Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
It is no secret that when we talk about ageless celebrities, Bianca Lawson is top of the list. On and off the screen Lawson has retained a youthful presence so much so that she has been twice as old as some of the teen characters she has played. While she may never look her age, […]
Spike Lee doesn’t get all recognition he deserves for helping the careers of so many extremely successful actors. And he for sure doesn’t get the accolades and awards he rightfully deserves for directing such masterpieces. READ: 10 ‘Do The Right Thing’ Topics That Are Still True If it wasn’t for Lee’s classic films like Do […]
Adina Porter and Clark Backo a starring opposite LaKeith Stanfield in Apple TV+’s upcoming drama series The Changeling. The series is an adaptation of Victor LaValle’s novel of the same name and is described as “a fairytale for grown-ups, a horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you […]
You are….canceled. The show that gave us infamous paternity test results, sprinting guests, and iconic camera work is coming to an end. After 31 years NBC has canceled the Maury TV Show. According to People, the long-running daytime talk show hosted by Maury Povich, 83, will end production on original episodes this Spring when Povich […]
The cast of the Color Purple musical just added six more and got even more star-studded. Louis Gossett, Jr., David Alan Grier, Tamela J. Mann, Deon Cole , Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, and Stephen Hill have been cast in the udpated musical film. They join previously cast Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino who have joined to […]
Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi have joined the CBS drama pilot East New York. They will star as series regulars opposite Amanda Warren who will lead CBS’ police drama. Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, East New York centers on Regina Haywood (Warren), is the newly promoted deputy inspector […]
FX closed a deal to develop a limited series adaptation of Blitz Bazawule’s upcoming debut novel The Scent of Burnt Flowers with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II attached to star in it. The Scent of Burnt Flowers centers on Melvin and Bernadette, a Black couple fleeing persecution in 1960s America. They seek asylum in Ghana, where they […]
Leslie Jones is the latest to join the second season of BMF. She joins previously cast Kelly Hu and Christine Horn. As well as Lala, whose recurring role was upped to a series regular. Black Mafia Family/BMF is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit […]
Amanda Warren has been tapped as the lead in CBS’ police drama pilot East New York. Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, East New York centers on Regina Haywood (Warren), is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse […]
Taraji P Henson is set to star in the adaptation of Alessandro Camon’s award-winning play Time Alone. Camon’s play tells two different stories of prison and solitude as it tells the story of Anna (Henson), the traumatized shut-in mother, whose police officer son was murdered in the line of duty, and Gabriel, a young man […]