They should have called this episode ‘The Charley Episode’ because even though she’s not in every scene, Charley Bordelon (Dawn Lyen Gardner) dominates Episode 9, officially called “The Tree And Stone Were One.” Sadly, there are only four episodes left as Queen Sugar takes no midseason break this year. That’s too bad, as it finally […]
If you feel like your head is still spinning from all the plot twists packed into last night’s episode, trust me you’re not the only one. So let’s cut right into to this thick piece of meat – greens, beans, potatoes, tomatoes – you name it, that went on in episode 4, “Second Chances.” First […]
Nominations for the 2018 (70th annual) Primetime Emmy Awards were announced by the Television Academy in a ceremony hosted by Samira Wiley from The Handmaids Tale and Ryan Eggold from NBC’s upcoming drama, New Amsterdam. HBO’s Game of Thrones led the pack with 22 nods, the most for any series. NBC’sSaturday Night Live and HBO’s Westworld trailed close behind with 21 […]
Loyal Queen Sugar fans, we have finally gotten what we deserve. A great, solid, beautiful episode. The backdrop of this episode, officially called “Study War No More” is Aunt Vi’s (Tina Lifford) 60th birthday. Queen Sugar is always at its best when there’s a family event and this is no exception. Director DeMane Davis does […]
It’s clear that James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) is spiraling out of control and has entered a new dark space, even more sinister than where he’s been for the past four seasons. Of course we all know he’s going through a lot right now! He just recently buried his daughter Raina. Then his […]
The drama between actress-comedienne Mo’Nique and mogul movie Tyler Perry has not been put on pause. In fact, Mo kicked the saga into high-gear after releasing a phone conversation of herself, husband-manager Sydney and Perry. In the recordings, obtained by RollingOut, Tyler admits that the “difficult to work with” brand that has been attributed to Mo’Nique was unfair. He also said […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organization that bestows the Oscars is continuing to lean into its promise to make its ranks more diverse by inviting a record 928 new members representing 59 countries to join including actors Tiffany Haddish, Kumail Nanjiani, Gina Rodriguez and “The Rider” filmmaker Chloe Zhao. Haddish got the news from Melissa […]
Due to yours truly traveling down to Miami for American Black Film Festival, we missed a recap week. So this week, we’ll recap Eps. 4 and 5. In last week’s Episode Four, officially titled “No Haven In My Shadow” Darla (Bianca Lawson) returns. And we’ve finally found a way to age the 39-year-old beauty – […]
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The 22nd annual American Black Film Festival is a wrap. Aside from putting together the annual showcase of Black film and TV talent, founder Jeff Friday’s festival can now boast of jump-starting the career of the most successful Black movie director in history. Director Ryan Coogler – you may have heard of the little movie […]
MIAMI, FL- In 1972, the movie Superfly came out and quickly became a blaxploitation classic. Starring Ron O’Neal as drug dealer Priest, the film’s popularity was based on its male protagonist taking it to the Man with his success in the life. This time, cutie Trevor Jackson, usually seen playing naive college students in movies like […]
The Bordelons are back and in the season 3 opener, it looks like we are in for another complicated ride with this interesting, perplexing, fascinating and sometimes, frustrating group. Nova (Rutina Wesley) is hell-bent on her activism, as usual, after dumping her white police boyfriend Calvin (Greg Vaughan) for the cause after he professed his […]
