Movie News
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Introducing a.kiosk, the first-ever kiosk concierge service from a newsstand
by Le Anne Linday, Editor The global luxury hotel residences AKA Rittenhouse Square (located at the corner of 18th and Walnut Streets) launched the first-ever kiosk concierge service from the sidewalk newsstand. What does this mean? Residents staying at AKA Rittenhouse Square (which just underwent an extensive renovation with refreshed interiors) can now indulge in newsstand candy bars and drinks by contacting the front desk. The charge will be applied to the bill, and the doormen will deliver the goods. It was the request from a world-renowned singer to stock his AKA suite with Diet Cokes and Snickers that gave Larry Korman, the visionary behind AKA, the leader in hotel residences, the…
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BlackStar Founder Makes Essence 2019 Woke 100 List
By Yesha Callahan & Britni Danielle & Kellee Terrell · October 28, 2019 Welcome to Essence’s 2019 Woke 100. This year’s list includes women who exemplify the true meaning of being change agents and power players. Working in areas from social justice to politics to entertainment, they inspire not only us here but also others around the world. Although the list is numbered, which is not indicative of a ranking and stops at 94, there are 100 women being honored. Philly’s own Maori Karmael Holmes, founder of BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL made #25 on the list! SEE ALL 100 WOMEN
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AMC Dine-In Fashion District 8, opens for business
PhillyVoice toured the new theater Wednesday, and spoke with an AMC representative about what moviegoers can expect. “The (Fashion District) development had a lot to do with it,” Ryan Noonan, AMC’s director of corporate communications said, explaining why AMC is entering the Center City market now. “We don’t build that many new (buildings) anymore … we’ve been really focused on renovating the existing theaters in our circuit, including in the Philadelphia area… The theater has eight screens, two of which – the Prime and Dolby theaters – are “premium” experiences with larger auditoriums and screens. The Dolby theater features state-of-the-art projection and sound, as well as seats that pulsate. A…
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HARRIET Kasi Lemmons Interview Philadelphia
By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad as a superhero. Not in a Marvel sense of course, however an intention to show a woman of extraordinary courage & heroism is behind director Kasi Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard’s script – as we see Tubman jump off a bridge to elude captors, travel hundreds of miles alone on foot to free herself, then risking that freedom to return again and again to free others, brandishing pistols, wading through deep waters and basically exhibiting the kind of physical & mental strength usually reserved for male super or action heroes. We begin on a plantation,…
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Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY December 18, 2020
An adaptation of the original Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY explores young love and tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York. The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); Curtiss Cook (Abe) and Academy Award®-winner Rita Moreno, who plays Valentina and also serves as one of the film’s Executive Producers. The film is now in production for Twentieth Century Fox and The Walt Disney Studios. WEST SIDE STORY is produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.…
