Rafiki director Wanuri Kahiu has already lined up her next project. According to Deadline, Kahiu will direct Los Angeles-set romance Covers, hailing from Universal and Working Title. There is not much else released about the film except that it will take place within Los Angeles’ music scene. The only other interesting note about the film so far is […]
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From films like Jordan Peele’s Get Out and this year’s highly anticipated Us, TV shows like Fox’s The Passage and Peele’s The Twilight Zone, and Shudder’s documentary Horror Noire,one thing is certain: horror narratives that center Black protagonists aren’t just vital, they’re revolutionary. As Robin R. Means Coleman suggests in the preface to her groundbreaking book on Black horror, “the horror genre has great revelatory promise” and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Early screenings for Jordan Peele’s “Us” movie have been underway, and people are already praising the horror film, with many calling it a “masterpiece.” “Us,” which hits theaters March 22, had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin on Friday. It was also screened in cities, including New York City, where some […]
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The 20-year-old model took to Twitter Thursday to let the world know that she doesn’t feel it’s her place publicly speak out about the documentary or abuse claims against her dad. Paris Jackson is making it clear that she doesn’t want to comment about the bombshell HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, which accuses her late father Michael Jackson of sexually […]
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It’s perhaps most acute when it comes to “I Believe I Can Fly.” The dilemma of separating the sides of R&B singer R. Kelly, who faces 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse, now confronts millions who listen to or perform his music. It’s perhaps most acute when it comes to “I Believe I Can Fly.” The […]
The road-trip dramedy had a bumpy road to the Oscars, but “Green Book” ended up taking the night’s biggest prize anyway. The 1960s-set film about a black musician and his white bodyguard driver on a road trip through the Jim Crow South won three awards at the 91st Academy Awards: best picture, best original screenplay […]
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According to parents and counselors, it’s common practice for parents at elite schools to pay for a doctor’s diagnosis that allows their children extra test-taking time, whether or not they need it. Roughly six weeks before the FBI released a 203-page indictment implicating 50 people in the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the […]
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Flatiron Books on Wednesday announced that Keys’ ‘More Myself’ will be released Nov. 5 through Oprah Winfrey’s An Oprah Book imprint. Alicia Keys has a memoir coming out in November, to be published by Oprah Winfrey’s imprint. Flatiron Books on Wednesday announced that Keys’ More Myself will be released Nov. 5 through Winfrey’s An Oprah Book imprint. […]