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2019 Grammys: Kendrick Lamar Leads With All the Nominations
Awards season’s momentum is still going strong and this time it’s chugging along to the sound of music. The nominations for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards are here! A major thing to note before we get there: Cardi B wasn’t snubbed for Best New Artist. Though most people were expecting it, Cardi B isn’t eligible…
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And the Oscar Winner Is … Not Kevin Hart
Grand opening; grand closing. Just a day or so after reveling in his dream of hosting the upcoming 91st Academy Awards, Kevin Hart has dropped the bag. Naturally, when your platform bolts into a different stratosphere, so does your level of accountability. Hart had an extremely sizable audience already, but hosting the biggest night of…
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Not So Insecure: Yvonne Orji Inks Book Deal
Molly made it! Yvonne Orji has signed a new deal with Flatiron Books and will be penning a faith-based book called Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me Into the Life of My Dreams (and 20 Lessons I Learned Along the Way), according to The Hollywood Reporter. The book will provide advice to women, with…
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New York Undercover is Coming Back So Get Your DVR in (Law &) Order [Updated]
Television fans of the ’90s, this is your day. Law & Order cousin New York Undercover is looking to be revived. That’s right, the very show that made history as the first police procedural to air on American television starring two people of color: Malik Yoba and Michael DeLorenzo. According to Deadline, ABC is in…
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Bloody Beefs in the Social Media Age: Ice Cube and MTV Studios to Reboot Celebrity Deathmatch
Celebrity Deathmatch back. Well, it will be, thanks to Ice Cube. Many of us remember sitting down in front of the TV and watching stop-motion animated bloody fights between celebrities as part of our wildest fantasies. It gave us the opportunity to see what would happen if celebrity beefs were transported to the ring in…
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HBO Social Media Series Saluting Alvin Ailey’s 60th Anniversary Kicks Off With Jussie Smollett
Celebrating its historic 60th anniversary, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is dancing into the holidays in New York City, with its five-week holiday season, which kicked off Nov. 28 and will conclude on Dec. 30. For those outside of New York or for those who’d rather honor the Civil Rights-era arts icon from the…
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2019 Golden Globes: Regina King, Donald Glover, Spike Lee and More Secure Nominations
Before the sun rose over Hollywood, the industry was up and buzzing to announce the first major awards ceremony nominations: the 76th Annual Golden Globes. Terry Crews and Danai Gurira rattled off the names of stars in the running to secure that golden bag, via the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Let’s cut to the chase…
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'You Know What That's Called? Growth': Natasha Rothwell Secures Overall Deal With HBO
Birds of a feather do, indeed, flock together. When your crew is glowed-up, that light is bound to shine on you as well. Such is the case for Natasha Rothwell, who just inked an overall deal with HBO, Deadline reports. Her first project is said to be an original idea, which she’ll write, executive produce,…
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'He Had This Shut Down': Drea Kelly Speaks Out About Surviving R. Kelly Screening Evacuation
Imagine being silenced and shamed for years after trying to tell your truth about an abusive and prominent celebrity, then finally being able to broadcast that truth, only for it to be cut short via a cowardly threat. That is what happened to R. Kelly accusers Kitti Jones, Jerhonda Pace, Lisa Van Allen, Asante McGee,…
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Common Is Bringing Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon to TV
Lonnie “Common” Lynn is adapting an instant classic, y’all. The Chicago-born rapper reportedly acquired the rights to Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon, the 2018 critically acclaimed account of the last slave ship to bring slaves to the United States, Clotilda. Additionally, the novel explores Hurston’s 1931 interview with Cudjo Lewis, the last known survivor of the…
