women of Excellence Award Winner Jeanine Daniels ("The Guy" and "The Couple"); NAACP Image Award and Emmy Award winner P. Frank Williams ("Unsung"); and Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winner Che "Rhymefest" Smith (co-writer "Jesus...

Black & Sexy TV is an online entertainment and lifestyle network founded by Dennis Dortch, Numa Perrier, Brian Ali Harding, and Jeanine Daniels that produces the kind of content its name would lead you to think it produces. That is, It focuses on programming for a “young, progressive, Black audience who seek a truer reflection of their modern culture.” The company is adamant about its independence, too, but don’t let that and the dated Black & Sexy TV website lead you to believe the quality of its productions are in any way inferior. The people behind the brand have an impressive pedigree, Plus, they just inked a development deal with HBO. The premium cable and satellite television channel with more than 140 million subscribers worldwide will develop The Couple, a realistic comedy web series about a heterosexual relationship with the kind of dialogue you’d expect in a mumblecore flick, but the...

Congrats to Dennis Dortch, Numa Perrier, Jeanine Daniels, Desmond Faison and the rest of the Black&Sexy.TV team, as The Couple, their immensely popular web series, just might be coming to a TV screen near you some time in the future! I'm told that the creatives have entered an agreement with HBO that will bring The Couple, the web series that amusingly explores relationship dynamics, to the cable TV network, with none-other-than Spike Lee exec producing! It's the kind of move (TV networks picking web series) that many have wanted to see happen more often, as trends we've been tracking for at least the last 2 years, show content creators,...

Spike Lee will be Live on Black&SexyTV tonight, at 7:30pm Pst (10:30pm Est), to talk about his new project, which he's currently working to finance via Kickstarter, and much more, with the Black&SexyTV crew - Dennis Dortch, Numa Perrier, Jeanine Daniels, and Brian Ali Harding. Spike would like to connect with you all an open forum Q & A, that'll be moderated by Black&SexyTV.  It'll happen Live, via the Black&SexyTV YouTube channel this evening, again, at 7:30pm Pst (10:30pm Est). Come one, come all... Here's the direct link to the YouTube page where it'll all happen tonight: http://bit.ly/SpikeLeeLIVE. By the way, $275,909 has...

The toughest stage in the production is now behind them (granted every stage presents its own set of challenges; but I think we can agree that raising necessary funds/financing is often the hurdle that most are never able to get over). The Kickstarter campaign they launched a month ago, officially ended today, October 9, with a grand total raised of $32,665 (from 477 backers, or about $68 each) - 30% more than their campaign goal, which was $25,000!  Needless to say, they're definitely making this movie. Congrats to Dennis Dortch, Numa Perrier, Jeanine Daniels, Desmond Faison and the rest of the Black &Sexy Team! The...

It's coming, It's coming!  Yesterday, The Couple not only reached but as of today surpassed its $25,000 fund raising goal. Congrats to the Black and Sexy Team! So The Couple series created by Dennis Dortch, Jeanine Daniels, and Numa Perrier, via their Black & Sexy brand, starring Numa Perrier and Desmond Faison will be a feature film. They have 8 days left in the campaign and it's not too late to still pledge your support.  Many readers are active participants in the filmmaking process and know that a little cushion is a good thing. Check out the celebratory moment and The Couple Bonus Episode below:...

If you missed our announcement of this, or just need to revisit the details, here's a quick recap: The web series The Couple (created by Dennis Dortch, Jeanine Daniels, and Numa Perrier, via their Black & Sexy brand, starring Perrier and Desmond Faison), is becoming a feature film! The feature film's story will center on how winning a large sum of cash ($750,000) changes the lives of the couple, and those close to them. To Kickstart the project, the production team launched a fundraising campaign yesterday, to raise $25,000 in 30 days (27 days to go). I want to see the complete film, so I already made my contribution, and...

If you missed our announcement of this, or just need to revisit the details, here's a quick recap: Fans of the web series that amusingly explores relationship dynamics, The Couple (created by Dennis Dortch, Jeanine Daniels, and Numa Perrier, via their Black & Sexy brand, starring Perrier and Desmond Faison), will be glad to know that a feature film based on the popular series is in the works! Here's what we know thus far: - First, it doesn't mean the web series will end; it will continue; consider the feature film an extension of the brand. It's a great time to be a content creator, as you're not limited to 1 or 2...

This is the kind of news that gets a black film writer excited! Fans of the web series that amusingly explores relationship dynamics, The Couple (created by Dennis Dortch, Jeanine Daniels, and Numa Perrier, via their Black & Sexy brand, starring Perrier and Desmond Faison), will be glad to know that a feature film based on the popular series is in the works! Dennis revealed the news in an interview with 24 Wired TV earlier this week (embedded below), and of course I had to know more, as several questions immediately came me when I first heard the news.  Here's what I learned that can be shared at this time: - First, it...

Episode 5 of The Couple...  courtesy of Dennis Dortch, Jeanine Daniels, Numa Perrier and Desmond Faison. Watch the latest below titled Man Of The House. And as an Fyi, Dennis says that July is "The Couple Month," with all new episodes every Sunday; And congratulations are in order, as the Black & Sexy TV brand hit it first milestone - 10,000 YouTube subscribers.

Continuing on with the hilarious, fun and sexy web series 'The Couple,' by Dennis Dortch, exec-produced by Jeanine Daniels and starring Numa Perrier and Desmond Faison. They're you, me and everyone we know. If you missed the last Minisode titled One Bathroom, you can watch it Here. Watch the latest below, Minisode #8, titled Eating Out.  Numa's character particularly irksome in this one; yet she's lovely and we can't resist this duo. :)...

Here's episode #8, and also the season finale of Dennis Dortch's popular web series titled The Number, or "the one thing you never, ever discuss with your fiancé." Written and directed by Dennis, and produced by Numa Perrier and Jeanine Daniels, it stars Chasen Allen and Jessica Shelby. In this finale episode, titled The Std Test, Jason and Melissa take an Std Test for the wedding:...

Here's episode #7 of Dennis Dortch's popular web series titled The Number, or "the one thing you never, ever discuss with your fiancé." Written and directed by Dennis, and produced by Numa Perrier and Jeanine Daniels, it stars Chasen Allen and Jessica Shelby. In this episode, which features special guest Issa Rae (aka The Awkward Black Girl), titled The Break Up, in which Jason has to do what he has to do:...

You know them... they're The Couple...  we've gotten to know them a little bit, and will continue to get to know them, as long as Dennis Dortch, Jeanine Daniels, Numa Perrier and Desmond Faison alow us to do so. They're you, me, and everyone we know; hilarious, sexy, and fun to hang out with. You know... regular folk :) Why some network hasn't picked this up (or The Number) as a potential series yet is puzzling to me. But maybe each works fine just like this, in small doses. But I'm sure Dennis and company have bigger plans. Watch the latest below, Minisode #7, titled One Bathroom, as Black &...

2 days late on this, but better late than never... Here's episode #6 of Dennis Dortch's hwell-received new web series titled The Number, or "the one thing you never, ever discuss with your fiancé." Written and directed by Dennis, and produced by Numa Perrier and Jeanine Daniels, it stars Chasen Allen and Jessica Shelby. In this episode, which features special guest Issa Rae (aka The Awkward Black Girl), titled Shut Up!, Melissa and Lisa dine together:...