Sweet Deal: OWN Picks Up Queen Sugar for a 4th Season
The Bordelon family isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and neither is Queen Sugar. OWN announced Wednesday that it…
6 Things I Learned About Myself During My First Trip to Martha's Vineyard
I recently wrote about my first visit to Martha’s Vineyard and some of my impressions. ‘Twas a splendiferous time. But…
Wardrobe Malfunction: Bianca Lawson's Battle With an Exploding Water Bra Is All of Us
It could be the seam you bust when attempting to sit down. Or the strap that breaks on your sandal—or God, forbid, your…
Queen Sugar Continues to Make Beautiful Television. I Hope It Never Ends
In the ending of “Copper Sun,” the second to last episode of Queen Sugar’s second season, the song “Fall Into My Arms”…
WTF Is Mental Health? Ask Kofi Siriboe
In a new short and stunningly shot documentary titled, WTF Is Mental Health?, Queen Sugar actor Kofi Siriboe explores…
Cast of Queen Sugar Gets Real About Interracial Dating. Guess Who Was Told, ‘Don’t Bring the Oppressor Home’
It’s the hot-button topic right now: interracial dating and love. Donald Glover faced criticism around the topic after…
For the 3rd Straight Season, Queen Sugar Boasts All-Female Directing Team
The critically acclaimed drama from Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey, Queen Sugar, returns to OWN in May, and once again,…
Paint It Black: New Orleans Artist ‘Bmike’ Odums on Being Featured in Queen Sugar and Celebrating the Glorious Beauty of Blackness
In the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, across the tracks from where Homer A. Plessy was removed from a train,…
Top 5 Black Movies and TV Shows of 2017 and No, She’s Gotta Have It Didn’t Make the Cut
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 Shells Out $70,000,000 to Buy Majority Stake in the Oprah Winfrey Network
Discovery Communications parted with a cool $70 million to buy a majority interest in the Oprah Winfrey Network.
10 Thoughts About Queen Sugar and Last Night’s Season Finale
Warning: There will be spoilers. You have been warned. If you haven’t seen it yet, get your life.
Hey, Y’all, I Met Oprah. Here’s What Happened
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…
Queen Sugar Decided That This Is Us Was NOT Going to Get All of My Emotions This Season
There are spoilers in this piece. Consider yourself warned.
Queen Sugar’s Dawn-Lyen Gardner Loves That Black People Are Always Worth Celebrating
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, …
10 Reasons You Absolutely Should Be Watching Queen Sugar Right Now (and When It Comes Back)
Queen Sugar, the Ava DuVernay-helmed television show on Auntie O’s OWN and based on the book by Natalie Baszile, is…
VSB Interview with Queen Sugar's Kofi Siriboe
(Interview edited for clarity and length.)
#GimmeSugar: OWN Renews Queen Sugar for Season 3
Last month, Oprah Winfrey told a small group of women attending a Queen Sugar event in Los Angeles that the show isn’t…
Queen Sugar Actor Comes Out as Transgender—on His Own Terms
The character of Toine Wilkins, a transgender police officer on OWN’s critically acclaimed series Queen Sugar, is the…
Watch: Kofi Siriboe Says Being Black Is a Blessing
We have a new video series here at The Root that we want to share with you all, and it’s called Black and Proud. We…
Everybody’s Queen Sugar Bae, Kofi Siriboe, Is Trolling All of Us
Kofi Siriboe is easily the bae of anyone who is attracted to the male species. Kofi knows he’s bae. Kofi also loves…