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  2. The Big Cigar - Wikipedia

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    The Big Cigar is a 2024 biographical drama television miniseries developed by Jim Hecht, based on the 2012 Playboy article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman. [7] [8] Following the events of the Black Panther Party in 1970s, the series is about party founder Huey P. Newton escaping from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to Cuba with the help of Bert Schneider for an elaborate plan.

  3. The True Story Behind The Big Cigar - AOL

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    The Big Cigar, a series debuting on Apple TV+ on May 17, is based on Hollywood producer Bert Schneider’s effort to get the black power group’s co-founder Huey Newton to Cuba, running the ...

  4. Hollywood Steps Out - Wikipedia

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    Greta Garbo serves him as a cigarette girl, lighting a match on her foot. Edward G. Robinson asks Ann Sheridan "How's the Oomph girl tonight?" Sheridan responds by uttering the word "oomph" several times. Warner Bros. staffers Henry Binder and Leon Schlesinger are shown. A seat is reserved for Bette Davis, as is a large sofa for Kate Smith.

  5. ‘The Big Cigar’ tells the wild story of Huey P. Newton’s fake ...

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    Long before “fake news,” “The Big Cigar” looks back to the time of a fake movie – specifically, one designed to provide Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton cover to flee America ...

  6. Black Panthers Meet New Hollywood in 'The Big Cigar': Review

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    Dubbed, yes, The Big Cigar, the faux film project allows Bert—who is white, Jewish, and the son of a Columbia Pictures studio head—to mobilize resources (for example, a corporate jet) that ...

  7. Janine Sherman Barrois - Wikipedia

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    Janine Sherman Barrois is an American television writer, producer, and showrunner. She is known for her work on ER, Third Watch and Criminal Minds. [1] From 2017 to 2022, she executive produced crime comedy-drama Claws on TNT.

  8. Cigarette girl - Wikipedia

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    Cigarette girls in Florida in 1956 Cigarette girl at the Bellmansro restaurant in Sweden, 1940. In Europe and the United States, a cigarette girl was an attractive young woman who sold or provided cigarettes from a tray held by a neck strap, a common casual occupation until supplanted by vending machines in the 1950s, especially at nightclubs, but also at restaurants, bars, casinos, and other ...

  9. 'The Big Cigar' dramatizes Black Panther Huey P. Newton's ...

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    The Apple TV+ series looks at the relationship between Black Panther Huey P. Newton and Hollywood producer Bert Schneider as they plan a fake movie to usher Newton's escape.