"Never Have I Ever" star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on representation and her dream role of playing Rapunzel
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In Netflix's hit comedy "Never Have I Ever," Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as Devi, an Indian-American teenager, who, in the midst of dealing with the death of her beloved father and a complicated relationship with her mother, is focused on one thing: falling in love.
Behind the camera, Ramakrishnan's own life could be a television show. The 19-year-old was still in high school when she was handpicked by Mindy Kaling to star as the lead in her show "Never Have I Ever," beating out 15,000 actors at a casting call and thrusting her into stardom. The show's first season premiered last April in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming a sleeper hit for those quarantined at home. The show's second season premiered Thursday and re-introduced viewers to both old and new characters dealing with an entirely new problem: Devi's love triangle between her awkward ex-nemesis and longtime crush. The show focuses on Devi's coming of age and just how complicated life can be for kids of color.Washington — More than 50 former football players and coaches, including several Pro Football Hall of Famers and Super Bowl MVP's, announced their endorsement Friday of Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The group represents 25 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU's) and consists of 10 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, two Super Bowl champions and MVPs, former No. 1 overall picks and some of the first Black athletes and coaches to break the color barrier.
Jan. 7, 1994, started out like any other typical winter morning for Rebecca "Becky" Savarese of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. There was snow on the ground, and it was bitterly cold as the 12-year-old walked to school. Then, at around 7:10 a.m., at one of the busiest intersections in town, a man came up beside her. "He had a mustache, but he didn't shave. He seemed like a nerd to me," said Savarese. The stranger quickly pulled out a gun and held it up against her.
The Justice Department on Thursday announced it is opening a civil rights investigation into Rankin County, Mississippi, and the Rankin County Sheriff's Department. A group of the agency's former officers — who called themselves the "Goon Squad" — pleaded guilty last year to a series of charges for torturing two Black men.