jennifer hudson
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Coast to Coast: Black Stars Stunned on Bicoastal Carpets This Weekend
Both the 2021 Tony Awards and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala boasted a bevy of Black excellence in attendance.
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Super Rich Kids Can Buy Frank Ocean’s New Luxury Jewelry Line…and So Can You
Target’s Fall 2021 Designers Collection features Victor Glemaud, Elaine Welteroth helps design your life, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the new faces of Tiffany & Co.
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A Lot of Respect: How Jennifer Hudson Is Finding Her Voice Through Aretha Franklin
‘I’m still finding [my voice]. That’s the gift I got from the film. It allowed me to trust it that much more,’ JHud told The Root.
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Role Call: Looks Like Angela Bassett Is About to Be the Highest Paid Black Woman on TV; Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Publishes Catalogue of Spike Lee’s Work
The Chi is renewed for a fifth season, Jennifer Hudson celebrates women-owned Black businesses at the Apollo Theater and Halle Berry makes directorial debut
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PageTurners: May I Interest You in Some New Releases?
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. Walter Dean Myers first published Monster in 1999; over twenty years later, the profound themes centered around the criminality of Black boyhood and coping with trauma continue to plague young Black men across the country. The story follows Steve Harmon, a 16-year-old boy…
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Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Hudson and Jeffrey Wright Face the True Monster in America
What happens when the actual monster gets to dictate the story? Well, that monster gets to be the protagonist, shift any blame elsewhere and name something or someone else “the monster.” Black Americans know that M.O. all too well, as we’re constantly dehumanized and vilified…even when we’re the victim. In Netflix’s upcoming film Monster, that…
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Rewriting History: Pulitzer Prize Winner Suzan-Lori Parks Talks Bringing Iconic Stories to the Screen
As Black History Month transitioned into Women’s History Month—Black HerStory Month, if you’re nasty (or The Root)—the highly anticipated stories of two major Black musical icons made their way onto our (still quarantined) screens. February closed with Andra Day’s onscreen debut in the untold story of Billie Holiday’s battle with the FBI; and as spring…
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High School Basketball Announcer Who Hurled N-Word at Players and Blamed Diabetes is All White People Who Hate Athletes Who Kneel
By now, many of you have heard about the high school basketball game announcer in Oklahoma who definitely wishes Klan-sketball was a thing. A lot of people are upset at 44-year-old Matt Rowan for referring to members of the Norman High School girls basketball team who kneeled during the national anthem as “fucking niggers,” but…
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Induction of Whitney Houston and Notorious B.I.G into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to Air on HBO This Weekend
After announcing in January that Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. are among the 2020 Inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Foundation behind the exhibit soon had to swerve from its planned live induction ceremony this May in Cleveland due to considerations of COVID-19. Luckily, fans of the powerhouse singer…
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You Gotta Wait ‘Just a Little Bit’: Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin Biopic Respect Pushed Back to August 2021
2020 is ending without any Respect. The Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson was originally slated to premiere in August this year, then got pushed back to a limited release this Christmas, with a wider release come Jan. 15, 2021. That date has now been pushed back again, with the MGM-produced Respect not hitting theaters…