Canadian comedian Russell Peters (“The Indian Detective”) will executive produce half-hour series “Late Bloomer,” featuring fellow Canadian comic Jasmeet Singh Raina (Aka Jus Reign), with independent production company Pier 21 Films.
The show is currently in development at Canadian public broadcaster CBC.
As Jus Reign, Raina has more than 167 million YouTube views with 974,000 subscribers and more than a million Facebook fans.
Inspired by his own real-life experiences, “Late Bloomer” will focus on Raina’s journey navigating his new-found internet fame, dating, spirituality, culture and his dysfunctional, yet loving, family. As a first-generation Indo-Canadian, his identity is constantly questioned as he struggles to find the balance between Eastern customs centered around community and the Western ideal of individualism.
Pier 21’s credits include news satire show “The Beaverton” and history series “Secrets.”
“Jasmeet is a one-of-a-kind talent and the latest in the long line of incredible Canadian comedians to find stardom on the global stage.
The show is currently in development at Canadian public broadcaster CBC.
As Jus Reign, Raina has more than 167 million YouTube views with 974,000 subscribers and more than a million Facebook fans.
Inspired by his own real-life experiences, “Late Bloomer” will focus on Raina’s journey navigating his new-found internet fame, dating, spirituality, culture and his dysfunctional, yet loving, family. As a first-generation Indo-Canadian, his identity is constantly questioned as he struggles to find the balance between Eastern customs centered around community and the Western ideal of individualism.
Pier 21’s credits include news satire show “The Beaverton” and history series “Secrets.”
“Jasmeet is a one-of-a-kind talent and the latest in the long line of incredible Canadian comedians to find stardom on the global stage.
- 11/12/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As Hispanic Heritage Month begins in the United States, debates over language and Latinx identity are only getting more heated. This week Santiago Matias, a host from the Dominican radio show Alofoke, posed that a recent report by Rolling Stone, which revealed how YouTube boosted view counts with ad sales, was an effort by “anglophones [to dispute] the impact of Latin music in the world.” In case you missed it, here are some highlights from this week in Latin music — now with a Spotify playlist!
YouTube Changes How It Counts Purchased Views.
YouTube Changes How It Counts Purchased Views.
- 9/15/2019
- by Suzy Exposito and Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Arrow‘s flash-forward family is expanding: Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire) has joined the CW drama’s eighth and final season in the series-regular role of John Diggle, Jr., aka J.J., it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.
The adult version of John Diggle and Lyla Michaels’ biological son has thus far only been mentioned in the 2040 Star City timeline, where he is the leader of the Deathstroke gang. He and his adopted brother Connor Hawke, who is an agent of Knightwatch, have a fractured relationship that will pit them against each other.
More from TVLineArrowverse Crossover: Brandon Routh,...
The adult version of John Diggle and Lyla Michaels’ biological son has thus far only been mentioned in the 2040 Star City timeline, where he is the leader of the Deathstroke gang. He and his adopted brother Connor Hawke, who is an agent of Knightwatch, have a fractured relationship that will pit them against each other.
More from TVLineArrowverse Crossover: Brandon Routh,...
- 7/20/2019
- TVLine.com
We’ll be meeting John Diggle’s other son in the eighth and final season of the CW’s Arrow.
Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll) is set as a new series regular in the role of John Diggle, Jr. Known as J.J., John Diggle, Jr. is the Flashpoint-born son of John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Lyla Michaels (Audrey Marie Anderson). We meet J.J. in the future as the leader of the Deathstroke Gang, where he faces off against Mia and his adopted brother, Connor. Fans first learned of John Diggle’s other son following last season’s introduction of next-gen vigilantes Mia Smoak and Connor Hawke.
The new casting was announced during Arrow‘s panel today at Comic-Con in San Diego, where cast and producers elaborated on what’s in store for the future in the CW/Wbtv’s hit DC series’ final season
Barnett joins previously announced new series regulars Katherine McNamara,...
Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll) is set as a new series regular in the role of John Diggle, Jr. Known as J.J., John Diggle, Jr. is the Flashpoint-born son of John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Lyla Michaels (Audrey Marie Anderson). We meet J.J. in the future as the leader of the Deathstroke Gang, where he faces off against Mia and his adopted brother, Connor. Fans first learned of John Diggle’s other son following last season’s introduction of next-gen vigilantes Mia Smoak and Connor Hawke.
The new casting was announced during Arrow‘s panel today at Comic-Con in San Diego, where cast and producers elaborated on what’s in store for the future in the CW/Wbtv’s hit DC series’ final season
Barnett joins previously announced new series regulars Katherine McNamara,...
- 7/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Judith Krantz, whose novels have more than 80 million copies in print, has died. She passed away from natural causes on June 22 in her Bel Air, California home at age 91.
Krantz was born Judith Tarcher on January 9, 1928 in New York City, the eldest child of an advertising executive and an attorney. After growing up in New York City where she graduated from the Birch Wathen School at age 16, she enrolled at Wellesley College, graduating in 1948.
After graduating, Krantz moved to Paris, where she worked as a fashion publicist. The following year, she returned to New York, where she embarked on a career in magazine journalism. She worked at Good Housekeeping before being promoted to Fashion Editor.
