Justin Simien
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Posted Tuesday 2/01/22 at 1:31PM EST
Justin Simien to adapt Flashdance for Paramount+'s reboot
The Dear White People creator will write a contemporary take on the 1983 classic Paramount film.
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Posted Monday 9/27/21 at 9:14PM EDT
Dear White People creator initially fought against including 'NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" in the 1990s musical final season
Although a catchy, chart-topping single, Justin Simien notes that “Bye Bye Bye” is also “white people singing R&B, which is...
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Posted Saturday 9/25/21 at 1:39AM EDT
Dear White People reality TV parody "Big House" crowns a Black winner as Big Brother prepares to do the same in real life
The Netflix series "could not have asked for a better concluding coincidence than the parallel between this season's show-within-a-show 'Big...
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Posted Thursday 9/23/21 at 2:57AM EDT
Dear White People creator on making the final season a 1990s musical event: “I just really wanted to"
“We found out that the show was coming back and that it was ending all in the same moment, and...
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Posted Friday 8/06/21 at 1:35PM EDT
Dear White People announces a "musical final season"
The fourth and final season of Justin Simien's Netflix college dramedy will follow the students in their senior year “looking...
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Posted Saturday 6/19/21 at 4:05AM EDT
Why are there so few shows about college?
Grown-ish, Dear White People and The Goldbergs are the only current shows that feature college depictions.
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Posted Thursday 12/10/20 at 6:21PM EST
A Lando Calrissian Star Wars limited series is in development at Disney+ from Dear White People creator Justin Simien
Details on the series Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced at Disney's Investor Day are scarce.
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien wants his show to age poorly
"I’m not one of these people who thinks, 'Let’s never talk about Gone With the Wind again,'" Simien tells Vulture.
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How Netflix became a leader in Black content as the rest of Hollywood scrambles to catch up
Amid the George Floyd protests on June 10, Netflix released a "Black Lives Matter" collection of 56 shows, films and...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 6:27PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien has "complicated" feelings over the surge in the show's demand amid George Floyd protests
Parrot Analytics found that Dear White People has seen a 329% surge in demand amid global support for the Black...
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Netflix renews Dear White People for a fourth and final season
The streaming service announced the renewal and ending news via a FaceTime-themed video, giving the woke comedy a full four-year...
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Posted Friday 8/02/19 at 9:53PM EDT
Dear White People is "compellingly messy" in Season 3
"Season three of Dear White People seems to have gone through a version of the pained, awkward soul-searching that often...
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Posted Wednesday 7/17/19 at 2:21PM EDT
Dear White People Season 3 to feature Yvette Nicole Brown, Laverne Cox, Flavor Flav and Blair Underwood
Dear White People creator Justin Simien will also guest on Season 3, premiering Aug.
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Posted Tuesday 7/10/18 at 1:20PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien signs deal to develop new TV shows
Simien is extending his relationship with Lionsgate, which helped him release the Dear White People movie and Netflix TV series.
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Posted Tuesday 6/26/18 at 1:55PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien launches a podcast called Don't @ Me
Simien is teaming with Los Angeles NPR station KCRW for Don’t @ Me.