This post contains spoilers for the season premiere of "Loki."
"Loki" is back this week, and along with the return of Norse trickster god Loki (Tom Hiddleston), agent Mobius (Owen Wilson), and the rest of the Time Variance Authority, the show's premiere also sees the introduction of a few new key characters. Among them? Ke Huy Quan's helpful, tech-savvy Ouroboros (or O.B.) and X-5, a mysterious new Tva agent played by Rafael Casal. And it's the latter who is particularly intriguing.
So far, we haven't seen X-5 do much besides question whether jet skis are part of the sacred timeline, but the character already seems to be an agitating force within the organization. He's also quite possibly poised to become a recognizable Marvel villain. After all, a featurette for the second season had a couple bits of footage from behind the scenes that showed him in a Tva jumpsuit,...
"Loki" is back this week, and along with the return of Norse trickster god Loki (Tom Hiddleston), agent Mobius (Owen Wilson), and the rest of the Time Variance Authority, the show's premiere also sees the introduction of a few new key characters. Among them? Ke Huy Quan's helpful, tech-savvy Ouroboros (or O.B.) and X-5, a mysterious new Tva agent played by Rafael Casal. And it's the latter who is particularly intriguing.
So far, we haven't seen X-5 do much besides question whether jet skis are part of the sacred timeline, but the character already seems to be an agitating force within the organization. He's also quite possibly poised to become a recognizable Marvel villain. After all, a featurette for the second season had a couple bits of footage from behind the scenes that showed him in a Tva jumpsuit,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting (Starz) Jones as Ashley Rose on Starz’s Blindspotting.
In Blindspotting, Jones plays Ashley Rose, a mother raising her young son with the help of her partner’s family while he serves time in prison for drug trafficking. “She’s very strong and puts her family first,” says Jones of her stoic character. “I always look at her as the superhero. There’s a lot of women like this in the world, who do it all in one day.” Where Ashley doesn’t need to keep it all together is in the moments when her character breaks the fourth wall, expressing her emotions in verse. “If you’re ever wondering how she’s feeling, this is the moment where she tells a secret to the audience,” explains Jones. “Usually, it’s a lot of pent-up feelings she needs to really express. We say it is her letters to her son Sean,...
In Blindspotting, Jones plays Ashley Rose, a mother raising her young son with the help of her partner’s family while he serves time in prison for drug trafficking. “She’s very strong and puts her family first,” says Jones of her stoic character. “I always look at her as the superhero. There’s a lot of women like this in the world, who do it all in one day.” Where Ashley doesn’t need to keep it all together is in the moments when her character breaks the fourth wall, expressing her emotions in verse. “If you’re ever wondering how she’s feeling, this is the moment where she tells a secret to the audience,” explains Jones. “Usually, it’s a lot of pent-up feelings she needs to really express. We say it is her letters to her son Sean,...
- 6/15/2023
- by Carita Rizzo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Welcome back to the ordeal,” young mom Ashley Rose (Jasmine Cephas Jones) says straight-to-camera in the return of Blindspotting, Starz‘s vibrant comedy set in cross-cultural Oakland, California. Season 2 picks up nine months after the events of the 2021 finale, which featured Ashley’s jailhouse wedding to true love Miles (Rafael Casal), her partner of 12 years, and the father of her son Sean (Atticus Woodward). “Ashley’s loyal, honest, and loving character is challenged,” Jones says. “She isn’t coping with her trauma in a healthy way. She loses herself down a path of self-destruction.” Things that don’t help that spiral: living (and clashing with) her mother-in-law, Rainey (Helen Hunt), and a “family visit” with Miles, whose world in prison is a stark contrast to her own. But what could be dark subject matter is far from it thanks to Jones and the series’ unique mashup of genres, which includes...
- 4/13/2023
- TV Insider
Ava DuVernay’s feature adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents has just added Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Connie Nielsen to the movie, which is shooting in Georgia.
