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 […]
Following the announcement that Jaro Media had inked multihyphenate Alonge Hawes to a series development deal, the entertainment platform has set his new series, titled ‘Silver & Gold’ for a release in Fall 2022.
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 […]
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,” […]
Alonge Hawes seems to be expanding his artistic reach. The talented auteur has inked a series development deal with streaming & entertainment network Jaro Media.
Showtime’s original series The Man Who Fell To Earth has received its first trailer. Starring Oscar nominees Naomie Harris (Skyfall) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), the alien sci-fi thriller is inspired by Walter Tevis’s novel and Nicolas Roeg’s esteemed 1976 film of the same name featuring David Bowie. Writer, director, and executive producer […]
A musical stage adaptation of the Award-winning 1959 Brazilian film Black Orpheus is being prepared for a Broadway premiere next season, according to producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey. Set against the colorful backdrop of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Black Orpheus revives the Greek love story of Eurydice and Orfeu. The film became an […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most distinguished Black films of the 20th century, Lady Sings the Blues. To commemorate the occasion, Turner Classics is screening the film in select Regal Cinemas theaters nationwide. The 1972 film is liberally based on the complicated life of Jazz singer Billie Holiday, her troubled […]
The First Lady, an upcoming anthology series by Showtime, dives into the exceptional stories of Washington DC’s first ladies, with the first season spotlighting Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama. Viola Davis plays Michelle Obama, and a new trailer for The First Lady reveals just how impeccable the casting is. Last year, Obama gave […]
From February through March, New York City’s legendary Carnegie Hall is launching an expansive Afrofuturism Festival, “where music, visual arts, science fiction, and technology intersect to imagine alternate realities and a liberated future viewed through the lens of Black cultures.” The citywide festival, initiating during the midst of Black History Month on February 10th, will […]