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Best Streaming Service for your Black Dollar in September
Netflix? Hulu? Apple? HBO? Disney? Here are the Best Ten Streaming Services for your Black Dollar right now
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Orange Is The New Black Star Samira Wiley Was “Really Affected” By Bodyshaming During Photoshoot
Wiley is also set to debut her documentary short, The Gratitude Project, in the summer of 2022.
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Emmys 2021 Noms: Michaela Coel, Mj Rodriguez, Misha Green, and…The Root's Michael Harriot Are Coming for Their Things
Father-daughter actor duo Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones presented the nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards Tuesday morning.
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Orange Is the New Black Tackles Criminal-Justice Reform With the Launch of ‘Poussey Washington Fund’
In a case of life imitating art, groundbreaking fan favorite Orange Is the New Black is looking to make an impact on criminal-justice reform in the real world with the launch of the Poussey Washington Fund. Named for the character Emmy winner Samira Wiley played in the long-running jailhouse series on Netflix, the fund aims…
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Did You Know Samira Wiley Was Asante Blackk’s Aunt? Because They Have the Same Damn Face
Samira Wiley is an auntie. Nope, not that kind—we’re not getting into that again—the Emmy winner is an actual biological auntie of a 2019 Emmy nominee. That’s right, Wiley is the aunt of Asante Blackk, who portrayed young Kevin Richardson in Netflix’s When They See Us. The Handmaid’s Tale actress recently took to Instagram to…
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It's 'A Thin Line' Between What's New and Black on Netflix in July 2019
Before we begin, how is it already July? As in, we’re in the later half of the year. What is time?! Anyway. A new month means new black content at Netflix, via its Strong Black Lead. The black-centered platform has been recently dedicated to licensing classic films for us to enjoy. Basically, being heroes. Next…
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Real Is the New Black: Samira Wiley Is a Role Model for Authenticity
“When I grew up, it was during a time when most people [in ads] weren’t as dark as me,” Samira Wiley tells Glamour in their February issue. “You definitely didn’t see natural hair. It was very homogeneous.” Following her successes on not one, but two hit shows in the past six years (Orange Is the…
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20 Years After the Murder of Matthew Shepard, Samira Wiley Speaks on the State of LGBTQ+ Rights
Samira Wiley is many things: black woman, American, actress, activist, wife and breakout star of bona fide hits Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) and The Handmaid’s Tale. She is also an out and proud gay woman—now. While OINTB is where Wiley met her wife, screenwriter Lauren Morelli, it is also where she was forced…
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GLAAD and Gorgeous: Guests Were Out and Proud on the GLAAD Awards Red Carpet
Red carpets are our “must-see TV” here at The Glow Up, and this weekend wasn’t a disappointment with the 2018 GLAAD Awards. This was one of our favorite red carpets of the year, just because it was so free. In fact, we think GLAAD should seriously consider renaming the ceremony the “Free to Be You…
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Ava DuVernay, Gloria Carter and Samira Wiley Honored at GLAAD Awards Because Black Women Stay Winning
For Gloria Carter, a closeted gay black woman with four kids, life was not horrible. But it was “different.” “I chose to protect my family from ignorance. I was happy, but I was not free,” said Carter at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City on Saturday. Carter, whose youngest son is…