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HUSTLE – Review by T.J. Callahan

May 31, 2022June 2, 2022 T. J. Callahan adam sandler, basketball, ben foster, hustle, Juancho Hernangomez, queen latifah

Adam Sandler is trying to pull one over on us in Hustle. The 5’9” out of shape funny man is playing a former basketball player at Temple — #22, the Double Deuce, who’s career ended after an unfortunate accident stopped him from hooping and left him to forge a rather lengthy career as a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers, Hustle is fast paced, predictable and crowd pleasing. The Waterboy finally grew up to be the coach. He turns up the witty charm despite having no chemistry with Latifah, who plays his wife.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Latifah receives W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard – Brandy McDonnell reports

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments harvard, queen latifah, the week in women, twiw, web dubois

Harvard University will award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Latifah and six other Wednesday through to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, school’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. The award is named after Du Bois, a scholar, writer, editor, and civil rights pioneer who became the first black student to earn a doctorate from Harvard in 1895.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Latifah’s QUEEN COLLECTIVE at Tribeca Film Fest – Brandy McDonnell reports

May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments dee rees, queen collective, queen latifah, shakim compere, tribeca film festival

At New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, multi-hyphenate entertainer Queen Latifah talked about how she is using her latest endeavor, The Queen Collective Shorts, will elevate women filmmakers and advance gender and racial equality behind the camera.

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SPOTLIGHT November 2017: Dee Rees, Independently Epic Filmmaker, Director MUDBOUND

October 31, 2017October 1, 2018 Nora Lee Mandel (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments dee rees, Movie of the Week, mudbound, pariah, queen latifah, spotlight, tisch school of the arts, women directors

With just three narrative features to her credit, director Dee Rees has made an assured and unique mark on American cinema, bringing talent, skill and creative vision to her work. Releasing this month, Mudbound presents Rees’ intimately emotional style of filmmaking on an epic scale.