Recently, it’s been announced that Oscar-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o, has optioned the film rights to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel Americanah. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, basically “optioning” means that Nyong’o now can start finding a studio, director, financiers, etc. for the…
Oscar Predictions 2014
With Thor himself (Chris Hemsworth) announcing this years nominees for 86th annual Academy Awards, it’s time The Young Folks put out some of their own predictions before the nominees are set in stone. In a fashion, this year’s Awards Race…
Top 10 Breakout Artists of 2013
The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2013! Each year brings us new and promising talent that continue to both surprise and entertain. We love highlighting…
Allyson’s Movie Review: 12 Years A Slave
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave without fail is definitively a landmark film. This film paints a portrait of human depravity and the evil that can consume individuals, how that evil manifests itself throughout the years, the overwhelming compassion that…