Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Sydney Park have officially joined the cast of The Morning Show for its upcoming fifth season in recurring roles, expanding the ensemble of Apple TV+’s newsroom drama as it continues to evolve its post-merger world. She join a star-studded cast led by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, alongside Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen […]
Keke Palmer is continuing her impressive run with a new leading role, as Searchlight Pictures has officially greenlit Lottery, a character-driven drama from Permut Presentations. The film will follow a young man with Down syndrome who, after unexpectedly winning the lottery, escapes his estranged mother and sets out on a road trip with a magnetic […]
Peacock has unveiled the teaser for The Five-Star Weekend, its upcoming eight-episode drama led by and executive produced by Jennifer Garner, with Regina Hall among the standout ensemble cast. The series will now premiere Thursday, July 9, on Peacock, with all episodes dropping at once. Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 bestselling novel, The Five-Star Weekend […]
When Michael — the long-awaited biopic chronicling the life and legacy of the King of Pop — finally hit theaters on April 24, 2026, it didn’t just arrive. It landed like a moonwalk. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Michael Jackson’s real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson in his acting debut, the Lionsgate film traces Jackson’s extraordinary […]
Fox is locking in a familiar face with serious gravitas. Michael Beach has joined The Interrogator as a series regular of Fox’s upcoming 12-episode drama set for the 2026–27 season. The project already has a straight-to-series order—a strong vote of confidence—and comes from Lionsgate Television and Fox Entertainment. At the center of the show is […]
Hulu is continuing to build out the cast of its upcoming coming-of-age mystery series Phony, with The Chi breakout Maliq Johnson set as a series regular. From 20th Television, Phony centers on Sonny (Sam Nivola), a teenager who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident only to find that his mother, Ellen (Connie […]
The New York African Film Festival is set to return for its 33rd edition, bringing a month-long celebration of African and diasporic cinema to New York City beginning May 1. The festival will officially kick off with a Town Hall event at The Africa Center before heading to Film at Lincoln Center for its Opening […]
Dave Chappelle is pulling up on Netflix Is a Joke Fest in a major way. The award-winning comedian is set to headline a three-night residency at the iconic Hollywood Palladium from May 7–9, bringing a unique blend of comedy, music, and surprise guest appearances to the stage. The announcement arrives alongside a cinematic teaser featuring […]
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is once again redefining her reach in the evolving entertainment landscape, signing a sweeping multiyear deal with Amazon that brings her podcast, book club, and the full archive of The Oprah Winfrey Show under the company’s growing media ecosystem. The agreement, struck between Amazon and Winfrey’s Harpo Entertainment, positions Amazon’s Wondery […]
HARTBEAT’s LOL Network is making a strategic move into vertical storytelling, launching a new comedy slate aimed at tapping into the fast-growing microdrama boom—while carving out space in a format largely dominated by romance and melodrama. The initiative positions LOL Network to capitalize on a shifting content landscape, where short-form vertical video continues to surge […]