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Valerie Complex
Associate Editor/Film Writer
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Valerie joined Deadline in September 2021 from Gizmodo's genre news site io9 and a freelance writing career that includes bylines at Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Collider, Conde Nast, Harper’s Bazaar and many others. A writer of graphic novels and screenplays and a lover of all things film, she is part of Deadline's reviews team and is co-host of Deadline's New Hollywood podcast, where she will continue to amplify voices from marginalized communities. She is based in New York.
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‘Sing Sing’ Trailer: Colman Domingo Stars In Greg Kwedar Drama About A Theater Troupe In Sing Sing Prison
A24 has dropped the trailer for Greg Kwedar's latest film Sing Sing, which stars Colman Domingo, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, Sean San José, Sean "Dino" Johnson, Jon Adrian "JJ" Velazquez and Paul Raci.
Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John 'Divine G' Whitfield, and adapted…
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AspireTV Teams Up With Harlem Globetrotters For New Series ‘Harlem Globetrotters: Secrets Of The City’
EXCLUSIVE: AspireTV and producer, Ri-Karlo Handy of Sunwise Media, will develop and produce new original programming as the network continues to expand the AspireTV Studios slate this year. The first series to be greenlit under this agreement is Harlem Globetrotters: Secrets of the City, a travel series…
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Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Ji-young Yoo Talks ‘Expats,’ Working With Nicole Kidman, And Her Favorite Action Films
Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today I'm chatting with Ji-young Yoo, who has some anticipated performances on the horizon. It’s no wonder Variety named her one of the 10 Actors to Watch for 2023.
Ji-Young stars…
‘Drunk On Love’: New Series From Malcolm D. Lee’s Blackmaled Productions In Development With Universal Television; Attica And Tembi Locke To Pen Script
EXCLUSIVE: Malcolm D. Lee's Blackmaled Productions, is helming a new drama series in development with Peacock titled, Drunk on Love. This latest venture is part of Lee’s first-look deal with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and marks a step in amplifying the voices of creatives…
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‘She Creates Change’ : Room To Read And Warner Bros. Discovery Launch Series With Voice Performances From Freida Pinto, Prajakta Koli, Charitra Chandran And More
Room to Read, a global education nonprofit tackling illiteracy and gender inequality, announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery for the premiere of She Creates Change, the first nonprofit-led animation and live-action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women…
Deadline Discourse: Roundtable On Diversity And Inclusion’s Slow March In Hollywood Kicks Off Panel Series
Deadline is launching Deadline Discourse, a new video series aimed at spurring thoughtful dialogue around pressing issues facing the entertainment industry. The series kicks off with a panel that couldn’t be timelier, coinciding with Black History Month.
This sneak peek at a discussion soon to be…
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ReFrame And IMDBPro Report Finds More Popular Films Were Directed by Women, But Majority Of Sets Are Far From Gender-Balanced
ReFrame, the initiative launched in 2017 by Sundance Institute and WIF to advance gender equity in the screen industries, and IMDbPro, announced the findings of the 2023 ReFrame Report, which examines hiring across key roles on all 100 films based on IMDbPro data, can be viewed HERE. Also 29 of the 100…
Daniel Peddle Doc ‘Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later’ To Premiere On Paramount+ And Showtime In March
Showtime announced director Daniel Peddle's Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later documentary will debut on streaming and on-air for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan on Saturday, March 30 and premiere that day at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
The film, which was nominated…
‘OnBoard: The Film’ Trailer: Deborah Riley Draper Doc About Black Women And Corporate Culture To Premiere Exclusively On Vimeo
EXCLUSIVE: OnBoard: The Film is a documentary film that follows the story of the incredible women who are defying the odds and reaching the pinnacle of their careers. It chronicles the evolution starting from the pioneer Patricia Roberts Harris' revolutionary appointment to the board of IBM in 1971 to…
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Frameline Appoints Allegra Madsen As New Executive Director
Frameline, the San Francisco-based LGBTQ+ media arts organization and hosts 0f the annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, announces the selection of Allegra Madsen as Executive Director, effective immediately.
"Allegra's proven track record of success in leading non-profit…
The Black List Opens Submissions For Six Diversity Lists And Introduces The Desi List For South Asian Writers
EXCLUSIVE: The Black List is opening submissions for six diversity lists in partnership with GLAAD, CAPE, the MPAC Hollywood Bureau, The Salon, the Latin Tracking Board, NALIP, 1IN4 Coalition, and the WGA Disabled Writers Committee, in addition to establishing the Desi List-–a new, curated list that will…
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‘Michael’ Biopic Casts Its Jackson 5
Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International have announced the eight actors set to portray members of the Jackson 5 — Jermaine, Marlon, Tito and Jackie — at various stages of their lives in the Michael Jackson biopic Michael.
Jamal R. Henderson and Jayden Harville will play the respective older…
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