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The first trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has arrived. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes features a star-studded cast that includes Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, and Hunter Schafer. Francis Lawrence, who directed the final two films in The Hunger Games quartet, returns to helm the prequel. Based […]
A fundraiser organized by a family member of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who was allegedly shot by 84-year-old white man Andrew Lester after accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, is nearing $3 million amid public outcry over the Kansas City shooting. At the time of this writing, the GoFundMe from Dr. Faith Spoonmore, the 16-year-old’s aunt, […]
Viola Davis has officially joined the EGOT club, a prestigious group of entertainers who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. The Oscar-winning actress achieved the feat on Sunday, winning a Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for her memoir Finding Me. Davis becomes the third Black woman to reach EGOT status, […]
Early reactions for the James Gunn-directed movie The Suicide Squad have arrived and the folks that got to see it really enjoyed it. Reactions from critics and journalists were pretty positive, with many saying the film was violent, gory, chaotic, funny, unique, and had some great acting. It definitely seems like the movie fully utilized its R-rating. “Any doubts you might have […]
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 […]
The controversial verdict in the Breonna Taylor case has sparked a wide range of reactions from high-profile figures. On Wednesday, it was announced that the State of Kentucky would not pursue homicide charges against the three officers involved in Taylor’s fatal shooting. A grand jury decided to only indict one defendant—former Louisville officer Brett Hankison—on three felony counts […]
Netflix has delayed Monday’s virtual preview event for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom after the passing of Chadwick Boseman, who stars in the film with Viola Davis and Colman Domingo. “We are heartbroken over today’s news of the passing of Chadwick Boseman, a ‘true fighter’ as his family called him in their poignant tribute,” Netflix said in […]
A growing number of celebrities and political figures are calling for justice in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed black man who was gunned down while out for a jog earlier this year. Georgia officials say Arbery was running in the Satilla Shores neighborhood just outside Brunswick on Feb. 23, when two armed white men began […]
Although the Lumiere Brothers released the first motion picture in 1895, it took at least 30 years for the first black person, Stepin Fetchit, to earn screen credit. Later, Hattie McDaniel would become the first African-American person to win an Academy Award, and 24 years after that, Sidney Poitier would win his, becoming the first African-American […]
Michelle Rodriguez has apologized for her comments in defense of Liam Neeson, in which she claimed the actor could not be racist given how he kissed Viola Davis in ‘Widows.’ “To my friends and colleagues and my fans and community: I want to deeply apologize for my recent choice of words and poor use of example,” Rodriguez […]
