Black Venice Beach Residents Fight to Preserve Historic Church

Photo: MaxMaximovPhotography (Shutterstock) A historically Black church is fighting to maintain its ground in California. The First Baptist Church of Venice was once the sole place of worship for Black residents of the old Oakwood neighborhood, one of the only beachside residential areas that Black people were allowed to occupy …

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Kanye Tells All in Newly Released Track, "Eazy"

Photo: Tinseltown (Shutterstock) Somebody check on our good friend, Ye. It looks like he’s had one hell of a weekend. Just a week after debuting his new girlfriend, Julia Fox, it might be fair to say that he hasn’t moved on from his life with estranged wife Kim Kardashian just …

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Denzel Talks Looking Beyond Race in New Macbeth Adaptation

Photo: Andrea Raffin (Shutterstock) On January 14, 2021, Joel Coen’s new film, “The Tragedy of Macbeth, was released on Apple TV+ after being screened in selected theaters since December 25, 2021. Although there have been many adaptations of the Shakespearean play, Coen’s film stars actor Denzel Washington as Macbeth. Washington …

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How <em>Encanto</em> and <em>Moana</em> Explain America

In Disney’s latest blockbuster, Encanto, a magical family called the Madrigals have escaped the violence and chaos of their homeland by crossing a river into an enchanted paradise that endows each with wondrous gifts that they use to protect and enhance their community. As the generations go by, however, the …

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