The Critics Choice Association has announced the nominees for the 6th annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular genre films and series across superhero, science fiction and fantasy, horror and action. Winners will be announced via press release on Thursday, August 6. On the film side, Superman leads with six nominations including Best […]

Idris Elba’s 22Summers, Moses Babatope’s Nile Media Entertainment Group and Chee Keong Cheung’s Action Xtreme have formed a strategic production partnership focused on developing and producing a slate of high-energy action films originating from across West Africa. The initiative aims to build a long-term production ecosystem designed to nurture local creatives and create globally competitive […]

Jurnee Smollett will join the company of The Whoopi Monologues at Lincoln Center Theater beginning Tuesday, August 4, succeeding Kerry Washington, who plays her final performance in the production on Sunday, August 2. The production reimagines Whoopi Goldberg’s groundbreaking 1984 Broadway solo show as an ensemble piece, with five actresses bringing Goldberg’s iconic characters to […]

Amazon MGM Studios has released the first trailer for I Play Rocky, the true story of a young, unknown Sylvester Stallone fighting to write, produce and star in Rocky against seemingly impossible odds. The film opens in limited theaters November 13, 2026, followed by a wide release November 20, arriving nearly 50 years to the […]

History has been made . For the first time ever, two Black actresses have been nominated for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Daytime Drama Series in the same year. Karla Mosley and Tamara Tunie, both of CBS’s Beyond the Gates, are only the third and fourth Black actresses ever nominated in the category. Debbi Morgan […]

Rosario Dawson and Lamorne Morris are the latest additions to the cast of The Girlfriend, joining previously announced stars Meghann Fahy and Glenn Howerton. Natalie Morales is directing from a script by Howerton and Rich Appel (Family Guy). Dawson joins as a co-lead, playing Eve, a woman who gives up her perfect New York City […]

Ten years. That is how long it has been since Issa, Molly, Lawrence and Kelli first walked into our lives and never really left. To mark a decade of Insecure, Issa Rae and showrunner Prentice Penny are hitting the road this fall with the 13-date Insecure: The 10th Anniversary Tour, and they are bringing the […]

Peacock has released the first teaser for Crystal Lake, the highly anticipated prequel series to the Friday the 13th franchise, and set an October 15 premiere date for all eight episodes. The A24-produced series comes from creator, writer and showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, whose credits include IT: Welcome to Derry and Tokyo Vice. Set in […]

Kevin “KevOnStage” Fredericks is taking his grief on the road. The comedian, actor, and New York Times bestselling author has announced Grief Sucks: A One Man Show, a 31-city North American stand-up tour promoted by Live Nation. The run kicks off August 14 at The Lyric in Birmingham, Alabama and closes December 20 at Buckhead […]

For nearly a quarter century, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival has operated as something between a film festival and a cultural homecoming — the place where studio executives, first-time directors, and vacationing Black Hollywood all end up in the same room by the second week of August. This year’s edition, running August 7–15 […]