The group joins King Richard Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis, who has the lead role. DuVernay is writing and directing, and producing alongside veteran collaborator Paul Garnes.
A bestseller and shortlisted for several awards, Wilkerson’s Caste examines racism in America through the prism of social, economic and cultural delineation and “pillars” of exclusion.
Nash-Betts, fresh off a Critics Choice Award win for her role in Netflix’s Dahmer, is reteaming with DuVernay after receiving an Emmy nomination for her turn in the Netflix limited series When They See Us. She is also the lead of ABC’s The Rookie: Feds. She is repped by WME and Artists First.
The group joins King Richard Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis, who has the lead role. DuVernay is writing and directing, and producing alongside veteran collaborator Paul Garnes.
A bestseller and shortlisted for several awards, Wilkerson’s Caste examines racism in America through the prism of social, economic and cultural delineation and “pillars” of exclusion.
Nash-Betts, fresh off a Critics Choice Award win for her role in Netflix’s Dahmer, is reteaming with DuVernay after receiving an Emmy nomination for her turn in the Netflix limited series When They See Us. She is also the lead of ABC’s The Rookie: Feds. She is repped by WME and Artists First.
- 1/26/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Connie Nielsen have joined Aunjanue Ellis in Ava DuVernay’s next feature.
DuVernay is writing and directing the movie based on Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent. Ellis, who was nominated for an Oscar for her work in King Richard, was earlier announced for the leading role in the film adaptation now shooting in Georgia and based on a book that examines the system of hierarchy that shaped America.
DuVernay is producing alongside Paul Garnes of Array Filmworks and Ellis. The Rookie: Feds star Nash-Betts recently appeared in Netflix’s Dahmer and also had a role in DuVernay’s Netflix limited series When They See Us.
Bernthal reunites with Ellis after they co-starred in King Richard, and he most recently appeared in FX’s The Bear. Farmiga received an Emmy nomination for her...
DuVernay is writing and directing the movie based on Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent. Ellis, who was nominated for an Oscar for her work in King Richard, was earlier announced for the leading role in the film adaptation now shooting in Georgia and based on a book that examines the system of hierarchy that shaped America.
DuVernay is producing alongside Paul Garnes of Array Filmworks and Ellis. The Rookie: Feds star Nash-Betts recently appeared in Netflix’s Dahmer and also had a role in DuVernay’s Netflix limited series When They See Us.
Bernthal reunites with Ellis after they co-starred in King Richard, and he most recently appeared in FX’s The Bear. Farmiga received an Emmy nomination for her...
- 1/26/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Blindspotting” is adding some fresh faces to Oakland.
LeVar Burton Katlynn Simone Smith Tamera Tomakili and Tim Chantarangsu have joined Season 2 of the critically-acclaimed comedy series in recurring roles, Starz announced Thursday. Information regarding the characters they will be playing has yet to be announced.
In addition, Starz also announced that Margo Hall, April Absynth, Lance Holloway, Andrew Chappelle and Utkarsh Ambudkar, who recurred in the first season, will return in expanded capacities for the second season. An episode of the season will also feature guest appearances from rappers E-40, P-Lo and Too hort, who will all play themselves.
A spin-off of the 2018 film of the same name, “Blindspotting” stars Jasmine Cephas Jones as Ashley Rose, an ordinary woman whose life is upended when her boyfriend Miles (Rafael Casal) is sent to prison for 12 years. Forced to move in with her mother-in-law Rainey (Helen Hunt), Ashley begins relying on her community of friends and family,...
LeVar Burton Katlynn Simone Smith Tamera Tomakili and Tim Chantarangsu have joined Season 2 of the critically-acclaimed comedy series in recurring roles, Starz announced Thursday. Information regarding the characters they will be playing has yet to be announced.
In addition, Starz also announced that Margo Hall, April Absynth, Lance Holloway, Andrew Chappelle and Utkarsh Ambudkar, who recurred in the first season, will return in expanded capacities for the second season. An episode of the season will also feature guest appearances from rappers E-40, P-Lo and Too hort, who will all play themselves.
