The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is back on track — and Kasi Lemmons, the director of 2019’s “Harriet,” is “thrilled” about it.
“This was well thought out under Obama,” Lemmons told Variety. “But just to have Biden talk about fast-tracking it — that’s just such good news.”
In April 2016, President Barack Obama’s secretary of the treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that Harriet Tubman would take the place of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The change was to be part of a larger plan to make American money better reflect the history of the United States. The unveiling of the newly designed bills were to be unveiled in 2020, and were to be put into circulation later in the ‘20s.
The choice of Tubman, a heroic abolitionist who herself had escaped slavery, taking the place of Jackson, an enslaver, was the result of a contentious public conversation Lew had...
“This was well thought out under Obama,” Lemmons told Variety. “But just to have Biden talk about fast-tracking it — that’s just such good news.”
In April 2016, President Barack Obama’s secretary of the treasury, Jacob Lew, announced that Harriet Tubman would take the place of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The change was to be part of a larger plan to make American money better reflect the history of the United States. The unveiling of the newly designed bills were to be unveiled in 2020, and were to be put into circulation later in the ‘20s.
The choice of Tubman, a heroic abolitionist who herself had escaped slavery, taking the place of Jackson, an enslaver, was the result of a contentious public conversation Lew had...
- 2/2/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rosario Dawson, stars of USA Network’s Briarpatch, and Good Girls’ Retta have teamed up on a podcast series telling stories of the women’s suffrage movement.
The pair are to co-host And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote, which is one of two podcasts being launched in honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote.
The other is The Magic Sash, hosted by gold medal gymnast and advocate Aly Raisman.
The two series, which will both launch on August 5, come from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization Prx.
And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote will explore the array of diverse voices beyond Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, telling stories of generations of activists fought for full access to the ballot.
The pair are to co-host And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote, which is one of two podcasts being launched in honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote.
The other is The Magic Sash, hosted by gold medal gymnast and advocate Aly Raisman.
The two series, which will both launch on August 5, come from the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, the National Park Service, and public media organization Prx.
And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote will explore the array of diverse voices beyond Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, telling stories of generations of activists fought for full access to the ballot.
- 7/22/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Just when you think that The Alienist couldn't possibly get any darker, it does.
The Alienist Season 1 was centered around mutilated boy prostitutes, which was gruesome enough.
But now, stolen babies are at the heart of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season 1 Episode 1 and The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season 1 Episode 2.
Yeah, things took a turn for the worse in turn-of-the-century New York City.
When the story opened with a woman unable to find her baby, then months later, that same woman got executed for murder (when there was no body), well, there's nowhere to go but up.
Martha Napp being convicted undoubtedly was in part due to her being a poor, single, immigrant female. Sadly, some things never change.
But biased journalism, in the form of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, likely played a major role as well, feeding red meat to its lowbrow readers.
Think of...
The Alienist Season 1 was centered around mutilated boy prostitutes, which was gruesome enough.
But now, stolen babies are at the heart of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season 1 Episode 1 and The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Season 1 Episode 2.
Yeah, things took a turn for the worse in turn-of-the-century New York City.
When the story opened with a woman unable to find her baby, then months later, that same woman got executed for murder (when there was no body), well, there's nowhere to go but up.
Martha Napp being convicted undoubtedly was in part due to her being a poor, single, immigrant female. Sadly, some things never change.
But biased journalism, in the form of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, likely played a major role as well, feeding red meat to its lowbrow readers.
Think of...
- 7/20/2020
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
TNT‘s The Alienist was one of the best TV shows of 2018. An adaptation of Caleb Carr’s crime novel of the same name, the first season followed Daniel Brühl‘s psychologist protagonist Laszlo Kreizler as he investigated an ongoing string of child murders in New York City circa 1896 with the help of Luke Evans‘ illustrator character John Schuyler Moore and Dakota Fanning‘s police secretary character Sara Moore.
In August of 2018, TNT announced they would be making a second season of the drama, based on Carr’s second novel in the series: The Angel of Darkness, meaning The Alienist season 2 is now called The Alienist: Angel of Darkness. Additionally, House of Cards‘ Frank Pugliese is onboard as the showrunner for the second season.
It’s been a long wait but the show is now almost here. Here’s everything else we know.
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Release Date...
In August of 2018, TNT announced they would be making a second season of the drama, based on Carr’s second novel in the series: The Angel of Darkness, meaning The Alienist season 2 is now called The Alienist: Angel of Darkness. Additionally, House of Cards‘ Frank Pugliese is onboard as the showrunner for the second season.
It’s been a long wait but the show is now almost here. Here’s everything else we know.
The Alienist: Angel of Darkness Release Date...
- 7/13/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Jessica Chastain has a question for New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and New York governor Andrew Cuomo: Where are all the statues of women in Central Park? In a viral video posted to her Twitter page, the Oscar-nominated actress goes hunting in Central Park to find a statue of a woman but comes up hilariously and horrifyingly short.
Here are just some of the statues Chastain discovers in Central Park: The poet Fitz-Green Halleck, writer Friedrich Schiller, composer Victor Herbert, a group of hawks eating a ram, and an oversized wolf. Yes, the number of animal statues is far greater than the number of women statues.
In fact, there is only one statue of a woman in Central Park and that’s Alice of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” As Chastain observes, the one woman statue is of “a fictional character that a man wrote.” The...
Here are just some of the statues Chastain discovers in Central Park: The poet Fitz-Green Halleck, writer Friedrich Schiller, composer Victor Herbert, a group of hawks eating a ram, and an oversized wolf. Yes, the number of animal statues is far greater than the number of women statues.
In fact, there is only one statue of a woman in Central Park and that’s Alice of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” As Chastain observes, the one woman statue is of “a fictional character that a man wrote.” The...
- 7/1/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Kayti Burt May 15, 2019
TNT has ordered a second season of The Alienist. Here's everything we know...
TNT's The Alienist was one of the best TV shows of 2018. An adaptation of Caleb Carr's crime novel of the same name, the first season followed Daniel Brühl's psychologist protagonist Laszlo Kreizler as he investigated an ongoing string of child murders in New York City circa 1896 with the help of Luke Evans' illustrator character John Schuyler Moore and Dakota Fanning's police secretary character Sara Moore.
read more: The Alienist Season 1 Finale Review
In August, TNT announced they would be making a second season of the drama, based on Carr's second novel in the series: The Angel of Darkness. The sequel season to The Alienist is expected to be titled The Angel of Darkness, which is an interesting move. Here's everything else we know.
The Alienist Season 2 Release Date
TNT announced at...
TNT has ordered a second season of The Alienist. Here's everything we know...
TNT's The Alienist was one of the best TV shows of 2018. An adaptation of Caleb Carr's crime novel of the same name, the first season followed Daniel Brühl's psychologist protagonist Laszlo Kreizler as he investigated an ongoing string of child murders in New York City circa 1896 with the help of Luke Evans' illustrator character John Schuyler Moore and Dakota Fanning's police secretary character Sara Moore.
read more: The Alienist Season 1 Finale Review
In August, TNT announced they would be making a second season of the drama, based on Carr's second novel in the series: The Angel of Darkness. The sequel season to The Alienist is expected to be titled The Angel of Darkness, which is an interesting move. Here's everything else we know.
The Alienist Season 2 Release Date
TNT announced at...
- 5/15/2019
- Den of Geek
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