It’s Pride Month—and writer George M. Johnson has something additional to be proud of!

Ava DuVernay is quite the busy woman, but she has somehow managed to make room for yet another important position.

It’s been 81 years since the release of Gone with the Wind and as we enter a new chapter of discussions on race…

*DJ Envy voice* Morning everybody, it’s three obtusely insensitive radio personalities providing a platform to an…

I want to Men in Black-out to the time before I saw screenshots from a piece titled, “Why Darnella Frazier Is the…

Yvonne Orji is not Molly, y’all. She just plays her on TV (on HBO’s Insecure, in fact). But, there’s a part of her…

Patricia Eva “Bonnie” Pointer, one of the founding members of The Pointer Sisters has died. She was 69 years old.

As we watch the imploding of legacy media and public accountability of entertainment brands and companies happening…

Cicely Tyson has been in the game for over 70 years and deserves each and every flower, accolade and beyond.…

Dear Terry Crews,

Before I became an entertainment writer at The Root, I wrote general news for another publication. Writing anything…

You know the echoes of “Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. West” in Kanye West’s song, “Good Morning?” Well apparently, that’s…

Dear white people, do y’all see us today?

When it feels like we’re trapped in an endless loop of police killings and the fights to dismantle the system that…

In the ongoing fight for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, black boxes and squares are Hollywood’s deus ex…

Gabrielle Union has filed a complaint with the Department of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH) against the producers…

It’s Pride Month and Da Brat is celebrating the LGBTQIA commemoration for the first time this year, after having…

*Cue Star Wars theme* A short time ago in a country far, far away, John Boyega once again proved that he’s about…

We have to admit—#BlackOutTuesday didn’t go the way its originators intended. Though we tried to alleviate a bit of…

Though the primary purpose of films is to entertain, it can also be used to make a statement and inform the masses…