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Famed actress Whoopi Goldberg is set to co-star and produce a film about Emmett Till’s unfortunate 1955 lynching, but plans to do so by telling the tragic tale from the perspective of his mom, Mamie Till-Mobley.

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Actress Marla Gibbs, 90, is best known for her role of Florence Johnston the maid in “207” and on the 1970s sitcom “The Jeffersons.” Gibbs announced on Instagram that she would be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 20.

Charlie Robinson, best known for playing Mac the court clerk in the 1980s and ’90s sitcom “Night Court,” died Sunday in Los Angeles due to cardiac arrest and cancer. He was 75.

Veteran actor LeVar Burton was recently quoted as saying "it will hurt" if he's not chosen as the new permanent host of 'Jeopardy!,' and many of us who recognize his star power and influence in Black culture are starting to feel the same way.

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Big Daddy Kane has tapped Jay-Z, Eminem, Doug E. Fresh and more to star in his upcoming Netflix documentary doc titled “Paragraphs I Manifest.”

Two of our most celebrated Black men in Hollywood, veteran actors Samuel L. Jackson and Danny Glover, will both be getting their flowers as honorees at the upcoming 2022 Governors Awards next year.

Just in time for the sentencing of Derek Chauvin this week, a new film about the circumstances surrounding his current detainment in jail is about to be released.

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Will Smith has revealed the title and cover of his upcoming autobiography titled “WILL." The book is an “inspirational tale of how [Will Smith‘s] true self-knowledge helped to propel him to extraordinary success, and then evolve further to a place of deeper peace – with himself, his loved ones, and the world."

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The 1980s drama series “Highway to Heaven” is getting a remake on Lifetime, with Jill Scott casting as the protagonist alongside Barry Watson

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Allen Hughes (The Book of Eli and Menace II Society) has been tapped to direct the biopic “What’s Going On” about Marvin Gaye, written by poet and playwright Marcus Gardley. 

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Hollywood veteran Rita Moreno says she is “disappointed” in herself for defending Lin-Manuel Miranda against criticism over the colorism in the film adaptation of his Tony-winning musical, “In the Heights.”

Take a look at these 10 Black History documentaries you can watch for Juneteenth that each tell our stories as a race from many different perspectives.