It is October, which means we don’t want you settling for the same old horror films but instead get your thrill fix through horror and thriller movies with Black leads or casts. Because while Black horror movies are still often overlooked by movie buffs there are plenty of thrilling and scary thrillers that will keep […]
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15 TV Shows and Movies That Highlight Black Mental Health
The topic of Black mental health is still taboo in the Black community. It’s something many live years undiagnosed with. Or they keep it hidden as if it is something to be ashamed of. We are so conditioned for hardship that we often don’t realize that we may be suffering from some kind of mental […]
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Ernest Kingsley Jr., Iola Evans Join Sterling K. Brown in Hulu Limited Series Washington Black
Ernest Kingsley Jr. and Iola Evans join Sterling K. Brown in Hulu’s upcoming adventure limited series Washington Black, which is based on Esi Edugyan’s novel of the same name. The nine-episode series is set in the 19th century and follows George Washington “Wash” Black (Kingsley Jr.) as he flees from a Barbados sugar plantation after […]
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Anthony Anderson to Reprise His Role in Law & Order Revival
Anthony Anderson is set to reprise his role in the Law & Order revival for its upcoming season 21. The show which ended after 20 seasons will pick up where it left off and will once again examine “the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.” READ: Michelle Obama to […]
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Delroy Lindo Joins Mahershala Ali in Blade Reboot
Delroy Lindo joins Mahershala Ali in the Blade reboot which Ali is cast as the titular human-vampire hybrid. Bassam Tariq is directing the feature project from a script Stacy Osei-Kuffour penned. Osei-Kuffour writing the script makes her the first Black woman to pen a Marvel movie. READ: 15 Actors Whose Careers Rose After Starring in […]
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Kevin Hart, Damon Wayans Cast in Diff’rent Strokes Live Recreation Episode
Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis? TV veteran Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel will revive their Emmy-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience for its third iteration with a Diff’rent Strokes and its spinoff The Facts of Life. “Other than with my family, there’s no place I’d rather be in my 100th year than on a […]
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Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie and More Cast in Riches
Deborah Ayorinde and Hugh Quarshie have been set as leads in the cast of Amazon Studio and ITV’s six-part drama series Riches. Abby Ajayi created and wrote the series that follows the exploits of the brash, super-successful, and wealthy Richards family led by the highly intelligent with an undeniably ruthless streak, Stephen Richards (Quarshie). He […]
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Forest Whitaker Joins Khris Davis and Sullivan Jones in the George Foreman Biopic
Forest Whitaker joins Khris Davis and Sullivan Jones in the George Foreman biopic for Sony’s AFFIRM Films label. The film will follow the remarkable life and times of George Foreman (Davis), from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali (Jones) in Zaire, to preacher, then stepping back […]
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Method Man, Mike Epps, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and More Join On The Come Up — Sanaa Lathan to Direct
Method Man, Mike Epps, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Jamila C. Gray are joining the cast of ‘On The Come Up.’ They join Sanaa Lathan, who is starring and making her feature directorial debut on the Paramount Players’ adaptation of Angie Thomas’ New York Times bestseller. She’s the third director on the project. She is taking […]
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Regina Hall to Star in Midnight Run Sequel
Universal Pictures is making a sequel to their 1988 action-comedy ‘Midnight Run,’ the sequel will star Regina Hall, who will also produce. The original film starred Robert De Niro as Jack Walsh, a bounty hunter whose job it is to collect mob accountant, Jonathan Mardukas, (the late Charles Grodin). Walsh needed to get Mardukas to […]
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Anthony Hemingway to Direct The Preacher’s Wife Remake — Courtney B. Vance to Reprise Role
Anthony Hemingway is directing The Preacher’s Wife remake that will also see original cast member Courtney B. Vance reprising his role. The film, which is described as a “reimagining” of the 1996 film will “creatively evolve the story in a new direction.” “Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. To be re-imagining […]
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ABC Developing Pheobe Robinson and Dewayne Perkin’s Sitcom Chopped & Screwed
Phoebe Robinson and Dewayne Perkins’ barber/beauty shop sitcom Chopped & Screwed is in development at ABC. Perkins will also star in the multi-camera sitcom comedy. The series is set in a Black barbershop and beauty salon that, due to unavoidable circumstances, must come together as one entity to continue servicing the superficial and therapeutic needs […]