Phylicia Rashad
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Soul-Crushing News: Pixar’s First Black-Led Film Won’t Premiere on Juneteenth; Pushed to November
As we navigate unfamiliar territory within the confines of our homes during the coronavirus pandemic, it may feel like a little bit of our soul dies every day. Unfortunately, our hopes of a blockbuster summer are whittling away, as well. According to Deadline, the upcoming Disney-Pixar feature Soul has been moved from its original June…
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And the Skippy Goes To!: The Root's Inaugural The Blackest Awards Winners
What’s up, Black America! Now that the Oscars have come and gone and awards were given to winners and what not and henceforth, it’s time to redirect that energy back into what matters most: celebrating Blackness in all of its Black Excellence Achievement. And that is exactly what we’re doing here with the Skippies. You…
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12 Thoughts, Facts, and Opinions About Tyler Perry’s Wildly Ridiculous, Entertaining Movie, A Fall From Grace
There will be spoilers. 1. Guys, A Fall from Grace is a Tyler Perry (TP) movie. At this point, there is NOTHING more indicative of what a movie will be than having the words “Tyler Perry” attached to it. Expectations should never even exist. I watch his films because they exist and because I’m rooting…
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Negro Noir: A Fall From Grace and the Curious Case of Wigs, (Diner) Wine and Wayward Filmmaking
Movies that are “so bad, they’re good” are one of life’s unsung treasures. And like anything, adding blackness to that principle is like adding proper seasoning. Thus, I introduce you to our new series reviewing/recapping bad black movies, Negro Noir. As our queen-in-chief Danielle Belton pointed out, it’s so black, the title of the series…
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Watch: Pixar Will Be Bringing Some Soul With Its First Black Lead Character
Pixar has been known to snatch our thug, whether it’s in the first few minutes of Up (still in awe over how they accomplished this) or with the heartwarming reveal in Coco, and I’m here for it each and every time. Pixar has the concept of “emotional core” on lock. With its new film, Soul,…
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Thespian Heaven: Phylicia Rashad and André Holland to Perform Toni Morrison at New York City's 92Y
This is a trio that needs to go on tour: On May 23, one of the most coveted tickets of the New York City theatrical season won’t be for any Broadway show, but for famed cultural center 92Y (not to be confused with the YMCA), which will host acclaimed actors Phylicia Rashad and André Holland…
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The Season Finale of This Is Us Will Be Delayed So President Boiled Fanta Can Issue His Little SOTU Address
This is … not cool. According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC’s beloved show This Is Us will be preempted on Feb. 5 so Trump can exude his self-absorbed orange rays through our televisions in the form of the State of the Union address. The “Songbird Road: Part One” episode had already been bumped from its Jan.…
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Beth’s Black-Ass Backstory on This Is Us Is Coming Together With Phylicia Rashad Portraying Her Mama
Y’all! Fans of This Is Us have been waiting for Beth Pearson’s (Susan Kelechi Watson) backstory for four score and fifty-eleven years—and the wait is coming to an end. For us to have a backstory on young Beth, we have to see her parents. And it looks like we have one-half of that duo on…
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Phylicia Rashad Proves She's Still an Iconic Black Mom in Drake's 'In My Feelings' Video
It’s no understatement to say that Drake knows how to leverage a viral moment—or give shine where it’s deserved. After social media star Shiggy caused the “In My Feelings” challenge to become an international phenomenon, Drake did him one better, making Shiggy one of the hilarious cameos in his official video, which premiered on Thursday…
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Raven-Symoné Speaks Out on Cosby Allegations and Surprises Us All … Also, She’s Still ‘Dating Girls’
Raven-Symoné—I know, at this point she’s trained us to roll our eyes when we hear her name because the things that come out of her mouth are often unsavory. From not wanting to hire people with ghetto names (cough—like hers—cough) to believing that former first lady Michelle Obama does indeed look apish, Raven-Symoné may well…