Black excellence is being celebrated with the announcement of the 2021 Golden Globes nominations. Eight Black actors for the 78th annual awards show are in the running in six out of 26 categories in TV and film. Don Cheadle is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television …
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Actress and entrepreneur Tracee Ellis Ross was just named Ulta Beauty’s new Diversity and Inclusion Advisor, according to a new announcement from the beauty retailer. Ulta Beauty is putting their money where their mouth is and has plans to invest $25 million into industry access for Black and BIPOC brands. …
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0 (Image: Twitter) Idris and Sabrina Elba are entering the world of anime! The Elbas have signed a deal with Crunchyroll to develop an anime series through Idris’s Green Door Pictures and Sabrina’s Pink Towel Pictures. According to Variety, Idris and Sabrina Elba are set to executive produce their first …
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Wakanda forever. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Coogler has signed a five-year deal with Disney to develop a “Wakanda-based Disney+ series. He will also have a hand in other shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.” RELATED: The Release Date For ‘Black Panther II’ Has Been Announced And The …
Read More »Image: Big Bear Doin’ Thangs (Tru Game Records) Easily doubling as both one of my favorite album covers of all time and one of the worst album covers of all time, Big Bear made sure he’d never be forgotten with the Pen & Pixel gem for his 1998 album, Doin …
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Making his first official Super Bowl commercial debut, Michael B. Jordan is making Amazon’s voice-recognition system Alexa come to life. The new 60-second ad, titled “Alexa’s Body,” will premiere during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LV on Sunday (Feb. 7) where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face off against …
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Photo Illustrations by Brendan Pattengale | Maps by La Tigre Images above: Glaciers from the Vatnajökull ice cap, in Iceland Brendan Pattengale is a photographer who explores how color can convey emotions in an image. In his photo illustrations throughout this article, the colors of the original photos have been …
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Actor Niles Fitch is making history as he becomes the first Black prince in a Disney live-action film called Secret Society Of Second Born Royals. The This Is Us actor portrays Prince Tuma in the Disney+ original film, which follows a group of super-powered royal descendants who are second in …
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W.J. Lofton’s visual poem We Ask For Fire is a powerful work that partially reflects on Breonna Taylor’s tragic death at the hands of Louisville police. In the poem, Lofton repeats the words “the cops who murdered Breonna Taylor are at home with their families” as protesters and justice advocates …
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Today, the full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and choreographer Nicco Annan, and actor …
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