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The 10 Best Moments In Black Television In 2018
The Emmys snubbed Atlanta in its major categories in 2018, Blackish didn’t receive any nods at the Golden Globes for 2019, and Queen Sugar still isn’t getting the kind of recognition it should. But there was undoubtedly some black excellence on your television screens this year. From LeToya Luckett’s conniving ways on Greenleaf to Shamon Brown…
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12 Things You May Not Have Known About The Wiz
The Wiz Live! airs on NBC on Thursday with a star-studded lineup certain to have you ready to take a trip down the yellow brick road. The Broadway musical-turned-movie-turned-live TV musical features a newcomer as Dorothy (Shanice Williams), a Wiz vet as Aunt Em (Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy in the 1975 Broadway musical), and…
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12 Moments From The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air That We’ll Never Forget
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s debut, we decided to take a look back at some of our favorite moments from the show. From Carlton and Will’s run-in with the police to Ashley’s fainting spell in front of her celebrity crush to Aunt Viv’s dance recital, here’s a compilation of clips…
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Black Don’t Crack: 12 Stars Who Played High Schoolers in Their 20s and 30s
Pull out your pom-poms. This week marks the 15th anniversary of cheerleading flick Bring It On. Gabrielle Union portrays Isis, a hard-ass cheerleading captain of the East Compton Clovers. In 2000, when the film was released, Union was 27, 10 years older than a typical high school senior. Here’s a look at 12 black actors and…
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Here Are 7 Black Shows We Want to Reboot Instead of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Reports swirled last week that Will Smith hopes to bring a modern version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air back to television. Now, as much as we love the Fresh Prince, the show wrapped with a tear-jerking series finale that doesn’t warrant a new version of the story. So we’ve decided to play TV exec and suggest…