Fans of the late Octavia Butler are rejoicing after news has emerged that Butler’s book Dawn is being made into a television series. According to Deadline, Allen Bain, a producer and professor at Columbia University, has optioned the rights for Dawn under his new company, Bainframe. If you’re not familiar with Butler’s book, which was published in 1987, Dawn is…

Not a day goes by when some angry white person isn’t in the comment section of a black news site, screaming about how “All lives matter,” or talking about the National Association for the Advancement of White People. Who knew such a thing even existed? Point out white privilege to white people, and they get…

Last year, a New York Times article written by Alessandra Stanley sparked outrage on social media after she referred to TV powerhouse Shonda Rhimes as an “angry black woman” and Viola Davis as “less classically beautiful.”  “When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman,” Stanley wrote. And now,…

Janet Jackson has fans counting down till Oct. 2, the day her first album in seven years is set to be released. As a preview to the album, on Thursday, Jackson released a second single, “Unbreakable,” from the album of the same name. Take a listen to it below: The 49-year-old singer, who is currently…

As Serena Williams moves closer to winning a grand slam this week at the U.S. Open in New York City, quietly in the background, mural artists commissioned by Gatorade have been immortalizing the tennis queen on buildings in the borough of Brooklyn. The murals, which are part of Gatorade’s “Serena 21” art series, honors the world’s greatest…

For a long time, when you looked for diversity in a comic book, it was pretty much hard to find. Where the big-name comics have seemingly kept producing the same ol’ same ol’, other people have picked up the dropped ball and given comics a boost of diversity. Writer Dennis Liu and illustrator Jason Piperberg…

Rappers Jadakiss and Styles P, members of the legendary hip-hop group the Lox, have been giving back to their community in a major and healthy way. When they’re not dropping bars on tracks, the two have been opening up juice bars in their hometown of Yonkers, N.Y., and throughout nearby New York City. Not only…

Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg is just 16 years old but is already paving her own way outside of Hollywood when it comes to the representation of black women. Stenberg, who has been vocal when it comes to cultural appropriation, is now stepping into the comic book arena and is giving black women the attention…

Fox News weekend anchor Harris Faulkner is suing a toy company because she believes it’s using her likeness for a toy hamster. Faulkner filed a lawsuit in New Jersey against Hasbro Inc. for “creating, manufacturing, and distributing for sale a plastic toy hamster named ‘Harris Faulkner’ ” as part of its toy line.  The hamster,…

Anthony Horowitz, the author behind the most recent book in the James Bond series, has apologized for remarks he made in regards to Idris Elba’s being “too street” for a Bond movie. Horowitz’s comments were made during a recent interview with the Daily Mail, and sparked conversation about what exactly “too street” means, and its connotation…