A spin-off of the 2018 film of the same name, “Blindspotting” stars Jasmine Cephas Jones as Ashley Rose, an ordinary woman whose life is upended when her boyfriend Miles (Rafael Casal) is sent to prison for 12 years. Forced to move in with her mother-in-law Rainey (Helen Hunt), Ashley begins relying on her community of friends and family,...
- 4/14/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jasmine Cephas Jones has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.
Jones is most famously recognized for her dual portrayal of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton. She reprised the roles in the feature film adaptation of the stage play for Disney+. Her contributions to the play’s soundtrack in 2016 earned the cast a group Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Jones was also honored with a 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama for her portrayal of Tyisha in Quibi’s #FreeRayshawn.
She currently produces and stars in the Starz series Blindspotting, reprising the role of Ashley Rose from the 2018 film of the same name. She will return for the dramedy’s sophomore season in 2022.
Other notable big-screen credits include roles in Monsters and Men, Marriage Story, The Photograph, and Honest Thief; and on TV in Mrs. Fletcher,...
Jones is most famously recognized for her dual portrayal of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton. She reprised the roles in the feature film adaptation of the stage play for Disney+. Her contributions to the play’s soundtrack in 2016 earned the cast a group Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Jones was also honored with a 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama for her portrayal of Tyisha in Quibi’s #FreeRayshawn.
She currently produces and stars in the Starz series Blindspotting, reprising the role of Ashley Rose from the 2018 film of the same name. She will return for the dramedy’s sophomore season in 2022.
Other notable big-screen credits include roles in Monsters and Men, Marriage Story, The Photograph, and Honest Thief; and on TV in Mrs. Fletcher,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Blindspotting is the comedy-drama/musical that you never thought you needed in your life until you are episodes in and wondering where the time has gone. The series revolves around an urban family trying to make sense of their new reality. The show explores important issues that are prevalent in minority communities such as the inequalities in the prison system. There are a lot of dynamic characters in Blindspotting all of which exude strength in their own way. Check out our breakdown of the characters in this Starz series: Ashley Rose Ashley Rose also known as “Mile’s ride or die” is
Blindspotting: Character Descriptions and Analysis...
Blindspotting: Character Descriptions and Analysis...
- 8/31/2021
- by Teresa McCraw
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Phillip Rhys (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) is set for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of CBS All Access’ anthology series Tell Me A Story.
Based on a Spanish format, Tell Me A Story takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Season 2 will feature the tales of three iconic princesses – Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
Rhys will play Damien Hewett, a slick, straight shooting record executive to rising country music singer Ashley Rose (Natalie Alyn Lind).
Tell Me a Story is executive produced by Williamson and Kapital’s Kaplan and Dana Honor.
Rhys can currently be seen recurring in Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists as Michael as well as Murphy in Syfy’s Nightflyers.
Based on a Spanish format, Tell Me A Story takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Season 2 will feature the tales of three iconic princesses – Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.
Rhys will play Damien Hewett, a slick, straight shooting record executive to rising country music singer Ashley Rose (Natalie Alyn Lind).
Tell Me a Story is executive produced by Williamson and Kapital’s Kaplan and Dana Honor.
Rhys can currently be seen recurring in Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists as Michael as well as Murphy in Syfy’s Nightflyers.
- 7/22/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
'Tis the season to annoy everyone by using "'tis the season" way too many times when talking about holiday stuff. Halloween hasn't even happened yet, but the Christmas decorations are already taking over drug stores so ABC is just going ahead and announcing its 2015 holiday lineup. It's something to look forward to after the candy is gone, anyway, and since the "Toy Story 20th Anniversary Special" and "It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown" are involved, you should definitely mark your calendars.
Here's a chronological list of holiday programming highlights, via ABC:
Friday, November 27
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" - In the perennial favorite created in 1970 by Rankin-Bass Productions ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Frosty the Snowman"), Fred Astaire narrates this timeless tale of Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney), a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. The vocal cast features Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle, Keenan Wynn as Winter,...
