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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Danielle Pinnock on playing Alberta in CBS' ‘Ghosts,' representation, and what's next for the hit comedy
For the last four years, Danielle Pinnock has been a ghost — and she couldn't be happier. As one of the large, spirited cast of CBS's Ghosts, Pinnock plays former Prohibition-era jazz singer Alberta, who died on New Year's Eve 1928 after accidentally drinking poisoned moonshine. But in Pinnock's hands, Alberta's living her very best afterlife as the show wraps up its fourth season and looks forward to the now-guaranteed two seasons more ahead. Part of Pinnock's joy in the role, as she tells Gold Derby, comes from the way Alberta is written. "A lot of times what happens when you see any actor of color playing on broadcast television, we almost become decorations on a Christmas tree where we're just fun to look at, but no one really cares about our storylines," she says. More from GoldDerby 'Fallout' gets early Season 3 renewal ahead of Season 2 premiere in December 'Barbershop' TV Series ordered at Prime Video with Jermaine Fowler starring 'Shrinking' acting Emmy submissions include Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, and these 4 guest stars Not so with series creators and showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman (aka "The Joes," as Pinnock calls them). That's very true with Alberta, who in the last couple of seasons has had her murder solved (about 100 years after the fact) and more recently reconnected (in a sense) with one of her descendants — a great-grandniece, Alicia (Ashley D. Kelley), with whom she bonds over music. "When I think about my ancestors, we put them in such a high regard, not realizing that they can also be a hot mess, too," she says. "I love the comedic aspect of that." Pinnock grew up in New Jersey, and has been performing in theater since she was in elementary school; while attending Temple University she met Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson. Over the years Pinnock has appeared on series including Young Sheldon, This Is Us and Scandal, but has also cocreated and starred in the Webby Award-winning digital sketch series Hashtag Booked (with LaNisa Renee Frederick). Meanwhile, playing Alberta has garnered her some award attention – including an NAACP Image Award this past February. "The thing that I feel makes Alberta stand out is her authenticity," says Pinnock. "She has some of the best one-liners on the show. … Alberta is so authentically herself, but she does struggle with being vulnerable. The fear of possibly losing her street cred, the fear of not knowing what a healthy love looks like, because Alberta is used to these dopamine hits kind of relationships with murderers and gangsters. She did make a lot of poor decisions in her life." One reason Ghosts may hold together so well with its ensemble casts of ghosts (and the owners of Woodstone Manor, only one of whom can hear and see them) is that early on the show was being shot in the middle of the pandemic, and the cast had to bond quickly. These days they're also a bit isolated as a group, shooting in Toronto and knocking out the still-broadcast-standard of 22 episodes each season. That may be why now, says Pinnock, they're really hitting their stride. "Rebecca [Wisocky, who plays Hetty] always says when we're working on a scene, 'We really need to find the musicality,'" says Pinnock. "I feel right now, not only do we have that musicality, we're singing, we're soaring." Pinnock is rightly proud of the representation of BIPOC actors and crew on the show, but suggests that the recent dialing back of DEI initiatives due to the new administration in Washington has her concerned. "We had a really great run in the pandemic, where people actually cared to hear our voices, where Black producers were getting deals and actors were able to be seen in roles that they may not necessarily have been seen in," she says. "I worry with what representation will look like in the next few years. That being said, we are a resilient people. … I will always create, regardless of who is in office. I will always make sure that my friends and my community, the people that have brought me to this place that I will find them work. My mother taught me that." But that's the future for the actors in this world. Pinnock is focusing hard on making sure Alberta's post-living life is worth, well, living. So what can she expect in the coming seasons? "Well, she may or may not be in a relationship. I'm very curious to see what that looks like for her," says Pinnock, who notes that more layers of afterlife may get explored. "I'm very interested in what those other worlds look like. … I would love to get some different combinations in there – and just see what sparks." SIGN UP for Gold Derby's free newsletter with latest predictions Best of GoldDerby 'I didn't think he was a jerk': Paul Giamatti on finding the humanity in his standout 'Black Mirror' episode 'Grotesquerie' star Niecy Nash-Betts on that shocking coma twist, and Travis Kelce's 'greedy' appetite TV Cinematography panel: 'Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire,' 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,' 'Étoile' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
49ers select Kansas State safety Sigle at No. 160 in 2025 NFL Draft
49ers select Kansas State safety Sigle at No. 160 in 2025 NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers entered the draft with three legitimate starting candidates at the safety positions: Malik Mustapha, Ji'Ayir Brown and Jason Pinnock. Advertisement In the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, the 49ers added some depth at safety with the selection of Marques Sigle of Kansas State with the No. 160 overall pick. Sigle (5-foot-11, 199 pounds) ran a blistering time of 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine. He had 60 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and three interceptions in his final season at Kansas State. He played his first three college seasons at North Dakota State before transferring to Kansas State. Sigle should be able to make an immediate contribution on special teams while he learns the 49ers' defense and places himself in a position to compete for playing time on defense. Advertisement It will likely be difficult for him to make a move for a starting role as a rookie. Mustapha, a fourth-round pick last year, started 12 of the 16 games in which he appeared. Brown was a third-round pick in 2023. He started 13 games last season. The 49ers signed Pinnock as a free agent. Pinnock started 32 games over the past two seasons with the Giants. He signed a one-year, $2.2 million contract with the 49ers as an unrestricted free agent. Download and follow the 49ers Talk Podcast
