In a historic win at Sunday’s 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles, John Legend received an Emmy for his role as producer for the televised musical Jesus Christ Superstar. At only 39 years old, the win has landed Legend into the exclusive club of EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) winners, making […]
One of this month’s MVPs was, without a doubt, Colin Kaepernick. Throughout the year, the Milwaukee native has been simmering in the headlines with play-by-play updates regarding interest among teams who may have needed him on their week roster with Kaepernick continued turning down offers from other teams who would sign him if he would only let go […]
The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards aired Monday, September 17th on NBC. Hosted by Saturday Night Live co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost, this year’s ceremony contained a variety of memorable moments. For the first time in nearly two decades, HBO didn’t dominate the evening, as Netflix became a fitting competitor due to hit series such […]
Jaro Media Services is proud to sponsor the Short-Film Competition during the 13th Annual Peachtree Village International Film Festival. PVIFF 2018, the Southeast’s premiere international film and arts festival, returns with an exciting schedule of screenings, educational forums and networking from October 11-14, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Out of hundreds of submissions, PVIFF has […]
Chewing Gum’s Michaela Coel sings beautifully alongside Arinzé Kene in the new trailer for Netflix’s romantic musical Been So Long. Based on the stage show by acclaimed playwright Ché Walker and Arthur Darvill, Been So Long centers on Simone (Michaela Coel), a broken-hearted single mother who becomes infatuated by Raymond (Arinzé Kene), a handsome man […]
Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Productions teamed up with Will Packer (Girls Trip) to produce the number one movie in the country, Night School. Written by the media mogul in conjunction with several other screenwriters, the film follows protagonist Teddy (Hart) as he enrolls in Carrie’s (Haddish) class in an effort to earn his GED. Teddy evolves […]
In conversation, NPR’s Ailsa Chang sat down with Angie Thomas, the acclaimed author of The Hate U Give, and the movie’s director George Tillman Jr., to discuss how the book and film connected with their own personal experiences. The Hate U Give tells the story of a teenage girl, Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg), who is […]
The 25 finalists for this year’s National Book Award have been revealed, and it’s time to make room on your bookshelf for these superior reads. Among the list are returning winners such as Terrance Hayes, who won the poetry award for Lighthead back in 2010. This year, his poetry collection American Sonnets for My Past […]
Rose from Concrete is the latest short film from writer Shantay Williams and director Santanu Chatterjee. It follows a 10-year-old girl, Rose, as she maneuvers her way through her Minneapolis hometown in a low-income based neighborhood known as Concrete. Filled with tender moments, we watch as her loving yet struggling mother must overcome certain […]
Written by Duran Jones and directed by Shaun Mathis, BLKMGC is a short film that beautifully combines Duran’s music alongside a powerful and emotionally gripping story that is deeply relevant to the times. It follows a young father (Duran Jones) struggling to chase his dreams as an artist while raising his young son (Jahlil Muhammad), […]