LOS ANGELES – (AP) Black excellence was on display Sunday night at the Oscars as 6 major awards went to Black people including a first-time win for Spike Lee for adapted screenplay for “Black Kkklansman.” Regina King and Mahershala Ali swept the Best Supporting category for their work in “If Beale Street Could Talk” and […]
LOS ANGELES – (AP) Black excellence was on display Sunday night at the Oscars as 6 major awards went to Black people including a first-time win for Spike Lee for adapted screenplay for “Black Kkklansman.” Regina King and Mahershala Ali swept the Best Supporting category for their work in “If Beale Street Could Talk” and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Spike Lee watched the Oscar nominations Tuesday morning on television from his bed, with his wife, Tonya, his two grown children, Satchel and Jackson, and their dog, Ginger. Screaming ensued. Lee landed his first directing Academy Award nomination for “BlacKkKlansman,” his comic and furious send-up of white supremacism. The film, about […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Jordan Peele’s “Us,” his anticipated follow-up to “Get Out,” will make its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival. SXSW announced Tuesday that “Us” will open the 26th edition of the Austin, Texas, festival on March 8. Like Peele’s “Get Out,” ”Us” is a socially minded horror thriller. The […]
In this day and age of reboots and remakes, nearly every film and TV show from the ’90s has been thrown in the ring as a possible candidate for an on-screen revival.
Salim Akil and his wife Mara Brock Akil have been one of television’s most successful writing and directing teams working on everything from Girlfriends to The Game to Being Mary Jane to their two current hit shows Black Lightning and Love Is…on OWN. That personal and professional partnership is now in jeopardy as Salim has been […]
Spike Lee has directed some of out favorite movies like "Malcolm X," "Do The Right Thing" and many more.
Tyler Perry’s says he’s finally ready to retire the ‘Madea’ Franchise for good and fans will get to say goodbye to the character with his upcoming Tyler Perry’s a Madea Family Funeral. “This is it,” Perry told SiriusXM radio host Bevy Smith on her show “Bevelations” on Monday. “It’s time for me to kill that old […]
It looks like the hilarious matriarch is heading to heaven in 2019.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Coogler isn’t leaving Wakanda: The filmmaker will write and direct the sequel to “Black Panther.” A person close to the production who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to announce the deal confirmed Coogler’s return to the Marvel franchise on Thursday. The Hollywood Reporter first reported Coogler’s widely expected […]
From "Creed II" to "Widows," the Black-led films are about to be big blockbusters.
Filmmaker Boots Riley is taking aim at BlacKkKlansman… pretty much calling the Spike Lee Joint a fantastical tale that attempts to mask the harsh reality of police brutality against colored folks in American by depicting cops as heroes against racism. As noted by THR, in a three-page essay attached to a tweet on Friday, the “Sorry to Bother You” director laid out […]