In 1953, Krantz attended a Fourth of July party hosted by her high school friend Barbara Walters. There she met her future husband, film and television producer and writer Stephen Falk Krantz. They were married for 53 years,...
Krantz was born Judith Tarcher on January 9, 1928 in New York City, the eldest child of an advertising executive and an attorney. After growing up in New York City where she graduated from the Birch Wathen School at age 16, she enrolled at Wellesley College, graduating in 1948.
After graduating, Krantz moved to Paris, where she worked as a fashion publicist. The following year, she returned to New York, where she embarked on a career in magazine journalism. She worked at Good Housekeeping before being promoted to Fashion Editor.
In 1953, Krantz attended a Fourth of July party hosted by her high school friend Barbara Walters. There she met her future husband, film and television producer and writer Stephen Falk Krantz. They were married for 53 years,...
- 6/23/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Don Kaye Jun 1, 2019
The acclaimed actress plays a single mom who takes on Octavia Spencer in the new Blumhouse thriller.
Juliette Lewis is so well-known for playing so many characters on the edge that it’s almost surprising to see her in director Tate Taylor's Ma as Erica, a single mom who moves back to her hometown with her teenage daughter Maggie (Diana Silvers). Determined to get back on her feet after a divorce, Erica is equally resolved to be a solid parent to her daughter while also being her friend.
Yet Erica and Maggie are soon both caught up in the web spun by Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer), who lures Maggie and her friends to her basement with promises of a safe space to party and drink. But “Ma,” as she tells the kids to call her, has a psychotic agenda of her own, fueled by her own history in the town,...
The acclaimed actress plays a single mom who takes on Octavia Spencer in the new Blumhouse thriller.
Juliette Lewis is so well-known for playing so many characters on the edge that it’s almost surprising to see her in director Tate Taylor's Ma as Erica, a single mom who moves back to her hometown with her teenage daughter Maggie (Diana Silvers). Determined to get back on her feet after a divorce, Erica is equally resolved to be a solid parent to her daughter while also being her friend.
Yet Erica and Maggie are soon both caught up in the web spun by Sue Ann (Octavia Spencer), who lures Maggie and her friends to her basement with promises of a safe space to party and drink. But “Ma,” as she tells the kids to call her, has a psychotic agenda of her own, fueled by her own history in the town,...
- 6/1/2019
- Den of Geek
Peggy Lipton, a former model and actress known for her roles on TV’s The Mod Squad and Twin Peaks, died Saturday after battling cancer, according to published reports. She was 72.
Lipton’s daughters from her marriage to music producer Quincy Jones, Rashida and Kidada Jones, announced her death.
“She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side,” the two said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. “We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her.”
Lipton was initially diagnosed with and treated for colon cancer at age 56.
The actress launched her television career with a series of guest roles, and landed the part as undercover cop and flower child Julie Barnes on ABC’s Mod Squad. The series co-starred Michael Cole and Clarence Williams III, and ran from 1968 to 1973. Lipton won a Golden Globe and received four Emmy nominations for the role.
Lipton’s daughters from her marriage to music producer Quincy Jones, Rashida and Kidada Jones, announced her death.
“She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side,” the two said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. “We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her.”
Lipton was initially diagnosed with and treated for colon cancer at age 56.
The actress launched her television career with a series of guest roles, and landed the part as undercover cop and flower child Julie Barnes on ABC’s Mod Squad. The series co-starred Michael Cole and Clarence Williams III, and ran from 1968 to 1973. Lipton won a Golden Globe and received four Emmy nominations for the role.
- 5/12/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
What possessed the British Tory government to order a military charge on horseback into a crowd of over 100,000 unarmed, working-class protesters? The place is St. Peter’s Field in Manchester, England, and the slaughter ended with 18 dead and hundreds injured as the cavalry — swords drawn — slashed through a gathering of dissenters in an enclosed space that made them ducks in a barrel. The time is August, 16, 1819, though Mike Leigh’s painstaking re-creation of the Peterloo massacre might as well be happening right now outside your window. Rest assured, there was...
- 4/4/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Edwin Hodge (Mayans M.C.) and Mallory Jansen (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.) are set as series regulars opposite Mike Vogel in ABC drama pilot Triangle. from Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione, Triangle poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Hodge will play Ulysses and Jansen will portray Grace.
Feldman, Gwartz and Postiglione executive produce.
Hodge can currently be seen as Officer Franky Rogan on FX’s Mayans M.C. His previous credits include the role...
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione, Triangle poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Hodge will play Ulysses and Jansen will portray Grace.
Feldman, Gwartz and Postiglione executive produce.
Hodge can currently be seen as Officer Franky Rogan on FX’s Mayans M.C. His previous credits include the role...
- 3/11/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Conan O’Brien recently spoke with us about his Catholic upbringing, writing for The Simpsons and his 25 years in late night while spreading the word about Conan, the new half-hour version of his TBS talk show. During that conversation, O’Brien also answered a question about Donald Trump, who was a frequent guest on O’Brien’s show beginning in 1997 and through Trump’s years hosting The Apprentice on NBC — which was also O’Brien’s network home. Trump took part in bits like “Secrets” and talked about his dating life over the years.
- 1/22/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
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