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Why A New Horror in Brandy’s Life Sent Her to Therapy
The actress stars as Belinda, a new mom dealing with a devilish mother-in-law, in A24's latest film.
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Films That Should Be Nominated for Oscars in 2024, But Won’t be
When awards season is as crowded as this one is, some of the best films of the year are bound to be overlooked
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Does Travis Scott Have a Secret Movie in the Works?
The Houston rapper reportedly has a movie that will release when his next studio album, Utopia, drops.
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Role Call: Looks Like Angela Bassett Is About to Be the Highest Paid Black Woman on TV; Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Publishes Catalogue of Spike Lee’s Work
The Chi is renewed for a fifth season, Jennifer Hudson celebrates women-owned Black businesses at the Apollo Theater and Halle Berry makes directorial debut
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In Moonlight, Barry Jenkins Secured the Bag, Too—Leaves Amazon Studios for HBO/HBO Max Overall TV Deal
Barry Jenkins’ newly anticipated (and deftly marketed) Amazon Prime Video limited series The Underground Railroad hasn’t even premiered yet and he’s already moving on to a new creative relationship with another network/streamer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winning filmmaker (and his filmmaking collective Pastel) has signed a two-year, first-look TV deal with HBO as…
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: Barry Jenkins and A24 Reunite for New Film; Jenkin’s The Underground Railroad Gets Premiere Date on Amazon Prime Video
Barry Jenkins, the masterful director behind the Academy Award-winning Moonlight and Academy Award-nominated If Beale Street Could Talk, is teaming back up with A24 for an all-new feature, directed by Raven Jackson. According to Deadline, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt marks the first time since Moonlight that A24 and Jenkins’ production banner Pastel will…
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Showtime Sets Premiere Date for New Sketch Comedy Series From Comedian Ziwe Fumudoh
Former Desus & Mero writer and comedian Ziwe Fumudoh will be making her small screen debut soon, thanks to Showtime. Deadline announced that the network has signed on to launch Ziwe, a six-part sketch comedy series that will consist of interviews, musical numbers, guest stars, sketches, fake commercials and field pieces. Originally securing a straight-to-series…
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Be My Biopic Star: Zendaya in Talks to Play Ronettes Lead Singer Ronnie Spector in Film Adaptation of Her Life
Fresh off her historic Emmy win for her starring role in HBO’s Euphoria, Zendaya is now in talks to star as singer Ronnie Spector in an upcoming biopic about the legendary front woman of the girl group, the Ronettes. As Deadline reports, A24 is putting together a film package that will have Zendaya in the…
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On Riding the Waves of Grief
“In a split second, I felt like I was drowning.” text In the summer of 2011, I took my very first out-of-country trip to Cancun, Mexico with my family. I relished in the warm wetness of the Caribbean Sea, as the saltiness tickled the space between my toes. 2011 was also rather significant for me…
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Watch: Sundance Darling The Last Black Man in San Francisco Trailer Is a Must-See
Perhaps no other city in America is as synonymous with gentrification as San Francisco. In 1970, around 96,000 black people lived in the city—about 13 percent of the San Francisco’s total population, according to the Census (h/t Huffington Post). In that past 40 years, that percentage has been halved. Now, as real estate prices and the…