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Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Urges Support for ‘Birth of a Nation.’
As the debate surrounding and backlash against Birth of a Nation creator and star Nate Parker continues to grow, only a handful of prominent of African-Americans in the entertainment industry have...
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Issa Rae Inks New Deal That Will Bring More Diversity to HBO.
Following the news of her upcoming HBO show, Insecure, Issa Rae has inked a First Look deal with the network. This new partnership will allow her to develop original and innovative programs geared...
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Michel’le’s Biopic Will Premiere on Lifetime in October.
R&B Singer-songwriter and ex-wife of Dr. Dre, Michel’le, has always been candid about the physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of the rapper-mogul. Surviving Compton, a new...
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Here’s The First Full-Length Trailer for Issa Rae’s Upcoming HBO Show...
One month ahead of its premiere, HBO has dropped the first full-length trailer for Issa Rae’s upcoming show Insecure. In this latest release, we learn a bit more about Rae’s character, Issa Dee, and...
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Film. Amandla Stenberg Set to Star in Teen Romance ‘Everything Everything.’
Actress and activist Amandla Stenberg has landed another major role, this time around it’s a teen romance. Stenberg will star opposite Jurassic World star Nick Robinson in Everything Everything....
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Comedian Quinta Brunson Set to Star in and Write TWO Upcoming Series.
Comedian, social media star, and Buzzfeed Motion Pictures producer Quinta Brunson is set to star in and write two new web series. One will air on YouTube Red, Google’s $9.99-a-month subscription...
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Watch This. Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer on Why You Should See...
Hidden Figures debuted earlier this week at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, which stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe tells the true story of a little known...
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10 New Fall Shows Starring Black Women.
Insecure Created by Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl creator Issa Rae, Insecure will focus on “the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern day African-American woman.” Rae is starring...
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Netflix Orders ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Series Directed and Produced by Spike Lee.
Netflix and Spike Lee have announced a new series which will be a 10-episode update of Lee’s iconic first feature production She’s Gotta Have It. According to a press release, The 10-episode series is...
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Ava DuVernay Asked Permission From Family Members To Show Unjust Killings of...
Ava DuVernay recently gave a pretty informative and poignant interview in a cover story for New York Magazine’s The Cut. DuVernay talked her early aspirations — she wanted to be a lawyer, and her...
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Watch a Trailer for Upcoming Documentary ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.’
image credit: Taylor Jewell for Vogue Filmmakers for Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, an upcoming documentary about the life and work of Dr. Maya Angelou, hope that viewers will walk away having seen a...
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Jessica Williams Set to Star in Upcoming Comedy.
Big things are in the works for former Daily Show correspondent and comedian Jessica Williams. Williams is set to star alongside Chris O’Dowd, and Noël Wells in a new comedy by writer-director Jim...
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Watch a Trailer For 13TH. A Mass Incarceration Documentary by Ava DuVernay.
In her latest project, 13th, filmmaker Ava DuVernay turns a lens on the ongoing criminalization of black people following the emancipation of slavery. The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and...
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Viola Davis to Star in All-Women Heist Film by Steve McQueen.
Viola Davis is set to star in Widows, an upcoming crime thriller about a group of 4 women who embark on a heist. The project will be directed by Steve McQueen and was co-written by McQueen alongside...
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Vivica A. Fox Will Play The First Black Woman President in Upcoming Sci-fi...
Vivica A. Fox will make history with her next big role — the President of the United States. Fox is set to play the first black woman president in Crossbreed, an upcoming sci-fi feature about “a group...
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Dr. Dre Reportedly Threatens to Sue Sony Over His Depiction in Upcoming...
The Lifetime Network is set to premiere Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, a Sony Pictures production a biopic based on the life and career of Michel’le. But according to some reports, Dr....
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Issa Rae’s ‘Insecure’ Premiere Attracts Over 1 Million Viewers. Episode 1 Now...
After years of hype and multiple reports, Issa Rae’s HBO show Insecure finally made its grand debut this past weekend. According to Deadline, the series which is loosely based on Rae’s hit web series...
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Watch This. Lupita Nyong’o and Zendaya Talk Chess.
As part of a series of promo videos for her film Queen of Katwe, Lupita Nyong’o sat with Zendaya for a brief interview, in which the two talents talked about playing chess. Zendaya admitted to not...
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Writer Samantha Irby Lands New FX Series Based on Her Memoirs and Blog.
Chicago-based writer and comedian Samantha Irby has just landed a woman-centric half-hour comedy series, Meaty, set to air on FX. Irby’s upcoming series comes following the breakout success of Donald...
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DeWanda Wise To Play Nola Darling in Upcoming Netflix ‘She’s Gotta Have It’...
DeWanda Wise is set to play the lead role of Nola Darling in the upcoming Netflix series “She’s Gotta Have It.” The project is based on the 1986 indie film of the same name by Spike Lee and will also...
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