Terry McMillan, the commendable author behind the 1992 NYT best-selling novel Waiting to Exhale, has confirmed via Twitter that it will receive a television adaptation through 20th Television. Lee Daniels is set to produce and Anthony Hemingway will direct the series. “So, WAITING TO EXHALE is going to be a TV series,” McMillan announced in […]
Former President Barack Obama’s latest memoir A Promised Land hits shelves today, November 17th. The transparent memoir details Obama’s political life, and the prime years of his presidency that shaped him. “I want to give an honest reckoning of my time as president,” said Obama. More specifically, the memoir centers on his political life in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — For Steve McQueen, bringing back the London of his childhood began with remembering the scents of his youth. In “Small Axe,” McQueen’s ambitious five-film anthology about London’s West Indian community, the “12 Years a Slave” director resurrects the British capital in the decades before its multicultural present, tracing the Caribbean immigrant […]
NEW YORK (AP) — John Boyega is only 28, but being a professional actor of 10 years and a veteran of three “Star Wars” films has given him insight into what it’s like for a young performer breaking into Hollywood. “I always tell young actors who are getting into it, they’ve got their first franchise […]
Queen Sugar’s Kofi Siriboe recently launched his new media and lifestyle brand, We’re Not Kids Anymore. It’s an ode to nostalgia, taking visitors back to the early 2000s through an interactive web experience featuring a curated selection of over 1000 events. Siriboe spoke with Shadow and Act to discuss the inspiration behind the brand and […]
Having no film credits just three years ago, today Kemp Powers is the co-director and writer of two large-scale upcoming films: Soul and One Night in Miami. Speaking with the New York Times’ Jenna Marotta in an exclusive interview, Powers shared the special journey of working on both films, along with how they were a […]
A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1969 and documentaries about the creators of Sesame Street and the coronavirus pandemic in China are among the 72 feature films debuting at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Organizers on Tuesday unveiled a robust and diverse slate for the festival, which will […]
There have been a plethora of distinguished books throughout 2020 (view this year’s reading list here), allowing us to escape to different worlds as we grapple with a pandemic and multiple other crises. Now, we’re looking forward to unearthing even more gems in the forthcoming year, especially as multiple writers of color release their debut […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Like many of those involved in the making of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s not easy for Viola Davis to summarize what playwright August Wilson has meant to her except to answer, “Everything.” Davis’ first stage role was in Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” She made her Broadway debut in […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams spent years crisscrossing Georgia, working to convince Democratic leaders, donors and prospective candidates that a vast, untapped well of potential voters could upend Republican domination in the state. There was no national media spotlight or constant praise from national political players to ease the slog. That’s over now. After […]