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.
EXCLUSIVE: The 48th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival aka Frameline48 wrapped over the weekend and presented it awards after a slate of 120 in-person screenings and programs featuring international LGBTQ+ filmmakers and Bay Area artists.Â
Frameline48 highlights included a 30th…
Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! Today, I'm chatting with Johnnie Ingram and Stephen Warren.
The duo have won an Emmy, Peabody Award, Television Academy Honor and three GLAAD Awards as creators and executive producers of the HBO docuseries We’re Here, whose fourth season premiered April…
The 2024 Tribeca Festival kicked off June 5 with the world premiere of the documentary Diane Furstenberg: Woman In Charge, launching the 12-day New York-set fest that features narrative and documentary competitions as well as a slew of A-list panels that always seem to make news.
Among the 108…
In Marissa Maltz’s Jazzy, the enchanting sequel to The Unknown Country, audiences are treated to a heartfelt exploration of childhood in the picturesque landscapes of South Dakota. This delightful film, which premiered at Tribeca, follows the titular…
Angela Davis, American political activist, scholar, and author, presented Tribeca Festival's fourth annual Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award to Rosario Dawson, Jesse Williams, Aloe Blacc, aja monet, Matt Post, Carmen Perez-Jordan, RodStarz and Sean Pica.
Named after the entertainer…
Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast!I am your host Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today, I'm chatting with Prentice Penny, an Emmy nominated, Peabody, and Golden Globe winning writer-director-producer who has brought his unique voice and sensibilities to some…
The nominations for the eighth annual Black Reel Television Awards are out. Topping the list is Genius: MLK/X, Season 4 of National Geographic's biographical series, and Abbott Elementary is next with 12.
Amazon’s Prime Video leads all networks with 19 noms, fueled Gen V, I'm a Virgo, Them: The Sca…
EXCLUSIVE: Lilly Wachowski has joined the untitled Chicago-based queer documentary as executive producer under her Anarchists United Studios banner.Â
The documentary, which is in production and seeking donations and private investment, comes from directors Shelley Gustavson and Curtis Matzke and…
We’re finally getting a glimpse of Tyler Perry’s latest film Divorce in the Black with the release of a new trailer.
The film stars Meagan Good (Harlem), Cory Hardrict (All American: Homecoming), Joseph Lee Anderson (Young Rock), Taylor Polidore (Snowfall), Shannon Wallace (City on a Hill), Richard…
Rock’n Robin Productions, a full-service, Emmy Award-winning production company, has hired Reni Calister as Chief Content Officer and Quanny Carr as Director of Development. Both media executives will work to elevate and expand the company's portfolio of programming and further establish its reputation…
The Hollywood Commission, an organization that works collaboratively with 26 companies, unions and guilds, academies, and talent agencies to end harassment, discrimination, bullying and abuse in the entertainment industry– and WIF, an organization working towards gender equity in the screen industries…
The Native American Media Alliance has revealed the selections for its fifth annual Native American Showrunner Program. See the list below.
Sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal, Cherokee Film and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Native American Showrunner Program is a multi-month intensive that…