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Roc Nation and goPuff Team With Feeding America to Provide 200,000 Meals to Vulnerable Communities Impacted by COVID-19
Roc Nation is joining the philanthropic efforts to step up and assist those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. The entertainment agency is providing 100,000 meals to support Feeding America and local food banks across the country. Additionally, goPuff is matching Roc Nation’s donation and is providing 100,000 meals as well. For context, $1 helps…
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Need to De-Stress While Social Distancing? The Academy Suggests #ColoringWithRuth E. Carter
I’m into adult coloring books. In fact, my best friend gifted me Calm the Fuck Down: An Irreverent Adult Coloring Book for Christmas because she gets me. I’m also pretty into Ruth E. Carter. I mean, she is a legend and has designed the costumes for some of your favorite black-ass films. I have to…
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Watch: These Soulful R&B Artists Pay Tribute to Bill Withers and Amplify Organizations Supporting COVID-19 Frontline Workers
What happens when you combine a soulful tribute to the late Bill Withers with the current need to amplify frontline workers during the COVID-19 crisis? Well, you get the feel-good rendition called, We Still With Bill: A Soulful Artists Video Tribute To Bill Withers. “This is dedicated to all frontline workers. Because of you, there…
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Ava DuVernay's ARRAY Alliance Announces $250,000 Initiative for PoC and Women-Centered Organizations Impacted by COVID-19 Crisis
ARRAY has consistently been a champion of highlighting marginalized voices in the arts, and the current unprecedented climate of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic has inspired the independent distribution company and resource collective founded by Ava DuVernay to go a step further. The company’s nonprofit foundation ARRAY Alliance has now launched a $250,000 funding…
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The Last Lyon: Empire Forced to Air an Abrupt Series Finale; Lee Daniels Hopes to Have Proper Ending One Day
The Lyon King known as Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) is ending his reign much sooner than expected and even Lee Daniels couldn’t have drummed up this kind of drama. As we previously reported, several television shows have halted production due to the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent stay-at-home orders. Fox’s Empire has gone through enough…
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The Good Fight First Look Clip: Yes, There Are Black Lawyers at the Series' Prominent Law Firm, but 'They Hide Us'
The Good Fight fights the good fight and never bites its tongue. In the upcoming episode of the fourth season titled, “The Gang Tries to Serve a Subpoena,” we’re getting into Lucca’s (Cush Jumbo) new case, which will continue the discussion around the many microaggressions and tensions that black women have to endure in the…
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First Look Clip: A #BlackAF Dinner With a Side of White Gaze
Kenya Barris is Black-ish no more; now, he’s #BlackAF. Netflix breaks it down: Loosely inspired by Barris’ irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting, relationships, race, and culture, #blackAF flips the script on what we’ve come to expect a family comedy series to be. Pulling back the curtain, #blackAF uncovers the messy, unfiltered and…
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'Number 3' Will Be a 'Prince': Ciara and Russell Wilson's Baby Gender Reveal Is Peak Adorable
In the midst of celebrity messiness, Ciara and Russell Wilson have served as a “good mood pill” for a while now and that attribution is even more true as we desperately seek out some source of joy during the coronavirus pandemic. At the top of the year, fans of the cutest couple were treated to…
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Boosie Says He Rejected Jay-Z's Suggestion to Apologize for Offensive Zaya Wade Comments and It's Clear Someone Still Needs to Take His Phone
T-R-A-N-S-P-H-O-B-I-C, do you know what that means, mayne? Boosie Badazz (formerly known as Lil Boosie) doesn’t quite grasp the concept, but it’s an accurate term to describe his highly offensive comments when Dwyane Wade introduced his 12-year-old child Zaya to the world. Throw in a dash of homophobia as well for an extra bitter taste.…
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Soul-Crushing News: Pixar’s First Black-Led Film Won’t Premiere on Juneteenth; Pushed to November
As we navigate unfamiliar territory within the confines of our homes during the coronavirus pandemic, it may feel like a little bit of our soul dies every day. Unfortunately, our hopes of a blockbuster summer are whittling away, as well. According to Deadline, the upcoming Disney-Pixar feature Soul has been moved from its original June…
