black-ish
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‘Black Like Us’: Black-ish Finally Tackles the Elephant in the Room—Colorism
Black-ish certainly has a way of evoking conversation on social media—its Season Four-opening “Juneteenth” episode is the best and most recent example of that phenomenon. After a recent conversation with its showrunners, I have a feeling this Tuesday night’s episode will do the same. Written by Peter Saji (“Juneteenth” and “Purple Rain”) and directed by…
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Oscar Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis Will Join the Cast of Black-ish Later This Season
Quvenzhané Wallis is set to make her television debut later this season when she joins the cast of Black-ish in a recurring role beginning in January 2019. Deadline reports that Quvenzhané will play the role of Kyra, Dre’s younger cousin who comes to stay with the family for a while when her mother is unable…
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Best Dressed and Unbothered: Tracee Ellis Ross Covers InStyle’s November Issue
“I’m a winner, baby!” Okay, so, Tracee Ellis Ross likely didn’t scream that walking down the streets of Paris in couture for InStyle magazine’s Best Dressed issue, but she was definitely channeling her famous mama, giving us Mahogany vibes as she gleefully twirled in hot pink chiffon. But it’s no understatement to say Ellis Ross…
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Ahead of the 2018 Emmys, Tracee Ellis Ross and Issa Rae Bring Us #BlackGirlMagic—on a Boat!
Summer may be ending, but the 2018 Emmys are the perfect kickoff to Fall’s television season, which traditionally heralds the return of two of our all-time favorites, Tracee Ellis Ross and Issa Rae. But while we’re already woefully near the end of Insecure’s third season and black-ish doesn’t return until October 16, two of television’s…
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Jenifer Lewis Calls on Cardi B and Nicki Minaj to Get Out the Vote!
She’s the straight-talking grandmother on black-ish and the self-proclaimed “Mother of Black Hollywood,” but “Auntie” Jenifer Lewis also has issues. Political issues, that is. Just ahead of the highly-anticipated New York primaries on Thursday, Lewis made another in her ongoing series of musical social media posts, encouraging millennials to “get woke” and “get out and…
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Black-ish Writer and Super Bowl Champ Charged With Insider Trading
Mychal Kendricks, the former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker currently playing for the Cleveland Browns, was involved in insider trading, using tips given to him by Damilare Sonoiki, a television writer for Black-ish, according to federal prosecutors who charged both men. They could be looking at a substantial amount of prison time if convicted. According to ESPN,…
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Grown-ish Is Cute, But Yara Shahidi Wants You to Get Politically Involved
Don’t ask Yara Shahidi to choose between being an ingenue and a serious intellectual; the 18-year-old is already one of several young black actresses breaking the mold when it comes to young Hollywood talent—not only for being non-messy, but for being socially conscious and civically-minded. In a cover story for the August 8 issue of…
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Enviable Assets: How Tracee Ellis Ross Builds the Boom
There is plenty to love about actress, director and activist Tracee Ellis Ross—she’s brilliant, hilarious, beautiful and, as previously noted, basically our best friend in our heads. But it’s impossible to ignore that Ross is also #BodyGoals. She may play a mom of five on Black-ish, but at 45, the former model is still sporting…