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On Sunday, August 30, ABC will honor Chadwick Boseman, who tragically died at the age of 43 following a battle with colon cancer, by airing a slate of programming in tribute to the late actor, Deadline reports.  Rest in Peace, Chadwick Boseman. 🕊 On Friday, August 28, the Black Panther star passed away at the age […]

The internet is overflowing with an outpouring of public grief following the sudden and tragic news of Chadwick Boseman‘s death. The talented actor died at the age of 43, following a years-long battle with colon cancer. The news was announced Friday night through the actor’s Twitter account. “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many […]

The lawsuit centered on The Weeknd‘s 2018 track “Pray for Me,” taken from Black Panther: The Album, has been dropped. Yeasayer, who had alleged that the Kendrick Lamar collab marked an example of copyright infringement against the (no-longer-active) band’s track “Sunrise,” have “voluntarily dismissed” the suit. According to Pitchfork, members of the group said they have […]

Anthony Mackie recently joined Daveed Diggs for an episode of the quarantine era of Variety‘s Actors on Actors series. Around 16 minutes into the discussion, which was conducted while honoring social distancing guidelines, the two spoke on the responsibility top-tier stars have when it comes to pushing for greater representation both behind the scenes and […]

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar are reportedly being sued by a Brooklyn-based rock band claiming the artists lifted their vocal performance. According to TMZ, the band claims The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar illegally sampled their song “Sunrise” for the Black Panther song “Pray for Me.” The lawsuit claims “Pray for Me” has a “distinctive choral performance” […]

The Netflix library can seem never-ending. In addition to blockbusters like Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, there are lots of movies that are just, well, movies. But who knows? Some of those could one day become cult movies—films that didn’t get their due upon first release, but later grow to become beloved among true […]

Despite an overwhelmingly negative reaction online, OneUnited Bank’s controversial Harriet Tubman card is a hit with customers. TMZ reports that the card, which has been likened to Tubman doing the Black Panther “Wakanda forever” salute, garnered massive interest for the black-owned bank. The debit card has seen OneUnited receive 10 times its usual volume of account […]

Science fiction is one of the most diverse genres in film. Sci-fi movies often combine the best elements of action, drama, romance, mystery, horror, and thriller, into a creative version of some type of technology or future. Science fiction truly has something for everyone. It’s taken decades for popular science fiction to become popular to the masses. The […]

For a brief moment on Wednesday morning, Francis Tseng found himself questioning his geography knowledge. Tseng, a Brooklyn resident and fellow at the Jain Family Institute, said he was conducting research on the Agricultural Tariff Tracker when he noticed an unusual, but familiar, name on the U.S. free trade partners list. The country was Wakanda—the fictional land depicted in Marvel’s Black Panther […]

Marvel’s Black Panther has become one of the most commercially and critically successful films in history, earning over $1 billion worldwide, breaking multiple box office records, and securing three wins at the 2019 Academy Awards. But to many, the film’s greatest achievement was the way it celebrated black culture while disrupting the long-held beliefs about what a black-led […]