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Issa Rae makes her first appearance as one of the barbies in the Barbie teaser trailer. The film which stars Margot Robbie in the main title role also stars Will Ferrell, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Alexandra Shipp, Ncuti Gatwa, Kingsley Ben-Adir, America Ferrara, and more. READ: 9 New or Limited Engagement Broadway Shows You Should […]
Robin Thede is penning Killing It, a zombie horror-comedy for Amazon Studios. She’s re-teaming with A Black Lady Sketch Show‘s Bridget Stokes who will direct the feature. Thede first introduced this project in 2021 and it was described it as as Shaun of the Dead meets Girls Trip. Killing It centers on four best friends […]
Disney’s Onyx Collective upcoming docu-series The 1619 Project gets premiere date on Hulu for January 26. The six-part limited docu-series is an expansion of Nikole Hannah-Jones’s The New York Times No. 1 bestseller The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story which examines how the legacy of slavery shapes different aspects of contemporary American life. […]
“Are you with me or against me?” – Monet Starz announced that Power Book II: Ghost season 3 will premiere Friday, March 17, 2023, at 8/7c. The network also gave a quick glimpse of returning characters from Mary J. Blige’s Monet to a bloody hand Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.). An a heap of stressed faces […]
Deon Cole is returning to host the 2023 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 5, 2023. The ABFF honors Black artists who have made contributions to the motion picture and television industry, as well as diversity and inclusion in Hollywood. READ: 2023 Critics Choice Award Nominations: Full List of Nominations, […]
Check out Wiz Khalifa, Tayla Parx, Ledisi, and more in the the music biopic Spinning Gold about 1970s Casablanca Records chief Neil Bogart. Michelle Monaghan, Jay Pharoah, Dan Fogler, Jason Derulo, Chris Redd, Casey Likes, and comedian/actor Sebastian Maniscalco also star in the film. Spinning Gold depicts the career and life of record producer Neil […]
Aziz Tesfai is developing the crime drama, The Chase, for NBC. Tesfai penned the drama which centers on undercover CIA agent Robert who after falling for his target, Katherine, his world turns upside down. Their Bonnie & Clyde escape goes sideways when they’re captured by the American government and forced to use their opposing assets […]
Tyler Perry has set his fourth film at Netflix with Six Triple Eight. Perry will write, direct and produce Six Triple Eight which is based on the true story of the 6888th battalion. It was the only all-black, all-female battalion in the World War II effort. READ: 1992-2022: 30 Movies That Turn 30 in 2022 […]
Check out Wendell Pierce, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and Karen LeBlanc in Fox’s upcoming crime anthology drama series Accused. The series premieres Sunday January 22nd on FOX. Michael Chiklis, Abigail Breslin, Whitney Cummings, Margo Martindale, Rachel Bilson, Jack Davenport, and Molly Parker also star. Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, Accused opens in a courtroom on […]
Rest in Peace Stephen “tWitch” Boss. The choreographer, DJ and co-host for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has died. According to TMZ, Boss died Tuesday at a hotel and it appears by suicide. Law enforcement sources tell us Stephen’s wife Allison Holker ran into an LAPD station Tuesday, and she was frantic because she said Stephen […]