Michelle Wolf went straight for the jugular at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. From hitting 45 where it hurts by declaring him broke to calling out all the journalists in the room for buying into the Trump spectacle in exchange for ratings, no one was safe. While her performance is being championed by liberals […]
Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles from the Emmy-winning FX series Atlanta may be struggling to create a lane for himself as a creative, but this is far from the case for the actor depicting him, Brian Tyree Henry. On Tuesday, the nominations for the 2018 Tony Awards were revealed, and the 35-year-old actor garnered his first […]
In a pleasant surprise for fans, Award-winning hip-hop artist J. Cole announced his new album and its prompt release date. In just three days time, J. Cole’s fifth studio album, KOD, will be delivered to the public. On Monday, the artist tweeted an ambiguous open invitation: “NYC. Come through. Couple hours from now. First come […]
More money, same problems. In this week’s episode of Atlanta, Earn and Van are at the forefront. We’re given the true extent of just how incompetent Earn is with money, while watching Van continue to be one of the most enigmatic characters on-screen. Furthermore, we begin to see a shift in Paper Boi’s career – […]
Black Panther’s Michael B. Jordan has landed a new project, and will produce a World War II action-drama called The Liberators, Variety reports. The historical film will be made through Jordan’s own entertainment company, Outlier Society Productions, along with Safehouse Pictures. Written by Madison Turner, The Liberators is based on the 761st Tank Battalion, a […]
This summer, we’re in for a twisted, unconventional ride. In his first lead role, Get Out’s Lakeith Stanfield stars in the upcoming genre-bending film Sorry to Bother You. Mixed with science fiction, satire, and just pure outrageousness, the Sundance hit is considered to be “wildly inventive.” In the newly released trailer, we’re given a brief […]
Luke Cage wants you to know that he’s coming back to Harlem very soon. And he’s got a few intimidating words for anyone willing to challenge him: “You can’t burn me, you can’t blast me, and you definitely can’t break me,” he said in the Netflix teaser. Released today, the teaser trailer announced that the […]
In many ways, Get Out made history long before the Oscars. From the original plot of a complex social thriller mixed with satire and horror, to the seemingly impossible realization that this was Jordan Peele’s first-ever film; and lastly, Peele’s barrier-breaking moment of becoming the first black filmmaker to debut with a $100 million movie, […]
Michelle Obama announced on Sunday that her memoir, Becoming, will be released on November 13th of this year. As one of the most compelling and inspirational women in our time, it comes as no surprise that the former first lady’s memoir has quickly surfaced as one of the most anticipated reads in the recent decades. […]
Erik Killmonger is not a villain and Black Panther is not just a superhero movie; it’s an Afrofuturistic exploration of pain and pride that both bridges and complicates the black persons and peoples of the Diaspora. It is a contemporary artistic expression of Pan-Africanism that challenges us to consider/reconcile/accept the lived experiences of our individual […]