To date, Halle Berry is the only Black women to win the coveted Academy Award for Best Actress. The Cleveland, Ohio native celebrates her 51st birthday today, and remains one of Hollywood’s most timeless beauties. Halle Maria Berry was born to an African-American father and white mother of European descent. She was raised in a […]
Halle Berry said that being the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for best actress has “meant nothing” as far as increasing diversity in Hollywood. Halle was the first black woman to win an Oscar for best actress, and remains the lone Black woman to have done so 15 years later. “Wow, that moment […]
Viola Davis is the first Black actress to achieve the feat of winning a Tony, Emmy and Oscar Award, better known as the “Triple Crown of Acting.” Davis also won the Harvard Foundation’s Artist Of The Year Award, joining the likes of Quincy Jones and Salma Hayek, among other stars. Davis was born August 11, […]
Sidney Poitier celebrated his 90th birthday last Monday, February 20th, making him the oldest-living winner of the Best Actor Oscar Award. Now retired from acting, Poitier has earned a number of honors and accolades over the course of his praise-worthy career. Born in 1927, Poitier’s farmer parents lived in the Bahamas but traveled to Miami […]
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx stars in Sleepless as an undercover cop caught in a web of chaos, while trying to rescue his son. EUR correspondent Fahnia Thomas attended the L.A. premiere before the national release, on Friday the 13th. EUR: What do you do when you have a sleepless night? Jamie Foxx: You know how we […]
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Halle Berry said Hollywood’s lack of diversity stems from a lack of honesty. Filmmakers and actors should tell the truth, she said, “and the films, I think, that are coming out of Hollywood aren’t truthful.” “The reason they’re not truthful these days is they aren’t really depicting the importance […]
Oscar winner Mo’Nique blasted Hollywood’s struggle to embrace diversity in an interview with HuffPost Live on Tuesday. The comedian and actress received critical praise for her role as the abusive Mary Lee Johnston in the film Precious and won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Last year, she received rave reviews […]
Lupita Nyong’o is profiled in the January issue of Essence magazine which marks her first time appearing on the magazine’s cover. The publication honored the actress at its annual “Black Women In Hollywood” luncheon back in 2014, where she gave an emotional speech about “dark beauty.” Nyong’o has been in demand since winning an Academy Award in […]
Academy Award winner and recent Emmy nominee Mo’nique talks about the release of her movie Blackbird is now available on VOD, Digital, Blu-ray and DVD. She stars…
Academy Award winner and recent Emmy nominee for her portrayal of Ma Rainey in the HBO movie Bessie Mo’nique, talks about the release of her movie Blackbird, now available on VOD, Digital, Blu-ray and DVD at Wal-Mart and Target and on Netflix on September 1. She stars with Isaiah Washington and is executive producer along with her husband Sidney […]
America may not be rushing to watch Extant in significant numbers, but you couldn’t tell it from Halle Berry’s appearance at Comic-Con last week. Fans screamed and squealed over the show’s star and executive producer, who along with her co-star Jeffrey Dean Morgan and co-producers braved the sea of sci-fi devotees to promote the series, […]
Whenever Academy Award winner and veteran comedian Monique stops by the Tom Joyner Morning Show it’s always a party, and this morning was no exception! She’ll be at the Arlington Improv this weekend but before she hit the stage she talked all things Bill Cosby, her weight loss process and so much more! Watch a […]
