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LOS ANGELES (AP) —  Chris Rock, Mahershala Ali, Regina King and Spike Lee are some of the presenters who will take the Oscars stage at the Dolby Theatre during Sunday’s ceremony. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain announced Wednesday the final slate of […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The winners of last year’s acting Academy Awards will return to the Oscar stage next month to present the coveted statuettes. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Olivia Colman, Rami Malek, Regina King and Mahershala Ali will present during the Feb. 9 ceremony. SIGN UP FOR […]

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As you know, the Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday and they were extremely disappointing. At virtually every turn, Black excellence was shut out from almost every single category and despite this year having more films and TV shows directed by women than any year in film and television history, women were completely shut out […]

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Oscar-winning actress Regina King is the latest A-lister to sign a first-look deal with Netflix. According to reports, her production company, Royal Ties, will produce both series and films for the platform, while her sister, Reina King, will serve as head of production. “I am beyond thrilled to join the Netflix family,” King said in a statement. “They […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift, TV journalist Gayle King and soccer star Mohamed Salah are among the six famous faces featured on the covers of Time’s annual “100 Most Influential People in the World” issue.     The other cover stars also included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and actors Sandra Oh and Dwayne Johnson. […]

According to Huggy, “this was the Blackest Oscars ever!” It’s the first one that he has watched from start to finish. When Regina King won he began to scream  and jump up and down like he was “watching the game.” Then it kept getting better! Ruth E. Carter won for her costume design on Black Panther, Spike […]

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Regina King has revealed that she had to hold her tongue when a foreign journalist admitted he didn’t have a clue who she was. The Oscar nominated actress recalled a conversation she had with a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ahead of the Golden Globes awards. The 48-year-old L.A. native has a career that […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — So, Regina King walked into a 99-cent store. And what’d she get? A prophecy on her life. No joke. King was shopping around — “sometimes people will say, ‘You at the 99-cent store?’ I like a bargain too” — when a woman walked up to her with something of a prediction. […]

Check out our honorees 30 – 20 below. 30. Nona Hendryx Age: 74 Who She Is: Member of the group Labelle What She Does: Since moving on from music Hendryx as started a program called SisteSMATR. Where She’s From:  Trenton, New Jersey Why She Made Our List: Her program is dedicated to getting young women involved in and […]

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Winners at this year’s Oscars will need to be quick, both in their walks to the stage and their acceptance speeches. Producers told nominees for the 91st annual Academy Awards that they will have 90 seconds from the time their name is called until when their speech will need to […]

Regina King has been in Hollywood her whole life. She’s “born and bred” in L.A. and started in entertainment business at nine or ten. She had her big break with 227 when she was 13. King recently declared that everything she produces for the next two years is going to be 50 percent women. She […]