TV & Film

It appears that VH1's popular reality series franchise 'Love & Hip Hop' will be making its way to Hollywood — no, not a 'Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood' spinoff! — following a report that says it will soon be made into a feature film.

Although it appears that Chris Rock won't be pressing charges for the now-infamous slap seen everywhere, Will Smith still took time to publicly apologize for stepping out of character at the Oscars last night to defend a joke aimed at his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Celebrated actor Anthony Mackie will soon have a permanent base back in his hometown of New Orleans after purchasing 20 acres of land that will soon be turned into a television and film studio.

Thandiwe Newton recently expressed an internalized guilt she's felt as an A-list Black actress in Hollywood with lighter skin that admittedly has been shown privilege compared to her dark-skinned counterparts. 

Samuel L. Jackson will be honored at this year's NAACP Image Awards with the Chairman’s Award, which recognizes individuals who demonstrate “exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change.”

Spike Lee will direct a multi-part documentary for ESPN on Colin Kaepernick that features extensive interviews with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and access to his personal archive.

It appears we'll get a preview of just how manic Kanye West's bipolar episodes can get after early reviews of his upcoming Netflix doc, 'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,' suggest that some scenes depict the MAGA-supporting emcee being so erratic that producers cut the cameras to stop him from fully ruining his reputation.

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LeVar Burton is speaking out about the cultural impact of the 'Roots' miniseries, based on Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. It aired on ABC across eight consecutive nights, beginning on Jan. 23, 1977.

The entertainment world is still in mourning following the loss of veteran Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier, and it looks like he'll be honored by longtime friend Oprah Winfrey in a documentary on his life currently in production over at Apple.

Will Smith and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez were some of the winners from the dark event.

Take a look below at some of our favorite Black cartoon characters that broke racial barriers when it came to showing our proper place in the world of animation.

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As the 'Insecure' chapter of actress Natasha Rothwell’s life comes to a close, she’s writing many more — a project with ABC/Disney, two others at HBO and the upcoming 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' prequel film, 'Wonka.'