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Is Loki About to Give Ravonna Renslayer the Spotlight She Deserves?
Season 2 of the time-bending Marvel series puts the focus on Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s Ravonna Renslayer with its wildest episode yet.
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The Girl Before Premieres on HBO Max in February
The limited series starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and David Oyelowo debuts all four episodes on HBO Max Feb. 10.
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The Root Presents Role Call: A Black Entertainment Roundup Joint
Of all the things that bring me joy, two things remain at the top of the list: Black movies and Black television shows. Why? Partially because most of the fun, laughable memories of my childhood can be traced back to a moment involving TV or film. The other reason is that I’m a creative at…
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Edward Norton Chat Motherless Brooklyn and Systemic Racism
“Things that we are still grappling with in New York are not things that are happened by osmosis. They actually happened because there was a single individual with a very autocratic and racist approach to the modernization of infrastructure in New York,” —Edward Norton. text Motherless Brooklyn, directed by Edward Norton, is a film based…
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Watch: Fast Color Trailer Shows Black Mamas Really Are Superheroes
When was the first time you realized your black mama was a superhero? I think this became more apparent for me in hindsight (particularly, in adulthood, when I could fully appreciate how badass she is) when I mused over the way she was able to hold shit down even when it seemed bleak—and I mean…
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Watch: How Oprah and Ava DuVernay Escape the Darkness
One of the major themes of A Wrinkle in Time is the darkness and how it can consume you if you let it. But all it takes is just a little bit of light and some belief in yourself to make it out of the dark. Full Disclosure: Disney spent all the coins to invite…
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw Gracing This Glorious Cover of British Vogue Is the Red-Velvet Magnificence We Need
A minor confession: Although Beauty and the Beast was my favorite Disney movie when I was growing up (bookish, socially awkward little girls, ftw!), I hesitated about, and ultimately didn’t watch, the live-action reboot. I stayed away because I simply couldn’t get over the fact that my perfect Belle, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, a woman so…
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Review: Free State of Jones, White Savior or Nah?
When I saw the first trailer for Free State of Jones, I knew I was not going to like it. White guy leads rebellion of poor whites and runaway blacks in the Civil War? I expected another white-savior movie where the hero gets the post-racial bonus prize of the black girlfriend or wife for his…