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Here's a Golden (Globes) Opportunity to Call Out the B.S.
So, that happened. It’s always happening. Working in the entertainment industry means awards season is akin to the Super Bowl. Using that same Super Bowl analogy, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) committed a significant fumble during the 4th quarter just one week prior to their awards ceremony, the 78th Golden Globe Awards. In a…
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Golden Globes' HFPA States the Obvious: 'We Need to Bring in Black Members'
In a display of utter disrespect during Black History Month—of all months—it was recently revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the journalist-based voting collective of the Golden Globes) has absolutely no Black members. Frankly, most Black people already figured that—and if you’re a Black person working in Hollywood with insider knowledge, you knew it.…
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: Barry Jenkins and A24 Reunite for New Film; Jenkin’s The Underground Railroad Gets Premiere Date on Amazon Prime Video
Barry Jenkins, the masterful director behind the Academy Award-winning Moonlight and Academy Award-nominated If Beale Street Could Talk, is teaming back up with A24 for an all-new feature, directed by Raven Jackson. According to Deadline, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt marks the first time since Moonlight that A24 and Jenkins’ production banner Pastel will…
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The Best Example of the Sneaky Evil of Copaganda? The 'Redemption' of Reginald VelJohnson's Kid-Killing Cop in Die Hard
When watching any television show or movie depicting police officers, it’s not hard to see why this sort of copaganda is so consistently effective. The presence of law enforcement on screen usually means there’s also an entity present that the law enforcement is attempting to stop, and this gives you a quick and clean demarcation…
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This Week’s Virtual Events Are Filled With Sips, Stanzas, and Snowfall
Wow. It seems like just yesterday I was raising my fists, picking out my fro’, and blasting CB4’s “And I’m Black Y’all” through my sound system. And now, we’re already nearing the close of Black History Month. They really did give us the shortest month of the year. But it ain’t over yet, and if…
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Tennessee Cop Reprimanded for Posting Picture of Daughter as Blackface Bubba From Forrest Gump
Sometimes I can’t tell if I’m on the internet too much or if some people aren’t on the internet enough. I’m simply at a loss for how, in 2021, some whites are still posting blackface pictures on the internet and not expecting there to be consequences. A police officer in Tennessee has been reprimanded after…
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Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler Lands 5-Year Exclusive Deal With Disney Television
It looks like Ryan Coogler will continue to bring both “di strenf” and di talent of the Black Panther to The Walt Disney Company. On Monday, Deadline announced that the Creed and Fruitvale Station director secured a five-year overall exclusive deal with Disney in tandem with Coogler’s production company Proximity Media. With this deal comes…
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The 2021 Film Independent Spirit Award Noms Are Out; One Night in Miami to Receive Robert Altman Award
It’s time for the awards ceremony that takes itself the least seriously to drop its nominations! In a sea of awards shows, the Film Independent Spirit Awards is always a fun watch (and fun to attend!). Laverne Cox, Barry Jenkins and Olivia Wilde announced the nominees for the 2021 Spirit Awards on Tuesday morning. The…
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Ava DuVernay Introduces Diverse Database 'Array Crew'—We Better Not Hear Anymore Excuses, Hollywood
Far too often, Black and other Film/TV crew members of color often hear a variation on trite excuse, “We keep hiring this white person because there aren’t a lot of [insert specific POC identifier here] directors, producers, cinematographers, production designers, costume designers, editors, etc.!” It’s a lie. It’s not that they don’t exist; it’s that…
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Barack Obama Revealed His Fave Books, TV and Film He Consumed in 2020 While Chillin' on A Promised Land
2020 is almost over. Soon, we’ll be embarking on a new year. Now that’s change we can believe in. Who knows what the next year will bring but now’s the time to reflect on the year that was. That’s right, it’s time for end-of-year lists. One of the most anticipated lists of the year has…