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Black Celebrities Mourn Tina Turner’s Death
Nicki Minaj, Magic Johnson and Mariah Carey are among the stars mourning the legend who passed away at her home in Switzerland at the age of 83.
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Wendell Pierce Saves Broadway Production By Calming Down Irate Audience Member
Yall, the drama is supposed to stay on stage, you got it?
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WTF? Uber Driver Killed By Man in New Orleans Who Says ‘Uber Picked Her’
The man who killed Yolanda Dillion said that he “woke up Thursday morning and decided he wanted to kill someone.”
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Khris Davis, McKinley Belcher III on Bringing the Black Perspective to Life in Broadway’s Death of A Salesman
Opening night for Death of A Salesman takes place Sunday, Oct. 9.
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The Wire’s Impact Is Even Bigger 20 Years Later
‘When President Obama said it was his favorite show, I knew we were going to be out here for a while,’ Wendell Pierce told The Root.
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Wendell Pierce, Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay and More Pay Tribute to Beloved Actor Michael K. Williams
The Wire and Lovecraft Country star was found dead in his Brooklyn home on Monday at age 54.
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Wendell Pierce Will Finally Star as Blues Legend BB King in Upcoming Biopic, The Thrill Is On
After years of twists and turns, acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce, star of The Wire and Treme announced that he will be playing legendary blues musician BB King in an upcoming feature film entitled, The Thrill Is On. Pierce made the announcement Monday via Twitter, sharing a picture of himself alongside the iconic musician. “We are…
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Exclusive: Regina King Explains Why She Chose Kingsley Ben-Adir to Portray Malcolm X for One Night in Miami
Regina King’s feature directorial debut may chronicle one epic night, but she has many prominent days and nights to follow as the buzz mushrooms into a cloud of pressure, anticipation and attention. Recently premiering at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, One Night in Miami made history as being the first-ever film helmed by a Black…
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Jharrel Jerome, Janet Mock and Yara Shahidi Among Next Round of Casting for Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me HBO Adaptation
The ensemble cast for HBO’s special adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me just became even larger! On Wednesday, it was announced that Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us), 2017 TED Global Fellow and poet-playwright Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Janet Mock (Pose), pianist and composer Jason Moran, Wendell Pierce (Burning Cane), Mj Rodriguez (Pose),…
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2019 Tribeca Film Festival: In Burning Cane, the Devil Is in the Details
Sugarcane is quite sweet. Its underlying effects on the community that processes it, though? Not entirely. Burning Cane, 19-year-old Phillip Youmans’ directorial debut, explores the underbelly of a rural community, its inhabitants similar to a field of hardened crops slowly (and secretly) burning and releasing fumes into the air. Burning Cane stars Wendell Pierce, Karen…