Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
She’s one of the most recognizable faces in Black television. He’s the first African American screenwriter to write a $100 million blockbuster. Together, they’re building something most people in Hollywood told them couldn’t sell. Erika Alexander and Tony Puryear sit down to talk about Concrete Park, the sci-fi graphic novel series they’ve been building together […]
Douen, the new independent horror film from writer-director Alyscia Cunningham, will screen November 1 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, followed by a Q&A with Cunningham. The event runs from 6:00 to 8:15 PM, with a VIP pre-screening reception starting at 4:30 PM featuring food from The Exotic Chef […]
Actress and producer Naturi Naughton-Lewis and two-time Emmy-nominated writer Sonja Warfield have been elected to the Board of Directors of Black Girls Film Camp (BGFC), the Charlotte-based organization announced this week. They join trailblazing director Neema Barnette, who was added to the board in summer 2026, as the program enters its seventh year. The board […]
CBS has released the official trailer for Boston Blue Season 2, premiering Friday, October 9, exclusively revealed by PEOPLE. The trailer finds Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg) and Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green) investigating a string of murders mirroring the infamous Boston Strangler killings, with the season premiere, titled “The Crash,” centering on their race to stop […]
Ben Affleck confirmed he used artificial intelligence throughout the making of Animals, the thriller he co-wrote, directed, and starred in, premiering October 9 in select theaters and on Netflix. He discussed the decision at a Bloomberg Screentime Q&A and later expanded on it during the film’s premiere, in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter. Affleck said […]
Paramount+ has renewed Tulsa King for a fifth season ahead of the show’s fourth season premiere on October 16. Production on Season 5 is already underway, with the series relocating from Atlanta to New York to align with a storyline that sends Dwight “The General” Manfredi back to his mafia roots. The new season brings […]
Apple TV has renewed Imperfect Women for a second season, taking a spinoff approach that will follow Kerry Washington’s character Eleanor rather than continuing the original ensemble story. Washington returns to star and executive produce through her Simpson Street banner alongside Pilar Savone. Season 1, based on Araminta Hall’s novel, centered on best friends Eleanor […]
Anthony Mackie is heading back to Broadway next spring to take on the title role in Macbeth, he revealed to Deadline. The New York production is a transfer of director Max Webster’s celebrated staging, with rehearsals set to begin in February 2027, previews launching that spring, and the run continuing through July at a venue […]
Crystal Renee Hayslett will star as the lead in Conditioned, the psychological thriller marking writer-director Courtney Glaudé’s first film release through Maxscene, Tyler Perry Studios’ new specialty division. Glaudé and Antoinetta Stallings, Maxscene’s head of development and acquisitions, debuted the film’s key art and shared new details about the project during a Maxscene-focused panel at […]
Reggie McFadden, the actor and stand-up comic best known for his run on In Living Color and his breakout appearance on Def Comedy Jam, has died at 57. His sister, author Bernice McFadden, told The Hollywood Reporter that the U.S. State Department notified the family of his death in Tanzania, where he had lived for […]