The 2015 Emmy Awards are underway live on FOX. With Andy Samberg at the helm as the show’s host, and a big night in store…
This year’s Emmy nominations took Hollywood by storm with ten black actresses up for awards and two making Emmy history. Taraji P. Henson (Empire) and…
After winning a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress on Sunday night, Taraji P. Henson has her sights set on an Emmy. The actress is having quite…
Viola Davis’ performance on the critically acclaimed ABC drama How To Get Away With Murder won over fans, especially after the powerful scene featuring her character…
The upcoming 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will carry with it a relevant bit of news for African-Americans. This year, 11 Black actors and actresses were nominated across the major categories, the most since 1977. That year, the ABC mini-series Roots was nominated 21 times across the major categories and 37 times overall. Much like the […]
Actress Gail Fisher and her onscreen accomplishments have been largely forgotten, but she blazed a trail as the first Black actress to win an Emmy Award for her role as Peggy Fair in the CBS detective drama, Mannix. During the height of her career, she also won a pair of Golden Globe Awards. Fisher was born August […]
This morning, Kerry Washington became the first African American woman to earn a best actress Emmy nomination in 18 years. Nominees for the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood. Washington made the cut for Lead Actress in a Drama for her […]
This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. The former voice of Elmo, Kevin Clash, just got a Emmy nomination even though he had to resign amid allegations of a sex scandal the puppeteer was nominated for outstanding performer. But if you ask […]
Broadcast journalist Gil Noble was a pioneer in TV broadcasting and a well-known reporter during the civil rights era. Gil Noble has produced the largest collection of programs and documentaries on the African-American experience. Some of his key interviews were with Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Martin Luther King, President Nelson Mandela, Lena Horne, […]
