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Destiny Jackson
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Destiny joined Deadline in September 2022 from Netflix’s pop-culture news site Tudum and a freelance writing career that includes bylines at Oscars.org, Marvel, IGN, TV Guide, Script Magazine, Backstage, Filmmaker Magazine and MovieMaker Magazine to name a few. When not stuck behind her laptop, she can be found haunting her local cinema, listening to Coldplay (unironically) or looking for pictures of Spider-Man. She is based in Los Angeles.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk & Stars Lee Jung-Jae, Lee Byung-Hun On Crafting A Tale Of Friends Or Foes
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains details of Season 2 of Netflix's Squid Game.
A new series of sinister games are afoot. After three years of a highly anticipated wait, the record-breaking Netflix series Squid Game has re-entered the zeitgeist with the recent debut of Season 2.
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‘Indiana Jones And The Great Circle’ Director Jerk Gustafsson And Lucasfilm Games VP & GM Douglas Reilly On “Evolving” An Icon
From near-death experiences via boulder chasing, tangling with deadly snakes, stopping fascist organizations in their tracks to communing with aliens, archaeologist Indiana Jones has done it all. In Bethesda's MachineGames studio’s Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the adventure continues a year after…
Oscars Live Action Short Film: Projects Backed By Mindy Kaling, Colin Farrell & Zoe Saldaña Land On Shortlist
The 2025 Oscars shortlist was revealed Tuesday, and the Live Action Short Films category aims to pull on Academy voters' heartstrings and appeal to their humanity.
With each showcasing and tackling a form of injustice, societal inequality and perseverance, highlights that found a place for…
22nd Annual Unforgettable Gala Honorees Joan Chen, Hiroyuki Sanada & EP Albert Kim Champion Unwavering “Commitment To AAPI Representation” As A “Stepping Stone” Never To Take For Granted
The Unforgettable Gala's (UNFO) 22nd annual Asian American Awards returned to the Beverly Hills Hilton on Dec 14 to honor and highlight the growing diversity, intersectionality and social awareness initiatives across the entertainment industry and…
Game Awards Names ‘Astro Bot’ Game Of The Year – Complete Winners List
Team Asobi’s Astro Bot took the marquee Game of the Year prize at the 11th Game Awards, which were handed out Thursday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Astro Bot also garnered wins for Best Family Game, Best Director and Best Action Adventure.
Other winners included Final Fantasy VII Rebirth…
Jesse Eisenberg Opens Up About ‘A Real Pain’
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains plot details for the film A Real Pain
If you can believe it, writer-director and star Jesse Eisenberg never meant to hurt you with his latest dark comedy, A Real Pain. Centered around two cousins, David (Eisenberg), a buttoned-up online ads salesman, and Benji…
‘A Good Day Will Come’ Writer-Director Amir Zargara On Bringing A Tragic Hero’s Story To Life In Oscar-Qualifying Short Film
Is it better to live safely within the suppression of an unjust system or to risk your life for the chance of freedom? This is the question posed in Amir Zargara's Oscar-qualifying short A Good Day Will Come. Written and directed by Zargara, the short follows Arash (Sia Alipour), a young athlete on the…
‘Queens’ Writer-Director Klaudia Reynicke And EPs Jessica Alba And Tracey Nyberg On Capturing The Humanity Of Young Womanhood And Complex Familial Bonds in Their Swiss Oscar Contender
The Swiss-Peruvian-Spain co-production Queens, co-written and directed by Klaudia Reynicke, is set amidst the grueling reign of Alberto Fujimori's dictatorship in the 1990s. During the social and political unrest, the story centers on the goings-on of an unconventional family living in Lima. Elena (Jimena…
‘Anuja’ Director Adam J. Graves On Creating An Empathetic Tale Of Two Sisters In Oscar-Qualifying Short
In Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai's Anuja, resilience in the face of hardship is the central heartbeat. The short film, doubling as both a heartwarming tribute to sisterhood and as a social awareness campaign about the effects of unchecked child labor, focuses on Anuja (Sajda Pathan), a young girl who…
‘Dovecote’ Star Zoe Saldaña And Director Marco Perego On Power Of Perception And Women’s Freedom In Their Prison-Led Oscar-Qualifying Short Film
In Dovecote, an atmospheric drama short film by Italian filmmaker and artesian Marco Perego, the camera fixates on society's often unseen citizens: the women confined to a seaside prison in Venice. Filmed inside Giudecca's working women's prison on an island in the Venetian lagoon, the story centers…
‘Room Taken’ Director TJ O’Grady Peyton On Navigating A “Hopeful Message That Division Is Not The Answer” For His Disability And Unhoused Awareness Themed Oscar-Qualifying Short Film
The plight of unhoused people and the growing epidemic of elderly loneliness and disability hardship are at the center of TJ O’Grady Peyton’s Room Taken. The short film, written by Michael Whelan and executive produced by Colin Farrell, centers on Isaac (Gabriel Adewusi), a newly arrived immigrant to…
Writer-Director Evelyn Lorena On Adding Nuance To Immigrant Stories Through Her Oscar-Qualifying Short Film ‘Gabriela’
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young person must decide between falling in line with the hopes and dreams placed upon them by their family or following their own desires for authentic self-expression. Gabriela, a coming-of-age short film, written and directed by Evelyn Lorena, follows a…
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