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Jamie Foxx to Star and Executive Produce Upcoming Limited Series on the Life and Career of Mike Tyson
Whether it’s an aspiring jazz musician, a legendary soul singer, or an exonerated man who finally gets justice after many long years, when it comes to Jamie Foxx, there is hardly any role he won’t authentically embody. With a long-awaited update on his next project, I’m sure we’ll see more of the same. Per a…
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Nadria Tucker Discusses 'Seemingly Out of Nowhere' Dismissal From Superman & Lois Writers' Room and WB Investigation [Updated]
Nadria Tucker writes for TV. She also wants to make sure her own personal story and truth are told, as well. In November 2020, Tucker took to Twitter to announce that her contract as a producer on The CW’s show Superman & Lois had not been extended. “Some personal news: Wednesday I got word that…
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Voices of Harlem: Jermaine Dupri Joins Rémy Martin and the Harlem Writers Guild on a Poetry-Inspired Collaboration
The relationship between poetry and music is intrinsic. While all music isn’t lyrical and poetry isn’t musical, it’s difficult to imagine one without the other—and impossible to imagine Harlem without either. The New York City neighborhood that was home to an iconic “Renaissance” still reverberates throughout our culture today as a mecca for Black ingenuity,…
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Lizzo Wants to See If You Can Dance ‘Good As Hell’ for a New Series at Amazon Studios
Kitty-cat, kitt-cat, prrr. All the big girls down to the flrrrr. If you’re a full-figured woman with twerk skills on legendary, then Lizzo is looking for you! Per a press release sent to The Root, the “Cuz I Love You” singer and Amazon Studios are teaming up for all new unscripted series, titled The Untitled…
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Mic Drop: Music for the Eyes and Ears
Have you ever listened to a song and been so moved that it played on repeat for days or even weeks? I have, and the only thing better than that feeling is finding out the music video for that song is even more mind-blowing than the song itself. We understand things with all five senses,…
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It’s a Lowkey Different World: Debbie Allen Talks Almost Collabing With Issa Rae for A Different World Reboot
What happens to a potential TV show reboot that dies down before it can properly fire up? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Does it fester like a sore and then run? Or does it get caught up in legalities because the show’s original creator got sent to the big house…
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An Argument for Creative Source's 'I'd Find You Anywhere' As The Greatest Stalker Jam of All Time
Do you know what song you know but maybe don’t know that you know? I’m glad you asked: Creative Source’s “I’d Find You Anywhere,” released in 1976 on the group’s final album, Consider The Source. Hip-hop fans know it because it’s been sampled by more than a few artists; The Game’s song “Wouldn’t Get Far”…
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Comes Through With Therapy, Financial Woes, and That Good Good Worldbuilding in Its Opening Episode
Full spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier below. Happy Monday, folks! Every Monday for the next six weeks I will be recapping the latest episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. While it gets off to an action-packed start, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier mostly slows things down and drives home…
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Larenz Tate Explains How Bronzeville Is More Than a Tale of Perseverance, It's a Star-Studded Podcast That Wouldn't Exist Without It
When last we left Bronzeville, the audio scripted series produced by Laurence Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions and Larenz Tate’s TateMen Entertainment, the Copeland family was reeling from the mysterious death of Everett Copeland (played by Wood Harris). And now, with Season 2 officially underway after an agonizing three-year hiatus, we make our triumphant return to…
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Verzuz, 'You Are Love' for Your Upcoming Lineup and the 'Reasons' Include The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire
If this past weekend’s Raekwon Verzuz Ghostface Killah battle didn’t already bring enough ruckus, Verzuz (and its new parent company, Triller Network) has quite the lineup coming for us! “We couldn’t be happier to be elevating Verzuz and Triller and to recognize, in a very real way, all of the artists who have helped make…