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Malcolm D. Lee and Dayna Lynne North Are Bringing Us a TV Show Based on The Best Man—Which Is Just Like Candy
I know the Electric Slide is supposed to come at the end in Black movies, but I have to start off this blog with a celebratory Slide! Y’all, there is going to be a TV series based on The Best Man! Happy Black History Month! That’s right, the 1999 film where it all started (which…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 10: The Brothers Johnson's Winners 1981
To be Black (especially in America) is to know the Brothers Johnson. They had several No. 1 singles on the R&B charts in the ’70s and ’80s. Even though they didn’t write “Strawberry Letter 23“—that distinction goes to Shuggie Otis—their rendition is probably the one most of us are familiar with. They also gave us…
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Can a Short Film About Police Brutality Win an Oscar? Van Lathan, Travon Free and Nicholas Maye Set Out to Make History With Two Distant Strangers
I’ve always had a fascination with Run Lola Run. In this film, Lola, played by Franka Potente, has to deliver 100,000 Deutschmarks in order to spare her boyfriend from a rather unsavory fate. But the catch is that each time she fails, the movie resets itself and she has the opportunity to learn from her…
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Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Amazon Broaden Relationship, Ink First-Look Film Deal
Michael B. Jordan, star of the Creed franchise and Just Mercy is continuing to build upon his relationship with Amazon Studios. This year’s “Sexiest Man Alive” has secured a first-look film and overall television deal with Amazon Studios and his production company Outlier Society, according to Deadline. This latest development comes in an effort to…
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Michelle Obama Is Making Potato Salad and Much More With New Netflix Show, Waffles + Mochi
Y’all hungry? Well, Michelle Obama is whipping up something extra special and delicious on Netflix. The former (and forever) First Lady dropped a sneak peek of her upcoming show, Waffles + Mochi on Tuesday morning. “I’m beyond thrilled to share that on March 16, I’ll be launching a new show on @Netflix called Waffles +…
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Critics Choice Awards 2021 Nominations Announced; Taye Diggs to Host
It’s time for the critics to have their say during awards season! The film nominations for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on Monday following the series nomination announcement back in January, which means we now have our complete list of nominees ready to celebrate. Da 5 Bloods is among the leading Black-ass…
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Lee Daniels' The Spook Who Sat by the Door Finds a Home at FX
The Spook Who Sat by the Door, the 1969 spy novel from Sam Greenlee, will be headed to a small screen near us soon, thanks to Lee Daniels. Deadline reports that the Empire co-creator will executive produce the project, along with Lee Daniels Entertainment President Marc Velez. Raising Dion co-executive producer Leigh Dana Jackson will…
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28 Days of Album Cover Blackness With VSB, Day 9: Amii Stewart's Knock On Wood (1979)
You may know Amii Stewart because she had a monster disco song in 1979, “Knock On Wood.” The song made it all the way to the top of the pop charts and is a disco staple. And it still bay-yangs. You know what else bay-yangs? This album cover. For one, Amii is giving all a…
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Mic Drop: Music to Shake Your Ass To
There is no better way of validating or expressing joy than turning on some music and shaking your ass. And since we can’t go out and dance at clubs, bars or even other people’s houses, we’ve had to make do with indoor dance parties. There must be some private group chat between artists where they…
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Woman Who Used Gorilla Glue Spray to Style Her Hair Gives Update on Her Condition, Says Removal Could Take 20 Hours
Stiff where? Still stiff here. Much like the relationship between Black women and our hair, the situation involving our good sis Tessica Brown (aka Gorilla Glue Girl, as she’s been unofficially dubbed on social media) and her horrendous hair catastrophe that went viral last week has also increased in complexity. Last week, we told you…