black actresses
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'Natalie Represented Actual Black Women': Halle Berry Pens Moving Tribute to BAPS Co-star Natalie Desselle Reid
Just days before the unexpected death of actress Natalie Desselle Reid, Halle Berry shared a video of her and her B.A.P.S. co-star strolling shoulder-to-shoulder Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. The pair were filming a bit for the 1997 cult classic, gold teeth gleaming and giggling into the camera. “Let’s find Tiffany,” Berry captioned the throwback…
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Did Y'all Know Vanessa Williams Improvised That Iconic 'F-ck the Family' Line in Soul Food?
Thanksgiving has come and gone, but we have yet another upcoming reason to sit down and eat a smorgasbord of ‘itis-inducing food. That’s right, we have Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and more this month! In the spirit of this deliciously heavy food, we need to take a trip down memory lane to the 1997 classic, Soul…
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Little Fires Everywhere Star Lexi Underwood Cast as Princess of New Disney Hip-Hop Cinderella Film Sneakerella
Lexi Underwood, the impressive newcomer who delivered her own acting performance to remember next to Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon’s masterful ones in Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, is the latest young Black star to be tapped by Disney to play a modern-day princess. Underwood will star in an upcoming pop/hip-hop movie adaptation of Cinderella from…
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'I Refuse to Be Complicit in My Silence': Gabrielle Union Brings It On in Marie Claire's October Digital Issue
“The more you are transparent and the more you speak truth to power, it creates more space for other people to claim their reality, to claim their pain, to claim their healing, and, if you want, to claim your justice.” So says Gabrielle Union in her cover story for Marie Claire’s October digital issue, which…
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Zoë Kravitz Calls Out Hulu for Its Lack of TV Shows Starring Women of Color Following High Fidelity Cancellation
Zoë Kravitz’s latest TV show may be canceled, but you can’t cancel her outspoken nature. On Wednesday, Hulu announced High Fidelity had been canceled after just one season. The Hollywood Reporter provided a rundown of the short-lived series, which was originally developed for Disney+: The series, a reimagining of the 2000 movie but told from…
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Black Actresses Discuss Importance of Representation and Diversity in New Interview
Award-winning actresses Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Halle Berry, Taraji P. Henson, Lynn Whitfield, Kimberly Elise and Mary J. Blige sat down with The New York Times’ T Magazine to discuss the importance of representation in media, as well as some of the issues they’ve come across during their time in the spotlight. The actresses came…
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Home Theater: One of the Most Anticipated Plays of the Chicago Theatrical Season Premieres Online
As the COVID-19 epidemic has derailed all of our lives, it has done unimaginable damage to the live entertainment industry, as festival season, concerts and theatrical productions have been unceremoniously postponed or canceled outright, leaving performers, directors, production crews and the venues themselves with gaping holes in their projected incomes. But as they say in…
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Ja'Net DuBois Has Died At 74
Unfortunately, we have to start the evening with some sad news. TMZ reports that actress Ja’net DuBois has died at age 74. The actress was best known for her role as Willona Woods on Good Times. Her family reports that she passed in her sleep. Her death was unexpected as she hadn’t been suffering any…
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Hollywood Critics Association Names Kristen Stewart Actress of the Decade in the Same World Viola Davis Exists
In a dystopian world where no other actress exists, Kristen Stewart has been named Actress of the Decade by the Hollywood Critics Association (HCA). “We at the HCA are proud to announce that Kristen Stewart will receive the Actress of the Decade Award at our ceremony on January 9, 2020,” The HCA tweeted from their…
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'There Is Rhythm in the Language': Actress Christiana Clark Finds the 'Jazz' in Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale
There’s a moment during Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale when pivotal character Paulina pauses in the midst of imploring an obstinate king for compassion to roar at the lords attempting to restrain her, “What needs these hands?” before resuming her pleas. As played by Christiana Clark (opposite Dan Donahue as King Leontes) in the Goodman Theatre’s…