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TV tonight: Conleth Hill is a frazzled business mogul in this new 90s sitcom

The Power of Parker also stars Sian Gibson. Plus: the Proms celebrates Bollywood and Marilyn Monroe’s feminism. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Hollywood can be toxic to Black women. This LA film festival is the 'antidote'

LOS ANGELES — "The Woman King" thrilled audiences when it premiered last year. The spectacle starring Viola Davis demonstrated director Gina Prince-Bythewood's mastery of character-driven storytelling and epic battle scenes alike. Many awards-season observers felt she should have scored an Oscar nomination.

Los Angeles Times

I Wanna Dance With Somebody review – doggedly formulaic Whitney Houston biopic

The singer’s voice is mostly lip-synced, by British actor Naomi Ackie, but this by-numbers film falls well short of capturing Houston’s mega-watt appeal

The Guardian - UK

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Why a kiss was worth fighting for in the Whitney biopic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'

Not long before Whitney Houston's career takes off in the Sony Pictures musical biopic "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody," the young singer shares a romantic kiss with her best friend, Robyn Crawford. It's sweet, intimate and relatively brief, but juxtaposed against the epic highs and lows of the…

Los Angeles Times

What links Whitney Houston to Raiders of the Lost Ark – and Stanley Tucci’s recipes?

From a biopic of the singer to the adventures of the whip-cracking archaeologist, all via a galaxy far, far away

The Guardian - UK

Whitney Houston reminds us we're human, says biopic director Kasi Lemmons

When news broke that a Whitney Houston biopic was in the works, many folks had the same question: Why?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Whitewashing or reclaiming? A new Whitney Houston biopic spotlights musical highs over personal lows

The new Whitney Houston biopic climaxes with a detailed reenactment of the pop superstar's show-stopping performance at the 1994 American Music Awards.

Los Angeles Times

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Review: ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ is a well-acted biopic about not just a voice, but The Voice

Mostly, almost entirely, it is not British actor Naomi Ackie’s singing voice you hear as Whitney Houston in the smooth, enjoyable new biopic “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.”

Chicago Tribune

‘Whitney Houston’ biopic gives good love to the troubled singer

Naomi Ackie seems to channel the pop star in a film that doesn’t dig too deep but consistently entertains.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Clumsy Whitney Houston Biopic Mars Its Star’s Skill

Whitney Houston’s voice was one of a kind and the creative team behind a new big-budget biopic of the singer had no choice but to agree. Naomi Ackie, who plays Houston in “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” turns in a fierce performance but is asked to lip-sync throughout to Houston…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Movie review: 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody' biopic hits a flat note

When remembering the iconic life and career of Whitney Houston, there are many defining moments that instantly spring to mind: when she obliterated the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl, thereby rendering all other versions subpar, her soaring rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” from “The…

Tribune News Service

I Wanna Dance with Somebody review: The first authorised biopic turns Whitney Houston into a product

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ screenwriter Anthony McCarten strips a miraculous talent of her messy, beautiful humanity

The Independent UK

'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody' film a tricky balancing act for its star and director

Talk about counterintuitive!

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Naomi Ackie, Kasi Lemmons tell Whitney Houston’s story

Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in the new biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” is the first to admit she is not a doppelganger for the pop star

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson is television at its most triggering

Michael Winterbottom’s pandemic drama is sickeningly accurate. Plus: risky business for Catherine in the season finale of The Great. Here’s what to watch this evening

Chicago Sun-Times

Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ a complex, emotionally charged life’s journey

A major, compelling work by one of the most important new composing voices in opera is playing out at Lyric Opera.

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