Harlem’s Fashion Row and Mattel’s Barbie joined forces to celebrate Black designers for Black History Month and beyond. The stunning looks featured on the Barbie dolls are miniature replicas of works by fashion designers Anifa Mvuemba (Founder of Hanifa), Patrick Henry (Founder of Rich Fresh), and sisters Kimberly Goldson and Shelly Powell (Founders of Goldson). […]
The gifted musician and actor Kid Cudi announced Tuesday that a project he’s been writing since 2013 is finally heading to the big screen. Teddy is Cudi’s feature directorial debut, and it is set to premiere on Netflix. “I always wanted to write my own movie, so I said f*** it and started doing it,” […]
At the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony, Ariana DeBose made history as the first openly queer woman of color to win an Oscar in the category Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The 31-year-old North Carolina native was honored Sunday for her role as Anita in the musical film “West Side Story,” in which she has […]
Photos of Regina King’s role as Shirley Chisholm for the upcoming Netflix film ‘Shirley’ have been released. The movie is an intimate portrait of Chisholm, the nation’s first Black Congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for president for the Democratic Party. Centering on Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential campaign, the film will highlight the […]
As of April 1st, Ntozake Shange’s treasured 1976 musical for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf has returned to Booth Theatre on Broadway reinvented, while still honoring the original masterpiece. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown, for colored girls is undeniably mesmerizing. In the opening […]
Lauren Haynes has been hired to serve as the director of curatorial affairs and programs at New York’s Queens Museum.
Deadline reports that singer, actress, and writer Janelle Monaé will star as the legendary entertainer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker in a new TV series from A24 titled De La Resistance. Monaé will also serve as a producer of the film via her company Wondaland. The series will center on Baker’s role as an […]
“Visible Man” presents a compelling look at the complexity of Black males and masculinity through racial, cultural, and personal perspectives.
Toni Morrison’s 1973 novel Sula is receiving an adaptation into a limited series by HBO, reports Deadline. The drama series is created and written by Shannon M. Houston (Station Eleven), who has an overall deal with the network. It is produced by Stephanie Allain’s Homegrown Pictures. Sula follows the trajectory of Nel Wright and Sula […]
Queen Sugar creator Ava DuVernay has a new romantic drama series in development with Starz. Starring Lauren Ridloff (The Walking Dead, Eternals) and Joshua Jackson, (Dr. Death, When They See Us), the series is part of Starz’s new #TakeTheLead Summit. Currently unnamed, three seasons have already been ordered for the drama, which amounts to a […]