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5 things to know about Cordie Jefferson

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Cord Jefferson is one among the brightest stars of awards season. His debut film “American Fiction” appeared on various year-end film lists and earned multiple nominations at various award ceremonies, including five Academy Award nominations. Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, we take a have a look at Jefferson’s profession as a journalist and screenwriter.

Cord Jefferson poses with the Adapted Screenplay award within the Winners Room throughout the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 on the Royal Festival Hall on February 18, 2024 in London. (Photo: John Phillips/Getty Images)

Beginnings as a journalist

Jefferson began his profession as a journalist long before he became the screenwriter we know today. He served as West Coast Editor at Gawker and was involved in its creation various facilitiesincluding the New York Times, USA Today and Huffington Post magazines.

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He said In Magazine in a recent profile during which he discusses his transition from journalism to screenwriting: “For me, writing is writing. For James Baldwin, writing was a toolkit that allowed him to do many different things: he wrote a collection of essays, then a novel, and finally a piece of journalism about politics… if you were a good journalist, you could probably be a good screenwriter or novelist. This skill set travels.”

Early television appearances

Jefferson first began writing for television while working on Survivor’s Remorse, the LeBron James-produced Starz series that debuted in 2014. He recently said Everyday Beast the break-in seemed “insurmountable” until he got the job, which led him to other pursuits, including writing for “The Nightly Show” with Larry Wilmore.

Calling it a “constant grind” of late night, he told the web site: “It wasn’t just the brutal pace of a regular late night show, we were also trying to figure out what the show was about and build it as much as possible. We jumped off a cliff.”

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Success(ion) in comedy

As Jefferson continued to forge his path in television writing, he forged his own path, never sticking to one genre for too long. In 2017, he worked on “Master of None”, a Netflix comedy-drama created by Aziz Ansari, and in addition worked on “The Good Place”, a comedy series by Michael Schur it’s believed probably the greatest within the last 10 years.

One of the most important series he worked on was “Succession,” the hit HBO drama that won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series three seasons in a row. Jefferson officiated consultant throughout the show’s highly acclaimed second season.

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Victory for the Guardians.

Jefferson’s work in television led him to win television’s biggest award: an Emmy Award. In 2020, he won for his work on the HBO limited series “Watchmen,” a sequel of sorts to the beloved graphic novel of the identical name. The award-winning episode, “This Extraordinary Being” is: hailed as “astonishing” by critics coping with problems with race, sexuality and mythology. The sixth episode of the series takes viewers back in time to an alternate yr of 1938, following the story of supporting superhero, Hooded Justice.

‘Career failure’ leads to ‘American fiction’

Now the premiere of “American Fiction” – Jefferson’s debut film based on Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure”. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown, Issa Rae and more. The film received rave reviews from critics and various awards, including an award BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Screenplay on the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

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Jefferson recently revealed that if it weren’t for a recent “career failure,” he may not have created “American Fiction” in any respect. He explained to The Wrap: (*5*) Shortly thereafter, Jefferson got here across “Erasure” and quickly fell in love with the story, which deals with the art of writing, stereotypes, and the creation of authentic artworks.

“American Fiction” is up for five Oscars, including best picture and best adapted screenplay.


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Denzel Washington celebrated after a tense meeting on the red carpet: “It was a great evening”

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Denzel Washington’s “Great Evening” in Cannes, which included an unexpected honor and standing ovation, began with a heated exchange on a red carpet.

On Monday, May 19, on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie Neo-Niir from Spike Lee “Highest 2 lowest”, through which Washington and $ AP Rocky perform, Washington talked to Lee when a member of paparazzi caught his arm.

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Based on Material from this incident When making rounds on the web, the 70-year-old actor turns and warns the man to “stop”. When Washington turned to return to posing along with his Rocky star, the man did it again. This time Washington’s answer is rather more intense.

However, despite the hot exchange, Washington’s representative said People magazine“It was a great evening.”

A moment later, proving how happiness can change in ten centuries, Washington received the unexpected honorary Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest honor and standing ovation during acceptance.

