Tuskegee University is making history on the soccer field for the first time in its 145-year history, and cameras will be there to capture every moment. Production begins July 31 on Unveiling History, a documentary series chronicling the inaugural season of Tuskegee University’s first NCAA men’s and women’s soccer programs. Filming begins as student-athletes arrive […]

Production has wrapped on Not Like Us, a romantic comedy filmed in East London starring Sabrina Elba and Ashley Thomas. The debut feature is written and directed by Ramla Ali and Richard A. Moore. The film follows Amina Hassan, a forty-something Somali pharmacist and single mother who has built everything herself, her business, her reputation […]

Tubi announced an expanded partnership with comedian, filmmaker and creator Bigg Jah at Dream Con on July 11, bringing three new titles to the platform this fall as part of the streamer’s broader push to champion digital-first creators and expand access to Hollywood for emerging talent. Bigg Jah, born Jahdai Pickett, is one of the […]

The law meets its match in family. Netflix has released the official trailer for Umthetho, the gripping seven-episode South African drama launching exclusively on the platform on August 14, 2026. Public prosecutor Mbali Dlamini, played by Nqobile Nunu Khumalo, believed her brother Moses was dead. Fourteen years later he resurfaces, played by Tony Kgoroge, not […]

Kevin Carroll is joining the cast of The Earliest Show, the officially greenlit six-part television revival of Ben Schwartz’s cult Funny or Die comedy. The series is based on the original Funny or Die comedy in which Schwartz and Lapkus played the hosts of America’s earliest live morning show, broadcasting at 3 a.m. sharp from […]

ABC’s Scrubs revival is heading into its second season with some cast changes. Joel Kim Booster and X Mayo, who played Dr. Kevin Park and Nurse Raymond respectively in Season 1, will not be returning. At the same time, Ava Bunn, who played intern Sam Tosh, has been promoted to series regular. Bunn joins original […]

The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger hit its most significant roadblock yet Monday when U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the $110 billion deal from closing, siding with a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who sued to stop it. The ruling marks the first official legal pause on a […]

Sylvia Bugg, PBS’s chief programming executive and general manager for general audience programming, has died unexpectedly. She was 55. No cause of death was provided. PBS CEO Paula Kerger announced the news Sunday in a statement. “We are deeply shocked and saddened to share that Sylvia Bugg passed away unexpectedly this weekend,” Kerger said. “Over […]

Idris Elba and Google have announced a $1 million initiative to provide 100,000 creators across Africa with free access to Google’s Gemini AI assistant and other digital tools. The program, funded jointly by Google and Elba’s Elba Hope Foundation, will target creators in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Sierra Leone. The initiative was announced […]

Jabari Banks is heading to Netflix. The Bel-Air star has joined the cast of Myron Bolitar, the upcoming drama series based on Harlan Coben’s beloved 12-book series, alongside Chloe Fineman and Jamie McShane as series regulars and Ben McKenzie as a recurring guest star. The series follows Myron Bolitar, played by Colin Woodell, a former […]