Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins are set to star as brothers in the revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog. Acclaimed by the New York Times as “The Greatest American Play of the Past 25 Years,” the darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, will return to Broadway this fall for […]
Wendell Pierce, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and Karen LeBlanc are set to star in an episode of Fox’s upcoming crime anthology drama series Accused. Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, Accused opens in a courtroom on the accused, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial. READ: Tasha Smith Joins […]
Mehcad Brooks is joining season 22 of Law & Order as a new detective in the mix. The series comes from exec producers Wolf, Rick Eid, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski. Additional details about Brooks’ role are being kept under wraps. READ: 12 Favorite Martin Lawrence Characters of All Time Brooks joins a cast that […]
Disney’s Onyx Collective and OWN announced the guest for the upcoming series The Hair Tales from executive producers Tracee Ellis Ross and Michaela Angela Davis. The docuseries will feature interviews from Issa Rae, Chlöe Bailey, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Marsai Martin and Chika. Oprah Winfrey, who also serves as executive producer, will also be featured. READ: […]
Megan Thee Stallion is going to da Pynk. The Grammy-winning rapper will appear on P-Valley season 2, she will portray her rap alter-ego Tina Snow. Fans were given a glimpse of her character on Sunday’s episode. In the episode DJ Neva Scared (Brandon Gilpin) turns down Lil Murda’s (J. Alphonse Nicholson) offer to join the […]
It might come as a surprise to you, but many movies that are considered as modern classics are in fact remakes of older films we never heard of. From classic gangster films to beloved heist flicks, check out these movies you didn’t realizer were remakes. About Last Night About Last Night (2014) is a romantic […]
Viola Davis and husband Julis Tennon, Chris Tucker, and Marlon Wayans have joined the cast of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s untitled Nike film. Affleck is writing the project alongside Damon and both are producing. Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, and Tom Papa have also been cast. Affleck is directing the film which tells the story […]
Even after death, Lena Horne is still making history as the first Black woman with a Broadway theater named after her. The Nederlander Organization will rename its Broadway theater, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after the late, great performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne. The new name will be Lena Horne Theatre and it will […]
Check out the trailer to Netflix’s adult-animated music series Entergalactic, based on Kid Cudi’s upcoming album of the same name. The series hails from Kenya Barris and Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi). Mescudi will write, star, and executive produce the series. Ian Edelman will co-write with Mescudi and will also executive produce along with Barris. […]
Taylour Paige is joining Jonathan Majors in the bodybuilding drama, Magazine Dreams. Haley Bennett and Mike O’Hearn, a four-time Mr. “Natural” Universe and Fitness Model of the Year of four years who appeared on American Gladiators, are also set to star. Elijah Bynum is writing and directing the film which follows an amateur bodybuilder (Majors) […]