Movies
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'So Little of Who I Am Happened in Those 8 Years': Michelle Obama's Book Becoming Is a Netflix Documentary
Michelle Obama, known to us as ‘Forever FLOTUS’, is Becoming the subject of a much-anticipated documentary. According to Forbes, her memoir went on to become a bestseller, selling 10 million copies in 2019 and making $36 million. Now, the book will continue its journey in the visual medium via a documentary on Netflix. Directed by…
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Opening Movie Theaters? During COVID-19? Spike Lee Says 'Hell to Da Naw'
The entertainment industry is facing the devastation brought on by COVID-19 head-on. With concerts and music festivals being canceled, Broadway having its lights out until at least June, and a slew of film release dates being pushed back or canceled entirely, many are wondering when the industry will be able to recover whenever the dust…
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Stella Meghie to Direct Whitney Houston Biopic Produced by Pat Houston
It looks like an authorized feature biopic is coming together for the late Whitney Houston. According to Deadline, Stella Meghie (The Weekend, The Photograph) is currently in negotiations to direct the film titled, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Deadline also noted that Meghie “is a huge fan of Houston and chased this job hard.” The…
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Love & Basketball, 20 Years Later: I Still Think Quincy Was Wrong and Monica Was Right—Let's Fight
Imagine being able to reflect and reminisce about a passion project about your own life 20 years later with tens of thousands of fans. Well, that’s what writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood got to do on Tuesday night when she and BET hosted a live-tweet watch party of Love & Basketball to celebrate the beloved film’s 20th…
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Michael Jordan Will Reportedly Make Millions in Proceeds from ESPN's The Last Dance and Donate Every Dime to Charity
When you’re worth billions of dollars, people love to tell you what you should do with your money in order to improve society. But when it comes to living legend Michael Jordan, he apparently has a pretty good idea on where his proceeds from ESPN’s wildly-popular docuseries, The Last Dance, should go: to charity. As…
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This Is History: Niles Fitch to Portray Disney's 1st Black Live-Action Prince
Niles Fitch, who is best known for portraying the teenage version of Sterling K. Brown’s Randall Pearson in NBC’s This Is Us, has a new gig, and it’s history-making. Fitch will portray the first black live-action prince in Disney canon. The project? Disney’s Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, which “follows Sam’s adventures at a top-secret…
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Jerry Krause is the Anti-Christ, and Other Takeaways From the First Night of ESPN's Docuseries The Last Dance
If you’re black and among the living, there were two events that demanded your attention this past weekend: the much-anticipated Teddy Riley vs. Babyface battle and the network premiere of ESPN’s The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary that explores Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls. While one of these had a striking resemblance…
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With Selah and the Spades, Tayarisha Poe Is Capturing the 'Volatility of Being Alive'
“They always try to break you down when you’re 17.” – Selah Summers text Written and directed by Tayarisha Poe, Selah and the Spades has been on my anticipated list for a while. In fact, though I didn’t get to attend that year, it made the top of my 2019 Sundance Film Festival black-ass experience…
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I Told My Child That Batman and Black Panther Wouldn't Hang Out. There Were Tears
In retrospect, I realize I was being kind of petty. Not on purpose, but being a stickler for contrived rules can make you petty, it turns out. Hell, I don’t even like it when I see my kids wearing Adidas shoes with Nike sweatshirts or sweatpants. It happens, and nobody is in the wrong, but…
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World-Renowned Asshole Afraid That New Film About Him Being a World-Renowned Asshole Will Make Him Look Like a…World-Renowned Asshole
The man is a certified dick whose Top 8 on MySpace likely included The Grinch.