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Cynthia Erivo Says She’s Dying to Play This Famous X-Men Character, and Twitter Reacts
Erivo joins a long list of actresses wanting to play this iconic superhero.
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Why Are Dark-Skinned Black Girls Being Erased in TV and Film?
With the increase of lighter-toned and/or bi-racial actresses taking centerstage over the years, one may ask whether or not equal representation is truly equal?
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What’s Next For Our Favorite Black Marvel Characters
With ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ reigniting the MCU and Robert Downey Jr.’s return invigorating fans, we examine the future of fan favorite Black characters.
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Black Barbies Will Get Their Time in the Spotlight Thanks to Shonda Rhimes
The Scandal and Grey's Anatomy creator is helping to bring the pertinent story to life soon.
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Snoop Dogg Gifts Us With the Best Barbie Review of the Year
The rap legend finally revealed his thoughts on the blockbuster, and they’re just as awesome as you think they are.
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For The ‘Barbie’ Premiere, These Black Women Got All Dolled Up
From Issa Rae to H.E.R., the stars were quite fashionable on the pink carpet.
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Issa Rae Is Ready to Take Over the Summer With Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Insecure actress will co-star in two of the summer’s biggest film releases.
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Chadwick Boseman’s Widow Simone Ledward Boseman Paid Touching Tribute to Him at Stand Up to Cancer Event
The annual event raised over $143.18 million across the U.S. and Canada for much needed research and breakthrough treatments.
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Shaft Is Still Black AF, So We Played 'Black Ass Game'
The Shaft franchise been black AF. After all, the first Shaft film was released in 1971, starring Richard Roundtree during the era of blaxploitation films. John Shaft “looked out for his brother man” and wore a huge ‘fro, turtleneck and a long leather jacket (a la the Black Panthers) while doing so. For any film…
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Color Her Conscious: Nathalie Emmanuel Is the Latest to Advocate for Accurately ‘Melanated’ Casting
She’s already won hearts as the endearing Missandei on Game of Thrones, but actress Nathalie Emmanuel may have won herself a few more since last Sunday’s episode, all due to a simple tweet. As Shadow & Act reported on Thursday, Emmanuel recently became the latest light-skinned actress to turn down a role for a darker-skinned…