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David Oyelowo to Star in Yellowstone Spinoff About Bass Reeves
The forthcoming series is expected to live on Paramount+ some time this year.
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Kerry Washington, Delroy Lindo to Star in Upcoming Comedy Series for Hulu Unprisoned
The forthcoming show is reportedly inspired by the life of creator Tracy McMillan, with Yvette Lee Bowser serving as showrunner.
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Gotham Awards 2021: Colman Domingo, Tessa Thompson, Taylour Paige Among Nominees
Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad and Questlove’s Summer of Soul were also recognized during Thursday’s livestream.
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Trevor Noah, H.E.R., Big Sean, Oprah and More Come Together to Recognize Mental Health Awareness Month
If we’ve learned anything this past year, it’s that life is too short and unpredictable to continue to put our sanity and safety on the back burner. Whether that realization manifested itself in a positive or negative way, it’s pretty safe to say that the events of 2020 (and its third cousin, twice removed, 2021)…
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Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, John David Washington Among Honorees at Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Black Cinema
On Tuesday night, the Critics Choice Association held their third annual Celebration of Black Cinema. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the virtual ceremony, hosted by Bevy Smith, honored a handful of influential actors, chief among them being Chadwick Boseman, who posthumously received the award for Performance of The Year. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom director George…
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Delroy Lindo, Angela Bassett, Jamie Foxx and Jurnee Smollett Among Winners at Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards
The inaugural Critics Super Choice Super Awards had their ceremony this past Sunday and it’s time to congratulate some Black-ass winners! If you recall when nominees were announced back in November, the Super Awards are a special extension of the general Critics Choice Awards that focus exclusively on TV and film within the superhero, science-fiction/fantasy,…
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Academy Dialogues Exclusive Clip: Gina Prince Bythewood Recalls the 1st Time She Saw Herself Onscreen
As part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently launched a virtual panel series called Academy Dialogues: It Starts With Us, designed to open up discussions on race and gender equity in filmmaking. For the next panel, The Academy partnered up with ICON MANN (a media and…
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Netflix Wants the Oscars to Run Delroy Lindo a Best Actor Nomination for ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Netflix is gearing up for awards season, and it’s betting big on Delroy Lindo, the standout star of Spike Lee’s Vietnam War drama, Da 5 Bloods. As Variety reports, the streaming platform and production company confirmed that they will be campaigning the 67-year-old Lindo for an Academy Award nomination for lead actor. Lindo has certainly…
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Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, and Lakeith Stanfield Among All-Black Cast for Netflix Western The Harder They Fall
I’ve never been a big fan of Westerns, those films with characteristic tropes like shots of rolling tumbleweed, a saloon that becomes the scene of a brawl, and a bunch of white men riding around on horses and shooting people with long-barreled shotguns. But the announcement of a new all-Black Western on Netflix, The Harder…
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The Academy Launches New Series to Discuss Race and Gender Equity in Filmmaking
Since the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others this year, so much has materialized, including a “racial reckoning” of sorts. Large companies and gatekeepers across a myriad of industries have continuously been held accountable for their past and current transgressions in a very loud and public way. It’s clear: The people need…