Reel Talk 1.4.18 – 1.10.18 (Television and Movie Briefs)

Tyra Banks returns for highly anticipated New Season of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Supermodel and tv personality, Trya Banks rings in the new year with a new season of franchise hit “America’s Next Top Model.” Leaving off at cycle 23 with Rita Ora as host, Banks will return, taking the head seat for cycle 24 on VH1, Tuesday, January 9th at 8:00 p.m. There will be a no age limit, as well diversity for the up-in-coming season. Alongside Banks, supermodel and body activist Ashley Graham, Paper Magazine Chief Creative Officer Drew Elliott and celebrity stylist and image architect Law Roach will return as panelists. This season includes guest appearances by former judge Nigel Barker and season three winner Eva Marcille, Director X, beauty and social media guru Patrick Starr, choreographer Jermaine Browne, supermodel Jourdan Dunn, VH1 crossover with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and more.

‘Must-Watch’ TV: Diddy, Tupac, John Legend coming this New Year A new year means new content for Networks. The streaming service is gifting its viewers with fresh entertainment from DJ Khaled and Sean “Diddy” Combs on FOX’s “The Four,” January 4 at 8:00 p.m., a high-stakes singing competition that pits newcomers versus four veteran vocalists each week. It’s an epic battle of the beats with the final champion getting the opportunity to go pro and get coached by a panel of experts including Khaled, Diddy, Meghan Trainor and record executive Charlie Walk. Still pondering on how iconic rappers Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. died? No need to look any further. USA Network will take viewers on a biographical journey that explores the untold story on two of the most infamous and mysterious deaths in hip-hop with “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.” Starring Josh Duhamel, Bokeem Woodbine, Letoya Luckett and more. The scripted true crime series investigates the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. as the most legendary unsolved cases in music history. As the year continues, Oscar and Grammy Award-winning artist John Legend will play star Jesus in the up-in-coming musical, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!,” Easter Sunday April 1 on NBC, a remake of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera.

Will Smith to Host National Geographical Series ‘One Strange Rock’ “Men and Black” actor,” Will Smith, will host its new 10-episode global event series “One Strange Rock” (#OSR), from the Academy Award nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (“Mother!,” “Black Swan,” “Requiem for a Dream”) and award-winning producer Jane Root (“America The Story of Us,” “The 80s: The Decade That Made Us”). The thriller and sci-fi actor, will guide viewers, as they take on an epic and alternate journey across the globe and into outer space, within and beyond planet Earth, confirming that there really is no place like home (earth). The series is set to premiere globally on National Geographic in March 2018.

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