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Demetrius Patterson is a TV and news freelance writer for The Hollywood Reporter. Patterson’s writing has been published in Variety, JAZZIZ, Harvard University’s African American National Biography, Black Radio Exclusive (BRE) and The Chicago Defender. In the ‘90s, the award-winning journalist also wrote a syndicated jazz column for Gannett News Service. Patterson graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a degree in Communication/Journalism. He was also a fellow at Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
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Kevin Hart Hopes ‘Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist’ Will Be “the Big Thing of the Year”
In the opening monologue of the first episode of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, Gordon “Chicken Man” Williams, played by Kevin Hart, lays the foundation for Peacock’s eight-part limited series (which is now streaming its first three episodes). “You know they burned Atlanta to the ground,” Chicken Man tells his friend, who runs a […]
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‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Boss Hopeful of a Season 4: “We Don’t Want to Leave Any Stone Unturned”
[This story contains spoilers from the Mayor of Kingstown season three finale.] When plotting what comes next, sometimes you have to close an entire storyline. Even if it was one that seved the series well. That’s what Mayor of Kingstown’s co-creator Hugh Dillon, along with co-creator Taylor Sheridan, did in the recent finale of season […]
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NABJ in Talks With Kamala Harris Team Following Trump Panel; Co-Chair Speaks Out
Former Ohio University journalism professor Justice B. Hill has proudly been a card-carrying member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) for nearly five decades. But this week, Hill echoed similar thoughts of many journalists who converged on the first day of the 2024 NABJ Convention and Career Fair in Chicago. As they heard […]
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The ‘Cobra Kai’ Bosses Want to Give Mr. Miyagi His Prequel Story
It’s been two weeks now since fans of Netflix’s super popular series Cobra Kai have been able to watch the first part of the three-part final season (the first five episodes of season six have been viewed worldwide 24.3 million times since the July 18 release, per the streamer). And in the five episode-premiere, it […]
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7 Shows to Watch Until ‘The Boys’ Returns
The Boys have been dispersed across their weird and violent universe. The fourth season of the hit Amazon Prime series — spoiler alert! — ended with all of the Boys, except for Starlight and Butcher, being captured at Homelander’s order — and The Boys viewers are likely going through some Supes vs. vigilantes withdrawal. And […]
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‘The Boys’ Star on How Finale Assassination Changes Everything for Season 5
[This story contains major spoilers to the season four finale of The Boys, “Season Four Finale.”] “We will make America strong again… we will make America Super again.” The Boys has always been about Trumpism. Creator/showrunner Eric Kripke explained as much to The Hollywood Reporter at the start of season four when discussing how he […]
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‘The Boys’ Star on Black Noir and How Season 4 Sets Up a Perilous Final Season
[This episode contains spoilers from season four, episode seven of The Boys.] The penultimate episode of The Boys season four could be seen as a coming out for some of the key characters. Viewers finally saw A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) reveal himself to the Seven to be the supe traitor they’ve all been searching for. […]
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‘The Chi’ Boss on How That Major Finale Death Sets Up Season 7
[This story contains major spoilers from the season six finale of The Chi.] To say that Otis “Douda” Perry, played by Curtiss Cook, had a target on his back by numerous people on The Chi would be a major understatement. For five seasons on the Paramount+ with Showtime series Douda has served as the ultimate, […]
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‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Star Emma Laird on Her Character’s Disheartening Season 3 Turn
[This story contains spoilers from episode five of season three of Mayor of Kingstown.] When watching the Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon co-created series Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount+, viewers see each week that life is tough for the residents in Kingstown. But for some characters of the show about a fictional prison-industry town and […]
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Rosemarie DeWitt on Her Key ‘The Boys’ Role and What She Wasn’t Prepared For
[This story contains spoilers from episode five, season four of The Boys, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son.”] From the first episode of The Boys, audiences knew life would be tough to the nerdish and somewhat awkward child-like protagonist Hughie Campbell (played by Jack Quaid). Devoted followers of the Amazon Prime series know that Hughie’s girlfriend […]
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‘The Boys’ Boss on Landing That Surprise A-List Cameo
[This story contains spoilers from episode five, season four of The Boys, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son.”] Leave it to The Boys to tug on viewer heartstrings while horrifying them at the same time. That’s exactly how episode five of season four, “Beware the Jabberwork, My Son,” was supposed to hit, says Eric Kripke, creator […]
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Every Season 4 Episode of ‘The Boys’ Has “At Least One Totally F***ing Bananas Moment”
[This story contains spoilers from the first three episodes of season four of The Boys.] In the great nation of the United States of America — in The Boys‘ parallel universe where satirical humans and superhero characters coincide — the most powerful “supe” in the world, Homelander, is on trial. In season four’s three-episode opener, […]
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