Regina King beat out her competition to take home another Emmy.
The fall TV season is shaping up to be pretty eventful to say the least, with tons of #BlackGirlMagic representation to be proud of. One of the most anticipated shows this fall is FOX network’s Pitch about an African American female entering the arena of major league baseball. As if that wasn’t enough to get […]
Two of the best actors in the biz are set to join the Academy.
In the second season of John Ridley’s anthology series American Crime, the “crime” is less about race (although it will raise its head), and more about socioeconomic disparity, which plays out in the setting of an elite private high school. ABC announced today that it has made the first episode of Season 2 available for free on iTunes. […]
Emmy Award winning actress Regina King talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her new hit HBO show, The Leftovers. Taking place three years after what is called the “Sudden Departure”, a global event that caused the unexplainable disappearance of 140 million people, The Leftovers introduces Regina as Erika Murphy, a doctor who runs an urgent-care facility […]
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards featured a series of historic moments, most notably the wins for actresses Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba. Davis became the first Black woman to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, while Aduba won back-to-back awards for the same role but in separate categories. Davis, who plays attorney and […]
Regina King seems to be on a Beyonce-like domination plan except in her case, there’s not that much singing and dancing. King, who started her career on the TV show 227 as a teenager, is acting, directing, producing and more these days. And she’s fresh off an Emmy nomination for her moving turn as Aliyah […]
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…
Not only has Regina King signed on for Season 2 of John Ridley’s ABC anthology series American Crime, her status has also been bumped from recurring to series regular. But don’t expect her to return as Aliyah Shadeed…dealing with the aftermath of a murder in Modesto, California. King and her returning co-stars Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton will all play […]
Earlier today, news came that First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to appear at this year’s “Black Girls Rock!” celebration, which tapes Saturday, March 28…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Award is a guarantee of big stars and lots of tears. Thursday kept to tradition as Oprah Winfrey, Lupita Nyong’o, director Ava DuVernay and others presided over an emotional luncheon that gave awards and affirmations to standout black women including members of the […]
Not only has Regina King booked another recurring role on a television series, but it’s the long anticipated new drama from Oscar winning “12 Years a Slave” screenwriter John Ridley. ABC’s “American Crime” is an anthology that explores race, class and gender through the lens of a racially charged murder and its subsequent trial. The […]
