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Miss Juneteenth: One Great Review of Many

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It was actually really hard to pick a link on this one, because all the reviews are so incredibly positive about this movie. But this one from Fast Company captures the context of this movie at this time in a thoughtful way. But all you really need to do is hit the link, watch the trailer and then search it out on Amazon Prime or your favorite streamer.

HBO Celebrates Juneteenth Weekend

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To honor Black experiences, voices and storytellers, HBO is making select shows free to watch today and all weekend. It’s a compelling and wide-ranging list, so hit the link and let the stories be told. Heart to heart out there, Happy Juneteenth!

The ER is Calling?!

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A couple of days ago, a great friend in NYC confessed that ER was her latest binge, which seemed just a touch out of the blue. Then today, the always-on-it Margaret Lyons at the NYT throws the same reco out there. Twice in two days? Seems like there’s a bandwagon around here, somewhere. Let’s all jump on!

Grab a New 3-Pack of Streaming Goodness!

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This headline here isn’t just that Anna Kendrick has a new show on HBO Max that people are buzzing about… it’s how the show is coming out. They’re dropping new episodes in three-show pulses – and putting them out mid-week. Might not sound like a big deal, but it’s half way between a full season drop and a weekly episode, and people (at the Chron, anyway) are loving it.

Stern Grove Best of the Fest is Happening!

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Take a weekly trip to San Francisco’s Stern Grove this summer – at least on YouTube – as they play back some of their great performance. Here’s a link to Week 1, and you can count on a little Father’s Day Funk on their channel this Sunday. Put it on and turn it up!

A Playlist in the Making

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We’re certainly not making it easy with this post. Other than the article itself, there are no quick links to jump to or videos to play. And we’re talking about a music binge, not a video romp. But this is a good, short list of some essentials artists who deserve our attention during Black Music Month. Read it up and cue ’em up in a playlist. You’ll be glad you did!

Pin of the Week: America to Me

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America to Me opens the doors to a high school outside of Chicago, where students and teachers struggle to navigate crucial issues of race, identity, and education. But instead of just linking to this amazing and important 10-part documentary – which you can find now on Hulu, Amazon Prime and Starz – we’re linking to the site that let’s you bring this into your world. Click into to see episode trailers. See what’s going on.

A Taste of Something Meaningful

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When is a food show not a food show? Maybe when – like Padma Lakshmi’s “Taste the Nation” – its tastes range beyond the standard competitions and the common quests. Let the Chron tell you how this show digs for the causes the drive the culture that really fires up the food.

Bookmark Alert: Hidden Gems Everywhere!

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Not saying that this list is THE list, but it’s one that you really might want to keep around when your remote finger gets a little listless. Lots and lots of choices here that will have you saying yes before you finish the write-ups. Wherever you stream, this is a good one to have in the holster.

Binge Buzz: Homecoming Season 2

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Hey, anything with Janelle Monae is an automatic draw, IMHO. But what’s especially interesting about a second season of Homecoming is… that there is a second season, at all. CNN explains it well, and it’s a bit of an eye opener about where things might be going. And also… Janelle Monae!

The Wayback Machine: Ed Sullivan is Back, Baby!

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Well, kind of back… Rolling Stone gives you the what, when and where as the entire Ed Sullivan Show Catalogue hits streaming. This might be the binge equivalent of spelunking here, folks, but there’s surely something you’ll want to explore. Maybe it’s just a one night session of hunting around? Still worthy enough to be the PoTW, I’d say!

Mini-Series, Maxi-Fun #2

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Surely, this list by Bright Side overlaps all over the place with our previous Mini-Series binge post, right? Nope! So just keep diving in to get more ideas for short runs you can gobble down this weekend or over the next week. Variety, that’s some yummy stuff.