Published Articles by Writer Diedre Johnson
Tina Turner A360 Pop Icons
Article By Diedre Johnson When Tina Turner wrote the lyrics to this Top 40 hit single, she was many years away from small, rural, and unincorporated Nutbush, Tennessee, the place where she spent a significant portion of her childhood.Yet the … Continued
THE BEST MAN: THE FINAL CHAPTERS STARS SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR BELOVED CHARACTERS Rotten Tomatoes
THE STARS AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS MALCOLM D. LEE AND DAYNA LYNNE NORTH OFFER SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE END OF THE FRANCHISE. “WE WANT ALL THE TOMATOES,” TAYE DIGGS PROCLAIMS ABOUT HIS HOPES FOR THE (CURRENTLY VERY FRESH) SERIES.by Diedre Johnson … Continued
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Had an Amazingly Normal GoodbyePaste
By Diedre Johnson After seducing us with a lively, faux-vintage setting of 1950s New York and the story of a stylish upper middle-class Jewish housewife that finds her calling in standup comedy, Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has come to … Continued
A Fast-Paced Yellowstone Season 5 Delivers Delicious New Dutton Drama Paste
By Diedre Johnson Big-time fans of Yellowstone, Paramount’s hit drama about wealthy Montana cattle rancher John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his completely dysfunctional family, don’t want the series to end in its fifth season and, they also don’t want it to … Continued
Over Three Years After The 1619 Project Debuted, What Does Nikole Hannah-Jones Think Now? Paste
By Diedre Johnson It’s hard to believe that The 1619 Project debuted in the New York Times Magazine way back in August of 2019. The researched, informative, long-form essays described how the enslavement of newly arrived African people in Virginia was the beginning of … Continued