Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Fox Entertainment and Hartbeat, Kevin Hart’s media company, announced a new partnership that uses short-form video content as a testing ground for future film and television projects. Under the deal, Hartbeat’s Codeblack, Essence, and Revolt brands will produce short, mobile-friendly series, while Fox Entertainment Studios holds first-look rights to develop any standout stories into full-length […]
Tichina Arnold will make her Broadway debut as Angélique in & Juliet beginning November 3 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, joining the musical for its final stretch before closing January 3, 2027. James Monroe Iglehart returns the same night to reprise his role as Lance, alongside Aly Michalka, who debuts as Anne. & Juliet reimagines […]
OWN has set December 5 for the premiere of Tapping into Christmas, a new holiday film starring Corinne Foxx and Debbie Allen, as part of the network’s eighth annual OWN for the Holidays programming event. The trailer and official synopsis were revealed exclusively to PEOPLE. The film follows Jeni Walker, played by Foxx, a theater […]
OWN has set November 28 for the premiere of The Christmas Showdown 2, the network’s first-ever holiday movie sequel, reuniting Amber Stevens West and Corbin Reid as childhood best friends turned business partners. The film is part of the network’s eighth annual OWN for the Holidays programming event, with the trailer and synopsis revealed exclusively […]
Randy C. Bonds presented his first runway collection Friday, October 9, debuting Maison Bonds in Black Design Collective’s “Threads of Joy” showcase at Los Angeles Fashion Week, powered by Art Hearts Fashion. The milestone comes less than a year after Bonds began designing, and roughly a year after he first attended Fashion Week as a […]
Hosea Chanchez, Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Brittany Daniel, and Coby Bell, the six original stars of The Game, reunited for dinner at Lucia’s in Los Angeles this past weekend, marking 20 years since the show’s October 2006 premiere and the cast’s first time together in nearly a decade. The gathering reportedly included […]
Hulu released the official trailer Tuesday for The Land, the upcoming football family drama from This Is Us and Paradise creator Dan Fogelman, confirming a February 15 premiere date. The nearly two-minute trailer centers on the Durkin family, led by Cleveland Browns owner Hal Durkin, played by William H. Macy, alongside head coach Danny Roarke, […]
NBC released the trailer for Season 2 of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, confirming the mockumentary sitcom’s return November 2, with next-day streaming on Peacock. Boris Kodjoe, Jeremy Culhane, and NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Tirico all join the cast, revealed in the new footage. Season 2 continues following Reggie Dinkins, a disgraced former […]
Hulu has officially ordered Ryan Coogler’s reimagining of The X-Files to series, Deadline reports. As previously reported, the show stars Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel as two FBI agents assigned to a long-shuttered division investigating unexplained phenomena, playing entirely new characters rather than versions of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. The series order caps a […]
Druski, the comedian and internet personality also known as Drew Desbordes, will host the November 7 episode of Saturday Night Live, Variety confirmed through multiple sources. He becomes the first online content creator to host the show in its history, though representatives for both SNL and Druski have not officially confirmed the booking. SNL has […]