Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Amazon MGM Studios is doubling down on its Road House reboot with some serious star power. Aldis Hodge has officially joined the cast of Road House 2, starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. Dave Bautista and Leila George were recently announced as part of the lineup as well, with Ilya Naishuller set to direct from a script […]
Updated with more pictures Prime Video has unveiled the first poster for Tyler Perry’s Finding Joy, marking his return to holiday films after more than a decade. The romantic comedy premieres globally on November 5, 2025, and is Perry’s first holiday project since A Madea Christmas in 2013. The poster centers Shannon Thornton (P-Valley), who […]
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù is set to lead A Colt Is My Passport, the Amazon MGM Studios/Orion Pictures reimagining of Nikkatsu’s classic 1967 yakuza thriller, with Victor Alli joining him in the ensemble. The film reimagines Takashi Nomura’s hardboiled noir and transplants the action from Tokyo to 1978 Detroit. Here, Dìrísù plays Colt, a Vietnam veteran-turned-hitman who […]
Tubi is pulling back the curtain on one of hip hop’s most exciting voices. The streamer just released the trailer for its new three-part docuseries Always, Lady London, premiering Friday, October 10. The project takes us inside the most defining chapter of Lady London’s career: making her first album while navigating grief, doubt, and the […]
Emmy Raver-Lampman is set to return as FBI Agent Verona Parker in The Beekeeper 2, the sequel to last year’s box office hit. She’s not coming back alone—Bobby Naderi will reprise his role as Agent Matt Wiley, while Jemma Redgrave steps back into the Oval Office as President Jessica Danforth. Jason Statham once again leads […]
Nicole Beharie and John Douglas Thompson are the latest additions to Netflix’s upcoming Southern Gothic thriller All the Sinners Bleed. The two will star alongside Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London, Black Rabbit), who was previously announced as the lead. Based on S.A. Cosby’s bestselling 2023 novel, the nine-episode series follows Titus Crown (Dìrísù), the first […]
If you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to live inside an episode of A Different World, that’s exactly what HBCU Week gave me. As a proud Howard University alum, it was more than nostalgia — it was affirmation. It reminded me why HBCUs remain essential and why spaces like these have to […]
Lifetime is expanding its acclaimed Black Girl Missing anthology with a powerful new installment: Taken at a Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing Movie. The film, executive produced by and starring Garcelle Beauvais, will premiere Saturday, October 25 at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime. Beauvais stars as Kai, a tough and determined trucker who co-owns […]
It’s been three years since P-Valley last graced Starz with new episodes, but according to Gail Bean, the wait may soon be over. The actress, who stars as Roulette in the hit drama, shared an exciting update during our sit-down at HBCU Week—along with a tease about her highly anticipated Snowfall spinoff. “P-Valley is finished. […]
Lifetime isn’t letting up with its fall slate of ripped-from-the-headlines thrillers. The network just released the official trailer for The Widow’s Payback, a dark and suspenseful story that asks the question: how far would you go when justice fails you? Premiering Saturday, October 18 at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime, The Widow’s Payback stars Bianca […]