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What Happened to the Careers of These Black Oscar Winners?
Winning an Oscar has the potential to make or break an actor’s career. Now, we’re looking deeper into their stories.
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Power Players: Black Artists Who Can Be the Next Tyler Perry
Shonda Rhimes, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson and Jordan Peele are among the Black artists poised to reach the Madea creator’s level of power and influence.
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5 Fascinating Facts About Alice Walker’s ‘The Color Purple’
We wouldn’t have the movies or the musical without Alice Walker’s award-winning book.
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Dijmon Hounsou Kicks Off New Initiative to Help Descendants of Africa Trace Back Their Roots
“If you don’t know where you come from, you sure don’t know who you are.”
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Ciara Joins the Cast of The Color Purple Movie Musical
The “1, 2 Step” singer joins the star-studded film’s cast as Adult Nettie.
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DreamWorks Animation to Launch Fellowship for HBCU Students
HBCU 20×20 and DreamWorks Animation have partnered together to create a fellowship allowing young Black creatives to hone their craft and build their network.
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Black Is King Director Blitz Bazawule to Direct The Color Purple Musical Film
Samuel “Blitz” Bazawule is booked and busy. Naturally, having your name in the directing credits of Beyoncé’s Black Is King automatically increases your profile to astronomical levels, causing everyone to want to work with you. Well, Blitz already has an upcoming huge project in the works and it’s a beloved classic. According to Deadline, he…
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Oprah Cares, Even if Republicans in Florida Don’t
Even if Republican Party politicians in the state of Florida don’t care about the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Oprah Winfrey does. The media mogul announced Tuesday evening that she would be joining Amal Clooney and her actor husband, George, in donating $500,000 to the student organizers of…