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Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield has announced he’ll be taking a break from social media after issuing apologies for moderating a Clubhouse room that contained anti-Semitic rhetoric. Earlier this month, the 29-year-old Atlanta star appeared as a moderator during a bigoted discussion on Clubhouse, according to the Daily Beast, while sources confirmed he personally did not say anything that could be considered anti-Semitic. The following day, […]

While it was previously reported that scheduling conflicts stood in the way of him joining the cast of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, Dave Bautista reveals the real reason why he chose to star in the Zack Snyder-directed Army of the Dead over reuniting with the Guardians of the Galaxy director.  “I get to build a relationship with […]

Diddy is now a two-time Academy Award winner, and Joey Badass just scored his first.  The two MCs earned the Oscar together on Sunday night, with Diddy executive producing and Joey starring in the short film Two Distant Strangers, which came out victorious in the best live-action short category. The film, directed by Free and Martin Desmond Roe, follows a […]

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has just made Oscar history.  The hairstyling and makeup team— consisting of hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson and makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera— earned the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at Sunday’s ceremony, with Neal and Wilson becoming the first two Black women to win the award.  Neal, who created 100 wigs for the film, with […]

Netflix premiered the Will Smith-hosted Amend: The Fight for America this past February. The six-part docuseries sheds light on the importance of the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” The series explores how the amendment impacted the Black community, while also telling the stories of influential historical figures. Complex Climate, […]

On Tuesday, Zachary Horwitz, a small-time actor, was arrested in Los Angeles for his alleged involvement in a massive Ponzi scheme, according to The LA Times. Authorities say that the 34-year-old Horwitz defrauded investors out of $227 million by peddling fake licensing deals with HBO, Netflix, and others. Horwitz has appeared in films using the name […]

A Kanye West documentary is coming to Netflix after the streaming service acquired it for upwards of $30 million, Billboard reports. The multi-part project, which will feature never-before-seen archival footage of Ye and material 21 years in-the-making, comes from Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, the duo known as Coodie and Chike. They co-directed Ye’s 2003 “Through the Wire” […]

Netflix has finalized a deal worth over $400 million for two sequels to the 2019 surprise box office hit Knives Out, Variety reports. Rian Johnson will be returning to direct the next two films, which he has already written, and Daniel Craig will be reprising his role as detective Benoit Blanc.  Johnson’s ode to the Agatha Christie novels earned $311 million […]

Chadwick Boseman’s life and career were commemorated at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. The late actor won the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture award for his work in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, one of his last films. He passed away in August at the age of 43 after a difficult four-year battle with […]

Evan Peters is set to play Jeffrey Dahmer in the limited Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, according to Deadline.  The series, which was first announced in October, is the creation of both Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy. Note that Peters and Murphy have collaborated many times, like in the first eight seasons (and upcoming 10th season) of American […]