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2019 SAG Awards: John David Washington and Mahershala Ali Snag Noms, But That Actress List…

And the “actor” goes to… maybe some black folks. SAG-AFTRA’s annual celebration of its talent is near once again, and the nominations are in. As Deadline noted, The 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards nominations were held in West Hollywood on Wednesday. Laverne Cox and Awkwafina presented the nominations for the guild’s film and…

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Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

December 12, 2018
Entertainment

Ryan Coogler Reveals What Happened to Killmonger’s Mother in Black Panther Extra

At the very beginning of Black Panther, the audience gets to spend just a little time taking in the magic that is Sterling K. Brown as his character, N’Jobu, plots with Zuri (Denzel Whitaker in the flashbacks) on some sort of scheme. N’Jobu, who is the father of anti-hero Erik “Killmonger” Stevens (Michael B. Jordan),…

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Angela Helm

Published

May 5, 2018
Culture

Watch: Sterling K. Brown on the Success of Black Panther and His Next Career Moves

Who could forget this guy’s performance in Black Panther? Sterling K. Brown is killing everything he touches. He now intends to move forward into writing and directing his own projects as well. “The opportunity to produce, to direct—there’s something very exciting about that potentiality,” Brown says. “It scares the bejesus out of me because I’ve…

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Peter J. Rickards

Published

March 2, 2018
Very Smart Brothas

Is It Sterling K. Brown’s Personal Mission to Make Us Cry in Every Damn Role He Plays?

The most popular show on network television stars black people and is set in Pittsburgh, but I cannot bring myself to watch This Is Us. I’m sure it’s as compelling as everyone says it is. But the commentary attached to the show—which vacillates from “OMG THIS SHOW MAKES MY EYES SHALLOW PUDDLES OF SALT!” to…

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Damon Young

Published

February 22, 2018
Culture, Media

Masekela ‘Placed Me on the Front Row of African History and Culture’

U.S. Photojournalist Was South African’s Biographer Obama-Farrakhan Photo Published for First Time Blacks, Latinos Cite CNN for Objectivity on Cable A ‘Best Actor’ Surprised by Lack of Black Reporters 2 Win $100,000 Each for Freelance Reporting ESPN The Magazine Focuses on the Black Athlete Black Journalist Accuses Progressive Outlet Short Takes It is unlikely that…

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Richard Prince

Published

January 26, 2018
Entertainment

Black Dresses, Hardly Any Black Winners … So Oprah Saved the Day

Although it was all-black everything—from the carpet to the attire to Oprah Winfrey’s black-ass table—black actors and actresses didn’t fare too well at the 2018 Golden Globes on Sunday night. Sterling K. Brown, the man who makes men cry, won for best actor in a TV drama for This Is Us, but his melanated peers…

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Angela Helm

Published

January 7, 2018
Culture

#RelationshipGoals: 10 Reasons We Love This Is Us Couple Beth and Randall

After the dysfunction of Scandal’s Olivia and Fitz, Issa and Lawrence of Insecure, and just about every reality-TV couple, Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) on NBC’s This Is Us are just the representation of #BlackLove that viewers need. The Pearsons offer something viewers haven’t seen for some time (if ever): a…

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Tracy L. Scott

Published

October 30, 2017
Culture

Watch: Sterling ‘Bae’ Brown Explains That Viral Thirst Trap Emmy-and-Abs Pic

I thought it couldn’t get any better than Sterling K. Brown winning an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama for This Is Us. But it did! The head makeup artist on This Is Us, Zoe Hay, and head hairstylist Michael Reitz decided to gift the world with a snapshot of Brown proudly holding…

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Danielle Young

Published

September 26, 2017