Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Ahead of the 94th annual Oscar Awards lets take a list at all the Black Oscar winners in the acting categories and the total Black winners in any category. Spoiler alert in the Academy’s 94-year history, only 20 Black oscar winners have won an award in the acting categories. Check them all out below. […]
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 […]
When someone refers to movies about Black history, most automatically think of a slave movie or something around civil rights. Admit it, Martin Luther King, Jr popped in your head. READ: 15 of Regina King’s Most Iconic Roles Yeah, our history is that, but it’s way more than that. There are so many stories, many untold […]
Netflix hit subscribers with another price increase. It was a minor increase but if we think about it, this has been the sixth increase Netflix introduced since 2014 and the total increase overall for the standard tier has gone from $7.99 to now $15.49. Now is Netflix still worth it for that price? Yes. However […]
Power Book II: Ghost had the internet in a frenzy when Diana did a Mike and aired everyone’s business out during their family dinner. While her situation is definitely top-tier crazy it is just one of the many crazy tv and movie dinner scenes. READ: 50 Movies and Documentaries Directed by Black Filmmakers in […]
Hollywood lost one of the greats when Sidney Poitier passed away. The legendary actor, who was the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar and whose Hollywood career spans over seven decades, was 94 years old. READ: Sean Patrick Thomas, Frankie Faison, and More Join Till Everyone talks about how great of an […]
You think you know all the British actors and then you find out there are so many actors you didn’t know are British. I mean for the longest, the biggest shocker was Idris Elba. By the time it made major headlines he was known for his role as Stringer Bell in The Wire and other […]
On top of going through another year of Covid-19 and its many variants we also lost some beloved entertainers and artist in 2021. We said goodbye to a lot of legends from Cicely Tyson to Michael K. Williams. Take a look back at the celebrities we have lost in 2021. Betty White […]
You can never watch enough movies. The problem is that if you’re looking to stream something new, it’s easy to get swept up in a plethora of projects from white filmmakers over Black filmmakers. Mainly because the history of Black filmmakers has been largely overlooked and underappreciated. READ: 25 Best New TV Shows and Limited […]