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The Legendary Sheryl Lee Ralph Wins 1st Emmy for Abbott Elementary
‘To anyone who has ever had a dream and thought your dream wouldn’t, couldn’t come true, this is what believing looks like,’ the Dreamgirls star said.
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The Jennifer Hudson Show Launches Sept. 12 with Ellen Team as Showrunners
The award-winning actress/singer is set to premiere her new daytime talk show on her birthday.
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Every Black Actress to Win an Oscar
A glass-ceiling-shattering list of history-making women who have won Academy Awards for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.
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Jennifer Hudson Could Break Records with Possible Respect Oscar Nominations
If she receives two nominations for Respect, Jennifer Hudson could set a record at the Academy Awards.
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American Idol Finalist Syesha Mercado Is Fighting for Her Children’s Return After Authorities Take Second Child
Mercado and her partner were blindsided by a roadside welfare check in which their 10-day-old daughter was removed, only six months after their son.
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The Academy Will Honor Danny Glover and Samuel L. Jackson at the 2022 Governors Awards
Glover and Jackson will receive their statuettes at the Academy’s 12th Annual Governors Awards.
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Dream, Girl: Amber Riley to Star in New Musical Comedy at NBC
In a Deadline exclusive, NBC announced the development of its new musical comedy, Dream. Former Glee star Amber Riley is set to headline as well as executive produce. The music-driven series comes from Black-ish writer-producer Lisa Muse Bryant and will also be produced by Neil Meron (who previously worked with Riley on The Wiz! Live…
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A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Shortly after the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards were announced, writer Todd Spence shared an eerily relevant clip of Eddie Murphy presenting the Best Picture award at the 60th Academy Awards in 1988. As Murphy stood on the stage, he recalled what led him…
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So, Um, I Don't Think Beyoncé Is a Bad Actor
Since the release of the trailer for the new The Lion King live-action (or CGI or animated, whatever tickles your fancy and allows you fall back from your personal “well, actually’”face-ass principles) film remake—set to drop in July 2019 – the jokes about H-town’s finest, Beyoncé “Sorry, I’m Not Sorry” Knowles’ acting chops have resurfaced.…
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Watch: Jennifer Holliday's 2nd Coming
Jennifer Holliday is a self-proclaimed Broadway baby—and once a Broadway baby, always a Broadway baby. The legendary actress started her career decades ago in Your Arms Too Short to Box With God but won the world over in Dreamgirls as Effie White—for which Holliday won a Tony Award. The iconic play ran on Broadway 35…