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
A 'changing of the guard' at Brentford?
This is something I do not want to write, but is a changing of the guard starting to happen at Brentford?That was one question to come out of Sunday's goalless draw with Chelsea, for which Ethan Pinnock was dropped to the bench instead of starting for probably the first ever time when he has been has been absolutely crucial to the Bees' rise over the past six years and always quite rightly been first choice at is hugely popular, has played more than 200 games for us in all competitions, scored a dozen goals and has been one of our most consistent players since timing and reading of the game has always been immaculate and to have only five bookings and one red card in all that time is extraordinary for a sadly this season at times his powers have seemed to be waning a are so rare that when Pinnock does make them, everybody notices. After a couple early in the season, he was twice outpaced by Beto against Everton in February and then twice gave the ball away in last week's defeat at was substituted late on in that match and then left out on Sunday, in favour of Sepp van den Berg, who took Pinnock's place when he was out injured at the turn of the could be that Pinnock is still not fully fit and that when he is, he will be as good as it could also be that Van den Berg, who formed a solid partnership with the now undroppable Nathan Collins in Pinnock's absence, may have moved above him in the pecking more from Ian Westbrook at Beesotted podcast, external
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bid to reverse postponement of local elections defeated in the Lords
Efforts to reverse the suspension of local elections in England have been defeated in the House of Lords. Nine councils have had their elections delayed by one year while the Government reorganises local government. In a rare move, two so-called fatal motions were proposed by the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party in the upper chamber, in a bid to keep local elections scheduled for this May. The postponement of elections was described as 'anti-democratic' by the Liberal Democrats, before peers voted 63 to 163, majority 100, to defeat the party's fatal motion. Speaking in the chamber, local government minister Baroness Taylor of Stevenage defended the decision to delay elections, arguing it would 'help to smooth the transition process' for those areas going through a process of reorganisation. Elections have been postponed across East Sussex, West Sussex, Essex and Thurrock, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Suffolk and Surrey. Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Pinnock, who tabled the motion, said: 'Why has the Government agreed to such an anti-democratic measure?' She added: 'The option that does not seem to have been considered was to delay the elections until June. Now, that has occurred in the recent past on more than two occasions. 'And that would accommodate both the need to consult and to enable a new mandate to be given to decision makers.' Following the defeat, Lady Pinnock said: 'This just confirms what we already knew – that Conservative councils are running scared, as they know their time is up. Up and down the country, voters are calling for change, and the Conservatives know this. 'Democracy delayed is democracy denied. For every community who are being denied the chance to vote this May, the Liberal Democrats will continue to stand up for them as their local champions.' Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb had withdrawn her fatal motion earlier in the session. Prior to this, the Green Party peer described the cancellation of some of this year's elections as 'straight out of an authoritarian playbook'. Lady Moulsecoomb added: 'This rushed decision means that voters won't have the chance to have their say on new councillors for at least a year, that means that the councils that have delayed elections don't actually have a mandate to do the reorganisation that the Government is asking it to do.' Responding on behalf of the Government, Lady Taylor, herself a former council leader, said: 'We have been clear on our vision for a simpler, more sustainable local government structure alongside transfer of power and funding out of Westminster through a devolution process. 'And we have been clear on our willingness to take all the appropriate steps needed to deliver this vision.' Describing it as a 'once-in-a-generation reform', she added: 'We will not miss the opportunity to deliver the benefits as quickly as possible so we have taken this step to help those areas who have expressed their firm commitment to deliver it in the most ambitious timeframe. 'We were also clear that we would take decisions to postpone local elections where this will help to smooth the transition process.' She warned support for the fatal motions would 'throw areas into chaos' and have 'serious constitutional and practical consequences'. Lady Taylor added: 'The motions undermine the convention of the primacy of the Commons and the principle of delegated powers which have been given in primary legislation granted here (in Parliament) and have been previously used in this way.' She went on: 'It's these motions, not the order they object to, that are damaging to local democracy.' Conservative frontbencher Baroness Scott of Bybrook had tabled a regret motion, which would not stop or amend legislation, but does aim to signify members' dissent. This was also defeated, with peers voting 139 to 152, majority 13.
