yara-shahidi
The black-ish series finale aired earlier this year after eight seasons, but the Kenya Barris project’s legacy lives on through its Freeform spin-off grown-ish, which is now in its fifth season. For five seasons, fans have followed along as Zoey Johnson, played by Yara Shahidi, made a place for herself in the world as a college student […]
Yara Shahidi is now a Harvard graduate. As fans will note, Shahidi has been counting down the days until graduation on Instagram as late, ultimately sharing a commemorative post on Thursday. “Yara (noun): a Harvard graduate,” the 22-year-old wrote when sharing a pair of graduation photos taken by Paul Mardy. A Vogue piece published Thursday […]
grown-ish fans have watched the show’s characters navigate their lives as college students since January 2018. Now in the second half of Season 4, they get to watch as Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi), Ana Torres (Francia Raisa), Nomi Segal (Emily Arlook), Vivek Shah (Jordan Buhat), and Jazz and Sky Forster (Chloe and Halle Bailey) inch their way closer to graduation—the […]
The grown-ish cast has officially kicked off their senior year of college. Season 4 of the Freeform show premiered on Thursday, July 8 and for four seasons, Grown-ish fans have watched as each character has faced different struggles and made major life decisions. The show provides a lighthearted perspective of what college is like, while also tackling […]
The winners for the 25th Annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday. The 2021 ceremony, hosted by Jameela Jamil, was dedicated to those who found innovative ways to use the internet to help people stay connected amid a grueling pandemic year. In that spirit, it’s no surprise the Webby Person of the Year distinction went […]
On Tuesday, Michelle Obama and other co-chairs of the When We All Vote organization dropped an open letter urging Americans to put their support behind the For the People Act. At the moment, 43 states across the country are considering an estimated 253 proposals that could dramatically limit voting rights and access to millions of […]
Anyone who has watched the past three seasons of grown-ish can say that Saweetie is an almost natural addition to the cast. The rapper is making her acting debut on the Freeform series when it returns for its midseason premiere on Jan. 21—and she fits right in. The “My Type” rapper is playing the role of Indigo, a […]
The Icy Girl is venturing out of the booth and onto the small screen. Saweetie is set to make her acting debut on Freeforms’ Grown-ish this month. The rapper will make a cameo when the show returns from its mid-season break on Jan. 21. For this episode, Saweetie will play a demanding rapper, Indigo, who orders main character Zoey […]
Social media users around the world are going #BlueForSudan. Over the past several days, a growing number of people have changed their profile pictures to a plain blue image in support of the north African country, where peaceful demonstrators are being met with military violence. The months-long protests began with a 2018 uprising against then-President Omar al-Bashir, a brutal […]
Who would’ve thought that things in this country could get as insane as they’ve been over the last couple of years? Nothing’s been easy in America, but this new regime has stirred up new forms of ignorance and frustration across the country. With our parents and grandparents unable to get us out of the clutches […]
