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NBCUniversal Launches NBCU Academy, Part of a Multiyear Commitment to Address Systemic Racism and Inequality
Today, NBCUniversal debuted their newly established NBCU Academy, a training and development program for various community colleges and four-year university students focused on multi-platform journalism and training. In a press release sent to The Root, the new academy will include “a curated onsite curriculum for a hands-on learning experience with world-class NBCU News Group journalists,…
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Exclusive: Rhino Records to Release Iconic Classics on Limited Edition Colored Vinyl Throughout Black History Month
Black History Month is on the horizon and there are many ways to celebrate the unmatched contributions the Black community has gifted the world. Today, we’re going to focus on one of the best—music! Despite the mainstream industry’s constant attempt at erasure and appropriation, there is no doubt that Black folks are the architects and…
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PageTurners: We’re in for a Helluva Literary Year
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to find joy in reading again. I had this same goal last year–and let’s face it, every year for a while now–and even felt the hope of achieving that goal when we all went into lockdown, assuming I would have plenty of time to read and get back…
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The Story of Chicago’s 1st Black Mayor Will Be Told in a New Limited Series From Fosse/Verdon Writer Ike Holter
Chi-Town, stand up! The life of an influential political figure and Chicago’s first Black mayor Harold Washington will soon be headed to a screen near us. Deadline announced today that Fosse/Verdon writer Ike Holter will pen the script for the limited series under Paylocity founder Steve Sarowitz and Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios. The untitled project…
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Insecure Is Lowkey Done—HBO Series to End With Fifth Season
All hella good things must come to an end. That’s right, one of Black Twitter’s favorite argument-inciting television shows will be ending soon. HBO has confirmed that Insecure’s upcoming fifth season will be its final one. As Variety reports, Season 5 is scheduled to begin production later this month and will premiere later this year.…
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Satchel and Jackson Lee, Daughter and Son of Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee, Are the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors
Awards season is in full swing and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is ready to kick things off for the year, as they typically do among the major awards ceremonies. Satchel and Jackson Lee, the children of three-time Golden Globe nominee Spike Lee and producer Tonya Lewis Lee, have been named the 2021 Golden…
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Always on Time? Ashanti Verzuz Keyshia Cole’s ‘New and Final’ Date Confirmed
I guess we’ll get to sing “never knew what I was missinnnnn’” (shout-out to O.T. Genasis’ remake…sorry, Keyshia) with some perspective next week because the previously postponed Verzuz featuring Keyshia Cole and Ashanti has a confirmed date! On Tuesday, the official Instagram account for the online event posted a flyer noting that the new date…
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This Is Us Writer-Director Kay Oyegun and Actor Jennifer C. Holmes Introduce the 'Spirit' of Randall's 'Birth Mother'
This is Randall Pearson’s birth mother. This is Laurel. We first meet young Laurel DuBois (portrayed by Jennifer C. Holmes) way back in Season 1, Episode 3 titled, “Kyle.” Through a series of strategically teasing flashbacks, we learn just a little bit more about her character, mostly through the perspective of Randall’s (Sterling K. Brown)…
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Mic Drop: Music Releases From the First Week of January to Get You Ready for 2021
2021 started off with a bang, literally and metaphorically. From the insanity that happened in D.C. last Wednesday (January 6th, 2021) to KimYe’s split to every other random act in between, it was hard for me to stay on top of the new music that I was dying to hear as it dropped. Because we’ve…
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Watch Out World, We’re in Smoakland: Freeform to Develop New Series From Yara and Keri Shahidi
Yara Shahidi and her mother Keri will soon be bringing us into the world of the cannabis industry for a new series currently in development for Freeform, Smoakland. Deadline announced today that the single-camera comedy comes from the mother-daughter duo’s 7th Sun production company with The Chi writer Jewel Coronel and Scandal writer Zahir McGhee…