Tevin Campbell once asked “Can We Talk?”—and Ava DuVernay has continually proven she is not “all talk” with the way she…
The Bordelons are coming back for their fourth (and hopefully fruitful) season on the farm, as OWN’s hit, Queen Sugar,…
The Emmys snubbed Atlanta in its major categories in 2018, Blackish didn’t receive any nods at the Golden Globes for…
The Bordelon family isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and neither is Queen Sugar. OWN announced Wednesday that it…
I recently wrote about my first visit to Martha’s Vineyard and some of my impressions. ‘Twas a splendiferous time. But…
It could be the seam you bust when attempting to sit down. Or the strap that breaks on your sandal—or God, forbid, your…
In the ending of “Copper Sun,” the second to last episode of Queen Sugar’s second season, the song “Fall Into My Arms”…
In a new short and stunningly shot documentary titled, WTF Is Mental Health?, Queen Sugar actor Kofi Siriboe explores…
It’s the hot-button topic right now: interracial dating and love. Donald Glover faced criticism around the topic after…
The critically acclaimed drama from Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey, Queen Sugar, returns to OWN in May, and once again,…
In the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, across the tracks from where Homer A. Plessy was removed from a train,…
2017 was a great year for black movies and TV shows, but one would not know it if one looked only at most critics’…
Discovery Communications parted with a cool $70 million to buy a majority interest in the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Warning: There will be spoilers. You have been warned. If you haven’t seen it yet, get your life.
A little backstory on how we got to the point where this is even a thing: On Nov. 17, 2016, I wrote a piece called “Quee…
There are spoilers in this piece. Consider yourself warned.
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, …
Queen Sugar, the Ava DuVernay-helmed television show on Auntie O’s OWN and based on the book by Natalie Baszile, is…
(Interview edited for clarity and length.)
Last month, Oprah Winfrey told a small group of women attending a Queen Sugar event in Los Angeles that the show isn’t…
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