Michael B. Jordan Wants You To View a Drive-In Movie, On Him

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Michael B. Jordan Wants You To View a Drive-In Movie, On Him

NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything. So when the SAG award winner marched in a Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest last month demanding that Hollywood drastically increase its diversity in the executive ranks, it was a moment he felt prepared for. ’I think it’s always been brewing in me, […]

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