Here's a chronological list of holiday programming highlights, via ABC:
Friday, November 27
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" - In the perennial favorite created in 1970 by Rankin-Bass Productions ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Frosty the Snowman"), Fred Astaire narrates this timeless tale of Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney), a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. The vocal cast features Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle, Keenan Wynn as Winter,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Friday night, July 12, saw the opening of the Guthrie Theater's romantic summer comedy Pride and Prejudice helmed by Guthrie director Joe Dowling. The production is the Simon Reade adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel and features Ashley Rose Montondo Guthrie Charley's Aunt, University of MinnesotaGuthrie Bfa Actor Training Program as Miss Elizabeth Bennet along with Vincent Kartheiser GuthrieA Christmas Carol, Henry V, Henry IV Regional theater Death of the Novel Film Untamed Heart, In Time Television 'Mad Men' as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Scroll down for photos from the curtain call and opening night party...
- 7/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Friday night, July 12, saw the opening of the Guthrie Theater's romantic summer comedy Pride and Prejudice helmed by Guthrie director Joe Dowling. The production is the Simon Reade adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel and features Ashley Rose Montondo Guthrie Charley's Aunt, University of MinnesotaGuthrie Bfa Actor Training Program as Miss Elizabeth Bennet along with Vincent Kartheiser GuthrieA Christmas Carol, Henry V, Henry IV Regional theater Death of the Novel Film Untamed Heart, In Time Television Mad Men as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action...
- 7/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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You know how they say a picture's worth a thousand words? Well, a Gif is worth a billion words:
But, as always, you guys say it better than me:
"Don't look away" @shaymitch had to say to no one ever.#BooRadleyVanCullen #PLLayWithShay
— Maggie Rose (@margaretrosey) August 1, 2012
Now that Hanna kissed Wren, J.H. and I are going to have to make an Alice Pieszecki-style Chart for Rosewood. #Pll #BooRadleyVanCullen
— Valerie Anne (@PunkyStarshine) August 1, 2012
Seriously though, doesn't Maya remind you of every ex-girlfriend you've ever had?! #BooRadleyVanCullen
— Ashley Rose (@ashleyrose134) August 1, 2012
I think A just shot some dude at the beginning of Rizzoli & Isles. #booradleyvancullen #gayzzoli
— Lemon Meringue Tart (@Lemon_Meringue_) August 1, 2012
I wanna watch every video ever on maya's site. Someone give me the password #booradleyvancullen
— Gabrielle White (@GabrielleSH) August 1, 2012
Okay, that was perhaps the cutest swimming I have ever seen and I have seen baby ducks swim.
You know how they say a picture's worth a thousand words? Well, a Gif is worth a billion words:
But, as always, you guys say it better than me:
"Don't look away" @shaymitch had to say to no one ever.#BooRadleyVanCullen #PLLayWithShay
— Maggie Rose (@margaretrosey) August 1, 2012
Now that Hanna kissed Wren, J.H. and I are going to have to make an Alice Pieszecki-style Chart for Rosewood. #Pll #BooRadleyVanCullen
— Valerie Anne (@PunkyStarshine) August 1, 2012
Seriously though, doesn't Maya remind you of every ex-girlfriend you've ever had?! #BooRadleyVanCullen
— Ashley Rose (@ashleyrose134) August 1, 2012
I think A just shot some dude at the beginning of Rizzoli & Isles. #booradleyvancullen #gayzzoli
— Lemon Meringue Tart (@Lemon_Meringue_) August 1, 2012
I wanna watch every video ever on maya's site. Someone give me the password #booradleyvancullen
— Gabrielle White (@GabrielleSH) August 1, 2012
Okay, that was perhaps the cutest swimming I have ever seen and I have seen baby ducks swim.
- 8/1/2012
- by stuntdouble
- AfterEllen.com
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