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Zendaya, John David Washington, Niecy Nash, Matthew A. Cherry Among 819 New Members Invited to The Academy
It’s time to welcome a new class into the most elite membership in the film industry. On Tuesday, The Academy announced it is welcoming 819 new members. Per a press release sent to The Root, the Academy Class of 2020 is “is 45 percent women, 36 percent underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 49 percent international from…
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FX’s Atlanta, the Show You Thought Had Disappeared Like the City of Atlantis, Is Returning in 2021
It’s a 2020 miracle! Or um, more like a 2021 miracle. But we received the news in 2020, so let’s go with that. What news, you ask? Well, FX Networks and FX Productions chairman John Landgraf confirmed at the network’s Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour on Thursday that Donald Glover’s Atlanta will be returning…
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TIFF 2019: Joker Is a White Man
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing…*drumroll* the entitlement of white men! *Uproarious applause* The curtains rise and a spotlight glares on a self-loathing man who lives in his mother’s basement and feeds off the hypothetical nourishment of womanly desire (he would typically be referred to as an “involuntary celibate” or an “incel”). For reasons unbeknownst to him,…
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How David Oyelowo’s Personal Loss Helped Him Relate to His Character in Don’t Let Go
2019—man, what a year. In the span of a few months, I not only lost my favorite aunt but one of my best friends to that cruel concept known as “mortality.” Naturally, my first inclination was to pine after a hypothetical world where I could legit turn back time. What if I could go back…
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Atlanta Will Return to FX for a 4th Season…Eventually!
FX announced that it will renew Donald Glover’s critically acclaimed TV show, Atlanta, for a fourth season—effectively giving fans two more seasons to see if Earn, Paper Boi, Darius and Van will get their shit together…or not (my money is on “not!”). According to Deadline, FX confirmed the renewal during its presentation at the Television…
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Lena Waithe and Brian Tyree Henry to Make It Rain 'Film Independent' Grants Totaling $125K for Indie Creators
There’s a pile of money up for grabs for indie filmmakers. Lena Waithe and Brian Tyree Henry will be doing the honors of presenting four annual Film Independent grants. “We are excited to be giving out four unrestricted grants, totaling $125,000, to some insanely deserving emerging talent,” said Waithe and Henry in a statement. Via…
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Well Suited: How Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry Tailored His Look for the Tonys
When we saw Atlanta fan favorite Brian Tyree Henry on the red carpet at the Tony Awards on Monday night, three things went through our minds: 1) Is that Brian Tyree Henry? 2) Wow, Brian Tyree Henry is nominated for a Tony (we didn’t even know he’d been on Broadway this year)? and 3) Gee,…
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The Great White Way’s Tony Nominations Got a Little Blacker This Year
On Tuesday morning, the 2018 Tony Award nominations were announced, and along with some familiar faces in the world of black actors and actresses, there were a couple of new ones. With Broadway long known as the Great White Way, it’s always a great day when some of our best are honored, especially when it…