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Anthony Hopkins wasn’t expecting to bag his second Oscar on Sunday night. With his win in the Best Actor category for his performance in The Father, Florian Zeller’s devastating exploration of the continual heartbreaks of dementia, Hopkins made history as the oldest winner in the show’s history. Previously, Hopkins—83—won in the same category for his […]
Takashi Murakami and PANGAIA link up for a limited-edition capsule collection in support of #BeeTheChange initiative. The famed Japanese artist connected with PANGAIA last year on a range of colorful graphic tees and hoodies that aimed to raise awareness on bee conservation. That collection sold out within minutes of its release on World Bee Day; however, customers are getting another chance […]
For his performance as Fred Hampton in Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel Kaluuya has been awarded the Best Supporting Actor distinction at the 2021 Oscars. Kaluuya delivered an emotional acceptance speech, in which he thanked “the gift that is LaKeith Stanfield.” He also shouted out Hampton and the Black Panther party for showing him […]
President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will be sending additional supplies and support to India as the country sees a spike in COVID cases, CNN reports. The aid, which will help manufacture the vaccine, fund vaccine manufacturers and fund medical equipment, comes after India reported nearly 350,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. Per CNN, that the spike […]
Young Thug and Young Stoner Life Records’ newly released compilation album Slime Language 2 has secured the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Slime Language 2 moved 113,000 equivalent album units in its first week out, Billboard reports, citing MRC Data. The project boasted a stacked list of features from artists like Drake, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Kid […]
Nomadland director Chloé Zhao made history on Sunday night. With her Best Director win at the 93rd Academy Awards, Zhao became the first woman of color to win in the category. She’s also only the second woman to ever win the award, with Kathryn Bigelow having become the first—and prior to Sunday, the only—woman to have […]
Jay-Z has already built a legacy unlike anyone else at 51-years old, but he knows it isn’t up to him to decide how he’s remembered when all is said and done. In a rare interview with The Sunday Times to promote his Puma partnership, Hov opened up about navigating life during the COVID-19 pandemic, how he views […]
An official teaser for Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Questlove’s documentary on 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, which was also known as the Black Woodstock, has been released. Searchlight Pictures and Hulu also announced that the doc will hit both movie theaters and the streaming platform on July 2. It will stream internationally on […]
Glenn Close might not have won Best Supporting Actress at the 93rd Oscars for her role as Bonnie “Mamaw” Vance in Hillbilly Elegy but she did win audiences over with her seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of movie soundtrack history. Close showed off said knowledge when Questlove played Experience Unlimited’s 1988 track “Da Butt” from the soundtrack for Spike Lee’s film School Daze […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda took a moment during this year’s Oscars ceremony to introduce his upcoming film In the Heights, which tells the story of a first-generation Dominican-American bodega owner named Usnavi de la Vega, who is living in New York’s Washington Heights. After inheriting his grandmother’s fortune, Usnavi becomes caught up in an emotional tug-of-war over closing his store and […]
