Social and technological advancements also continue to aid our rediscovery of past great works like Zeinabu irene Davis’s debut feature Compensation, which embarked on its first wide release this past Friday just over 25 years since its festival debut.

Roberts spent 12 years at Lucasfilm, most recently serving as vice president of development, where she was instrumental in the development and production of several entries in the “Star Wars” franchise including “The Force Awakens,” “Rogue One,” “The Last Jedi” and “Solo.” She also worked on the Disney+ series “The Acolyte.”

Throughout his career, Ayers established himself as a pioneer of jazz-funk and was largely influential on the neo-soul movement. The musician’s songs have been sampled by everyone from Mary J. Blige and Common to Tyler, the Creator and Kanye West, and he collaborated with musicians including the Roots, Guru, Fela Kuti and Rick James.

Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia Pérez”) and Kate Winslet (“Lee”) have an “Avatar” reunion and discuss working with James Cameron, why they consider acting “sacred”, and fighting self-doubt while choosing roles.

Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack’s, supple, slow-burning style brought her six top-10 pop hits and 10 top-10 R&B singles, some of them in partnership with vocalist Donny Hathaway.

“He just happens to be the first domino of a new revolution to a bunch of rules that we are still using today in making music. Sly was at the very beginning of multi-track recording, like the idea of being the ‘bedroom musician,’ doing everything yourself…”

The actresses swap candid stories about working with directors who take unusual leaps in the latest installment of TheWrap’s longform video series.

Today, though, Jolie and Erivo have gathered not to discuss Broadway, but to delve into their recent film roles. Jolie’s “Maria” begins on the day of opera diva Maria Callas’ death, then rewinds to her final days — with flashbacks to her career triumphs, heartbreaks and childhood of trauma.

“We all responded to the story that was on the page for different reasons, but with this cast and the company of actors that we invited to join us, we more or less all know each other and have known each other for a very long time…”

Filmmakers RaMell Ross and Coralie Fargeat talk about their unique approaches to cinematography, sound and themes in their films Nickel Boys and The Substance for TheWrap’s Visionaries series.

John David Washington was in the unique position to play Boy Willie in both the Broadway revival of the August Wilson play and the new film version streaming on Netflix, and for which he just received the Actor Award from the Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema & Television.

Between Luca Guadagnino’s tennis-centric love triangle “Challengers” and playing Chani opposite Timothée Chalamet’s Paul in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two,” Zendaya owned 2024. Just ask Nicole Kidman, who makes a point of telling the 28-year-old actor that she paid money to see both films in theaters.

As much as Jurnee Smollett is an actor, she could also be considered an archivist — given how much of her 38-year career she’s spent capturing elements of untold history.