marsai martin
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Marsai Martin's Saturdays Is a Love Letter to Brown-Skinned Girls
“I always want to make sure that young Black girls are in the forefront and see themselves in anything that they do…I’m creating stuff that I wish I saw when I was younger, and that is highlighting our beautiful Black queens.” — Marsai Martin, Actor, Executive Producer text Marsai Martin is in her bag. She…
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Marsai Martin Has an Office Rule for Produced Projects: 'No Black Pain'
Marsai Martin has made quite the mark in Hollywood and she’s making sure it matters. Martin, who is the youngest executive producer in Hollywood history (causing me to dub her “Yung EP”), recently celebrated her two NAACP Image Awards during the 52nd annual ceremony. The 16-year-old actress and creative mogul won Outstanding Performance by a…
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Mogul-in-the-Making Marsai Martin Graces the First Cover of Essence Girls United
A bonafide star since she first appeared on the hit ABC sitcom Black-ish at the age of 10, watching Marsai Martin come into her own as become its own joy. The 16-year-old actress, who most recently executive produced and starred in Little alongside Issa Rae and Regina Hall, has racked up a number of industry…
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We're Sensing a Pattern Here: Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington and More Center Black Hair This September
Heads up—if you hadn’t heard, our tresses are trending this month. A number of famous and brilliant women have put their heads together to discuss one of the most specific and polarizing aspects of Black beauty—our hair. Earlier this week, Glamour magazine debuted their groundbreaking September cover story, which called out the pervasive issue of…
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Netflix Announces Family Book Series Hosted by Marley Dias; Cast Includes Lupita Nyong'o, Marsai Martin, Tiffany Haddish and Common
Turn the page and get into this news! Netflix has announced it will debut Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices, a new young children and family series hosted by author and activist Marley Dias! The 2019 Young Futurist honoree and founder of 1000 Black Girl Books will also executive produce the 12-episode series, which will feature “prominent…
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Kenya Barris Is Milking It for All It’s Worth-Ish; Planning 1 More -Ish Spinoff
Kenya Barris is busy AF. In a recent interview with Deadline, Barris talked about the critique he’s received for #BlackAF, the stark difference between being at Netflix versus ABC and the other projects he has coming down the pipeline. One thing that stuck out from the interview, of course, is whether or not he’s still…
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Marsai Martin Partners With Urban School Food Alliance and Student Voice to Support Free School Meals for All K-12 Students
Marsai Martin believes all students should have access to free lunch. I do, too. The Black-ish actress has partnere with school nutrition leaders Urban School Food Alliance and the national student-led coalition Student Voice to make sure students aren’t denied access to lunch and to prevent families from going into debt due to accumulating unpaid…
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I Attended the 2020 BET Awards From the Comfort of My Home…Just Like Everyone Else!
I’m pretty sure BET was amongst those of us who wistfully declared, “2020 is going to be my year.” Why BET? Well, because this year marks the 20th anniversary of the BET Awards and is the 40th anniversary of the network itself (the latter of which lent itself to a tribute to BET co-founder Bob…
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Won't We Do It! NAACP Image Awards Weekend Proves Black Glamour Is Winning
You know, there’s a very good reason the NAACP Image Awards ceremony takes place in late February—and it’s not simply because it’s Black History Month. It’s because, after far too many awards seasons in which we are only marginally included—including this past one—at the Image Awards, we get the last word, as excellence is recognized…
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Thank God for Marsai Martin
If anyone needed a visual tonic (and a literally gin and tonic) for this terrible, no-good, very bad week in The Discourse™, I submit this photo of the wonderful, absolutely good, very excellent Marsai Martin at the Lexus Uptown Honors Hollywood earlier this week. This is a perfect look from the 15-year-old actress and producer,…