Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
TDE Films, the film division of Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), has announced the five filmmakers and projects selected for its inaugural Short Film Fund: Diamond Basté (The Art of Deception), Jeremy Hsing (Big Baller Boy), Brittany Alexia Young (Bossanova), Alejandra López (Salmon Run), and Ciara Boniface (Sweet Vincent). Launched by TDE Founder and CEO Anthony […]
Gbenga Akinnagbe has joined the cast of The Social Reckoning, Sony’s highly anticipated follow-up to The Social Network. Serving as a companion piece to the Oscar-winning 2010 film, The Social Reckoning explores the real-life story of Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a Facebook engineer who becomes one of the most prominent whistleblowers in tech history. Haugen […]
Apple TV+ has dropped the teaser for the second season of Hijack, and this time Idris Elba’s Sam Nelson isn’t in the sky — he’s underground. The teaser shows Elba stepping onto a Berlin subway train with an apparent explosive device attached to it, setting the stage for another heart-pounding, real-time thriller. Returning January 14, […]
Lifetime is keeping the love stories coming with the trailer debut for Terry McMillan Presents: Preach, Pray, Love, starring Karrueche Tran and Mark J.P. Hood. The film premieres Saturday, November 8 at 8/7c on Lifetime. In Preach, Pray, Love, Tran stars as Charlie Jones, a platinum-selling rapper known for her raw lyrics, bold image, and […]
Netflix invites audiences inside the world of Eddie Murphy like never before with Being Eddie, an intimate new documentary premiering November 12. Directed by two-time Oscar winner Angus Wall (The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), the film traces Murphy’s nearly 50-year career — from his teenage stand-up sets and Saturday Night Live […]
Universal Pictures has released the official trailer for Reminders of Him, the upcoming adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel. The drama, led by Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers, will hit theaters on Friday, March 13, 2026. The film marks the third Hoover novel to receive a big-screen adaptation, following the real-life drama-filled It Ends With […]
Blavity’s Shadow and Act dropped the exclusive trailer debut for Southern Fried Rice, the new original series from Keke Palmer’s KeyTV Network, premiering October 22 with its first two episodes on KeyTV’s Facebook and YouTube. Created and written by Nakia Stephens (Heaux & Tell, Nepotista) and directed by Shayla Racquel (Riverment), the series stars Page […]
The Critics Choice Association has unveiled its full slate of honorees for the 8th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television Awards, taking place Tuesday, December 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. Hosted once again by Jay Pharoah and airing on Starz in early 2026, the event recognizes exceptional achievements across film and television from the […]
]Jeffrey Wright, Danny Ramirez, Yolonda Ross, Priah Ferguson, Phillip Johnson Richardson, and Samiya Allen-Graham are among 14 actors set to join Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the highly anticipated Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic Samo Lives. The project, produced and financed by Fifth Season and Macro Film Studios, has officially wrapped production with a stacked ensemble. Character details […]
Riele Downs is stepping into the spotlight as the lead in Dreams of the Moon, a coming-of-age adventure inspired by true events that blend history, imagination, and the limitless power of dreaming. Set in 1971 against the backdrop of the Watergate scandal, the women’s liberation movement, and the lingering echoes of the space race, Dreams of […]