The Independent
24-03-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Bid to reverse postponement of local elections defeated in the Lords
Efforts to reverse the suspension of local elections in England have been defeated in the House of Lords. Nine councils have had their elections delayed by one year while the Government reorganises local government. In a rare move, two so-called fatal motions were proposed by the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party in the upper chamber, in a bid to keep local elections scheduled for this May. The postponement of elections was described as 'anti-democratic' by the Liberal Democrats, before peers voted 63 to 163, majority 100, to defeat the party's fatal motion. Speaking in the chamber, local government minister Baroness Taylor of Stevenage defended the decision to delay elections, arguing it would 'help to smooth the transition process' for those areas going through a process of reorganisation. Elections have been postponed across East Sussex, West Sussex, Essex and Thurrock, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Suffolk and Surrey. Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Pinnock, who tabled the motion, said: 'Why has the Government agreed to such an anti-democratic measure?' She added: 'The option that does not seem to have been considered was to delay the elections until June. Now, that has occurred in the recent past on more than two occasions. 'And that would accommodate both the need to consult and to enable a new mandate to be given to decision makers.' Following the defeat, Lady Pinnock said: 'This just confirms what we already knew – that Conservative councils are running scared, as they know their time is up. Up and down the country, voters are calling for change, and the Conservatives know this. ' Democracy delayed is democracy denied. For every community who are being denied the chance to vote this May, the Liberal Democrats will continue to stand up for them as their local champions.' Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb had withdrawn her fatal motion earlier in the session. Prior to this, the Green Party peer described the cancellation of some of this year's elections as 'straight out of an authoritarian playbook'. Lady Moulsecoomb added: 'This rushed decision means that voters won't have the chance to have their say on new councillors for at least a year, that means that the councils that have delayed elections don't actually have a mandate to do the reorganisation that the Government is asking it to do.' Responding on behalf of the Government, Lady Taylor, herself a former council leader, said: 'We have been clear on our vision for a simpler, more sustainable local government structure alongside transfer of power and funding out of Westminster through a devolution process. 'And we have been clear on our willingness to take all the appropriate steps needed to deliver this vision.' Describing it as a 'once-in-a-generation reform', she added: 'We will not miss the opportunity to deliver the benefits as quickly as possible so we have taken this step to help those areas who have expressed their firm commitment to deliver it in the most ambitious timeframe. 'We were also clear that we would take decisions to postpone local elections where this will help to smooth the transition process.' She warned support for the fatal motions would 'throw areas into chaos' and have 'serious constitutional and practical consequences'. Lady Taylor added: 'The motions undermine the convention of the primacy of the Commons and the principle of delegated powers which have been given in primary legislation granted here (in Parliament) and have been previously used in this way.' She went on: 'It's these motions, not the order they object to, that are damaging to local democracy.' Conservative frontbencher Baroness Scott of Bybrook had tabled a regret motion, which would not stop or amend legislation, but does aim to signify members' dissent. This was also defeated, with peers voting 139 to 152, majority 13.
