Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
The envelopes are sealed, the speeches are ready, and the race is officially tightening. As the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards get underway tonight, the ceremony marks one of the first major checkpoints of the 2026 awards season—often signaling which films, performances, and series are gaining real momentum heading into the months ahead. With critics […]
Australian actress Tanzyn Crawford, who will portray Tanselle in HBO’s upcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, has been cast as a series regular in Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Assassin’s Creed. The series is a high-octane thriller centered on a centuries-long secret war between two shadowy factions: one bent on controlling humanity’s future, the […]
ABC has released the full trailer for Will Trent Season 4, and this season may be the darkest on yet when the series returns on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. EST. New episodes will be available to stream the following day on Hulu and Disney+. The new season picks up five months after the […]
Marvel is finally letting Wonder Man be Wonder Man. After months of teasing around the edges, Marvel Television has dropped a full trailer that actually shows what the upcoming Disney+ series is about—and more importantly, what Yahya Abdul-Mateen II can do when Simon Williams’ powers come online. The eight-episode series premieres January 27, 2026, with […]
Legendary dancer, choreographer, and actress Carmen de Lavallade has passed away at the age of 94, her son Léo Holder confirmed. De Lavallade died on December 29, 2025, in Englewood, New Jersey, following a short illness, leaving behind a legacy that spanned more than six decades and reshaped American performing arts. READ: Rest in Peace: Remembering […]
Isiah Whitlock Jr., the veteran actor known for his unforgettable performances on television and film, has died at the age of 71. Whitlock passed away peacefully in New York after a brief illness, leaving behind a legacy of iconic roles and a career that spanned more than three decades. READ: Rest in Peace: Remembering and Celebrating […]
Apple TV has released the trailer for the upcoming third season of its Emmy Award-nominated comedy Shrinking, created by Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein, and Jason Segel. Season three premieres globally on Wednesday, January 28, with a one-hour debut episode, followed by new episodes every Wednesday until April 8, 2026. The heartwarming comedy stars Emmy nominee […]
Ryan Coogler opened up about the original plans for Black Panther 2 during his appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, amid the awards season press tour for his hit film Sinners. The director revealed that the sequel, which became 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever following Chadwick Boseman’s death in 2020, originally centered on T’Challa […]
Two of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s seven children are stepping forward to tell their side of the story. Justin and Christian Combs appear in a newly released teaser for an untitled docuseries in development at Zeus Network, slated to premiere in 2026. The project centers on the brothers’ experience navigating the media storm surrounding their father’s […]
Off the momentum of Lifetime’s Love of a Lifetime slate—which reached 5.6 million total viewers this past fall—the network has set the premiere date for Toni Braxton’s Breathe Again, the second film in its multi-picture partnership with the Grammy Award–winning artist. Breathe Again debuts Saturday, January 24 at 8/7c, continuing Lifetime’s run of emotionally driven, […]