“It’s a total surprise for me, so I’m a bit emotional, but I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart” Washington said. “It was a great opportunity to work again with my brother – brother from another mother, Spike.”

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He continued: “You know, we are simply blessed beyond measure, I am blessed beyond measure, until my heart thank everyone. Thank you.”

Before the premiere of the red carpet, Washington joined Rocky and Lee to take a photo Since then, this has turn into popular due to the contagious show of joy. Three men, with wide smiles and coordinating white and black bands-in a white suit competing with Ton Montana, Washington in a black T-shirt and dark rinsing, and Lee in a white shirt and creamy pants-a series of funny shots. In a few shots, Rocky is inside older men, and in other shots all three are having fun with silly poses and faces.

“The highest 2 lowest”, reinterpretation of the Japanese thriller of the crime Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, set in modern New York, means the fifth cooperation of Washington and Lee. The film has a buzzing forged, including Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce, Ice Spice of their film debut and more. “The highest 2 lowest” is to be released in cinemas on August 22 and will probably be available for streaming on Apple TV+ from September 5.

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With stopping at Denzel, Spike will present the “highest 2 lowest” in Cannes

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Denzel Washington he noted a visit to the air trumpet to Film Festival in Cannes Between Broadway performances for the premiere of the “top 2 lowest” Spike Lee on Monday.

Cannes overturned a few of the plans to accommodate Speedy France Trip in Washington, which took place his lonely day while performing “Othello” in New York. “The highest 2 lowest” premiered on Monday evening in Cannes. And although the festival’s photographic phones often occur the next day, Cannes hosted one for the “highest 2 lowest” earlier Monday.

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Washington, jokingly posing to Lee and the star A $ AP RockyHe showed no signs of the jet after arriving on Monday. Washington is predicted back to New York immediately after the show.

The indisputable fact that Washington would find a way to travel was some extent stuck for Cannes. When the festival was the first announced his composition last month“The highest 2 lowest” has not been announced. However, inside a number of hours Lee himself announced that the film was heading to Cannes. Festival representatives said they were waiting for confirmation that Washington was attending a walk on the red carpet.

“The highest 2 lowest”, remake of the film Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, will be released in cinemas by A24 on August 22 before the broadcast on Apple TV+ 5 September.

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The trailer of the upcoming film by Tythera Perry “Straw” is available, and his “Set It Off” meets “John Q” Vibes

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The point is not that Tyler Perry cannot stop, because he won’t stop.

Leaving the very busy 2024, wherein he released three full-length films-“Mea Culpa”, “Divorce in black” and highly recognized “The Six Triple Eight” together with all his television programs and the introduction of a brand new series, corresponding to “Beauty in Black”-Mogul Mogul showed no signs of slowing down in 2025.

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The “Tyler Perry’s Duplicity” psychological thriller appeared on Amazon Prime Video, and in June he drops “Straw” on Netflix. The trailer of “Straw” has recently been released and looks downs.

“Straw” is Taraji P. Henson as Janyah, a single mother fortunately, who is thrown out of her apartment, which reaches the last straw and decides to take matters into her hands. The configuration resembles the character of Thandiwe Newton in “Good Deeds”, which is able to win an identical fate, except that she met Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry), who modified happiness and life with his generosity.

Based on the trailer of “Słomka”, it almost appears to be a version of the “Good Deeds” of the parallel universe wherein no wealthy businessman with the heart of gold appears. In “Słomych” Janyah reached a breakthrough.

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Basically – and simply in response to the trailer – it appears that evidently “good deeds” are met “setting IT”, he meets the situation “John Q” … which implies that on June 6 I’ll prepare my popcorn.

Taraji P. Henson is not alien to work with Perry; She appeared in three of his other movies: “The Family That Proys” and “I can do all in myself” (two of his highest rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes), in addition to “Ballyhoo’d” Acrimony “(one of his lowest movies rated on the same platform). The film also includes Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Ashley Versher and Mike Merrill.

“Straw” debuts at Netflix on June 6.

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