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THE CONNECTED SERIES SEASON 2 PREMIERE

Hey guys! It’s your girl Mz Slimgoody coming to update ya’ll on an event I got to host back in November!

If you guys remember, last year I interviewed a talented guy by the name of Brandon Bell, who is an actor, rapper, activist, father, and a wonderful husband to one of my high school alumnus. Well…he invited me to not only attend this wonderful event, but to also host the event as well! Needless to say…I was beyond excited to partake in this experience, and network as well!

This super dope event I speak of is The Connected Series Season 2 premiere. I got familiar with the series last year when Bell’s manager requested that I interview him and provided me with a little bit of his resume which had me intrigued and also anxious to meet him. Now fast forward to the premiere itself which was at a local movie theater in Euclid, OH. Yes I can admit that the event started on CPT time LOL but the energy was very welcoming and animated.

The Connected series is a crime drama that Brandon Bell is the main character and the creator of the series too! The crime drama follows him as he navigates his life with all of this crime, suspense, and wavering loyalties going on…I am surprised he was able to make it to season 2 without dying!!

Pleas do not think that I am going to indulge all of the juicy details from the premiere!!! Oh No!! So make sure to check out the series premiere below, and all of the dope actors I got the chance to interview! I also must note that all of the actors and production crew are all from Ohio, talented people, and in December I found out that the series got picked up by a network!! Major congratulations to the cast and crew of The Connected series!!!

Drake Could Not Stay Silent For Long!!!!

Last night Drake finally dropped his response to Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” called “I’m Upset”

As I sit at my desk at work just ready to push some medical charges out, I logs into my YouTube to find a new Drake video…Im like whoa…do we FINALLY have a response from the Canadian Mist himself???

Well, I can say that he did not clap back at Pusha T with lyrical venom like we assumed he would. No…he did make some references to his questionable baby mother on the hook saying “Can’t go 50/50 with no ho”.

Overall, the most exciting part of the video was seeing the Degrassi reunion!!! For those who do not know, Drake starred in the show Degrassi, a Canadian born show from 2001 to 2009, whose character was Jimmy.

Drake’s fans got to see a slew of the fictional school’s most famous alumni, including Shane Kippel (Spinner), Stacey Farber (Ellie) Adamo Rugguiero (Marco), Lauren Collins (Paige), Jake Epstein (Craig), Christina Schmidt (Terri), Andrea Lewis (Hazel), Melissa McIntyre (Ashley), Linlyn Lue (Ms. Kwan), Stefan Brogren (Mr. Simpson), Jake Goldsbie (Toby), Marc Donato (Derek), Dalmar Abuzeid (Danny), AJ Saudin (Connor), Miriam MacDonald (Emma), Cassie Steele (Manny), Nina Dobrev (Mia), Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (Liberty), and Paula Brancati (Jane).

There’s even Ephraim Ellis, who played Rick — the student who shot Drake’s character Jimmy in one of the show’s most iconic episodes, leaving him in a wheelchair.

Drake even made sure that he was not the only one with drama…his old class mates shared a few themselves! There’s vandalism, public intoxication, and even a bathroom stall hookup or two.

Mr. Simpson at one point even buys some drugs from two other famous Degrassi alum: Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith).

JUST CHARLIE – Working Class Trans Teen Drama

Just Charlie from Wolfe Video on Vimeo.

Directed by: Rebekah Fortune

Writer: Peter Machen
Starring: Harry Gilby, Scot Williams, Patricia Potter, Karen Bryson, Ewan Mitchell, Joshua Pascoe
Distributed by: Wolfe

JUST CHARLIE traces with nuance and sensitivity one young person’s struggle with gender identity through the lens of a gritty, sports loving blue-collar community and a tough family struggling to accept it.

Set in Tamworth, a gritty, small working class Midland town in the UK, teenage soccer star Charlie and his family see soccer as a way out of a dead end factory life for him. But Charlie is struggling with gender dysphoria, and is torn between his father’s expectations and shedding his male identity. With dramatic yet surprising results for himself, his family, and his community, Charlie begins a gender transition while continuing to pursue the dream of becoming a soccer star.

JUST CHARLIE is the feature film directorial debut of theatre & TV actress / director Rebekah Fortune. Inspired by emotional real life accounts from transgender communities, Fortune was inspired by these resonant stories to create a poignant account of one young teen’s identity transition in a small, gritty British town.

Said Fortune, “Just Charlie is a film about chasing your dreams, and accepting those who are different because – sometimes – the rules on how to love, what you can do, and who you should be, are meant to be broken. This is a story about identity, who we think we are and who we really are. About being true to ones self in the face of terrible adversity.”

Featuring a breakout lead performance from theatre / TV actor Harry Gilby (star of the play version of The Full Monty). This film marks his cinema debut, and he was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Film Awards.