Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Nijla Mu’min is shining a powerful light on one of the most urgent issues facing Black women today with her new short film Water Angel. Now streaming on YouTube and Paramount+, the project stars Rachel Hilson (Duster) and Jacob Romero (Outer Banks) in a deeply personal story that brings the Black maternal health crisis into […]
Marsai Martin is bringing the cookout back in a big way. The actress and producer will host the third annual Sai Summer Cookout this Labor Day weekend, turning Houston’s Texas Southern University into a three-day homecoming of food, music, and culture. Running Friday, August 29 – Sunday, August 31, 2025, the event blends the heart […]
Apple TV+ is heading back to Palm Beach this fall as Palm Royale officially returns for its second season. The Emmy-nominated comedy, led by Kristen Wiig, will premiere Wednesday, November 12, with new episodes rolling out weekly through January 14, 2026. Season 2 picks up after Maxine (Wiig) suffers a scandalous public breakdown that leaves […]
Netflix has shared the first look at season 2 of The Vince Staples Show, premiering Thursday, November 6, 2025. The six-episode season continues Vince’s unpredictable and surreal journey as he navigates grief, family, and the ghosts of his past. The new season opens with Vince mourning the loss of Uncle James, played by Beau Billingslea, […]
Kenya Barris and Mike Epps are teaming up for a new CBS multi-camera comedy, set in the aftermath of devastating wildfires in Altadena. The series follows two estranged Black brothers who reunite to sell their late grandmother’s house after wildfires sweep through Altadena. Epps, the only confirmed cast member so far, plays one of the […]
Bryton James, who played Richie Crawford on eight seasons of Family Matters, is exploring a new way to revive the beloved 1990s sitcom: animation. The actor revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he “had an idea to take the show and turn it into an animated series,” describing the project as a way to “take the […]
Jon Michael Hill has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple TV+ series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, a half-hour dark comedy thriller from creator and showrunner David J. Rosen (Sugar, Hunters). Hill will portray Detective Baxter in the series, which follows Paula (Tatiana Maslany), a newly divorced mom who spirals into a chaotic mix of blackmail, […]
Shalet Monique (Straw), Stephen Barrington (The Crowded Room), and singer-actress V. Bozeman (Empire) are stepping into the world of psychological horror with Leave, the latest feature from Footage Films. Directed by Chris Stokes, Leave takes inspiration from Freemanville, Florida — a real-life settlement town founded in 1866 by freed enslaved people. The story follows architect […]
Anthony Anderson has signed on for Chris Rock’s new directorial project at A24, adding more star power to the growing ensemble. The currently untitled film follows Misty Green (Rosalind Eleazar), a gifted actress whose career has been derailed—until someone from her past offers her a chance at a comeback. Anderson joins Eleazar alongside Adam Driver, […]
Production is underway in Mississippi on The Girl in the River, an indie crime thriller starring Tiffany Haddish, Maggie Grace, Devon Sawa, and Ralph Macchio. The film follows a seasoned criminologist and a young female psychologist who are drawn to a remote Mississippi town to investigate the brutal murder of a little girl and the […]