Mustafa Shakir is one of the stars of the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop series at Netflix. It is based on the anime series of the same name. He joins fellow stars John Cho as lead character Spike Spiegel, Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine, and Alex Hassell as Vicious. Shakir’s character is Jet Black, described as “one of the […]
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Cardi B is about to get her theatrical shine on with her first role in the upcoming film Hustlers. Turns out she has Jennifer Lopez to thank for the come-up. Lopez revealed to SiriusXM Hits 1’s Morning Mash Up that she and Cardi worked on the song “Dinero,” and because of their prior relationship, Lopez called Cardi to […]
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From co-creators Idris Elba and Gary Reich, the eight-episode, half-hour Netflix comedy series Turn Up Charlie, follows struggling DJ and eternal bachelor Charlie (Elba), who realizes that he needs to do something for cash while he’s waiting to get his dream career back on track. When he decides to reluctantly become the manny for the precocious problem-child daughter (Frankie […]
Women’s History Month is still in full effect, so we have to give our Black female history makers their flowers. There are so many Black women in Hollywood to thank, including Black women filmmakers who dare to tear down walls and break glass ceilings. Here are five of those filmmakers we all need to thank. […]
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The Geffen Playhouse world-premieres a tragicomic fantasy about police shootings and a mother’s grief from ‘The Rookie’ writer Inda Craig-Galvan. When Inda Craig-Galvan was pursuing her MFA at the University of Southern California, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was gunned down by Cleveland police while playing in a park. As she watched his mother on the news, […]
Rafiki director Wanuri Kahiu has grabbed another big gig. She’ll direct Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown in a film adaptation of the YA novel The Thing About Jellyfish at Universal. Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing. The script, by Molly Smith Metzler, made the 2017 Black List. It is her second Universal project on the books. She’s also set to […]
As if the hype surrounding Us wasn’t high enough, IGN has released an extended clip from the film, giving us a look at how lovably corny Gabe (Winston Duke) is in the face of grave danger. In case you’re wondering, the clip, titled “We Can Get Crazy,” thankfully doesn’t spoil anything. But we do see how Gabe tries […]
OWN has set the Season 4 premiere of Queen Sugar. It will be back on June 12. For the fourth straight season, series creator Ava DuVernay has set another all-female directing team, which includes Cheryl Dunye (who will also be producing director) along with Carmen Marrón, Numa Perrier, Heidi Saman, Bola Ogun and Tchaiko Omawale. They will […]
This week’s #FridayFeeling is all about awesome music from amazing Black films. First, Jordan Peele gifted us with this release of “I Got 5 on It (feat. Michael Marshall) [Tethered Mix from Us]” by Luniz and orchestration by Michael Abels in anticipation of the release of the full Us soundtrack. Let’s be honest–even though the Us trailer was straight fire, a […]
In the 1982 televised version of Ntozake Shange’s classic choreopoem For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, Alfre Woodard plays the Woman In Green. At one point her character, who incidentally, calls herself Juanita, declares, “This is a woman’s trip. I need my stuff back!” The play on which that televised adaptation was based, […]