white actors

In the new issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae dishes about being pro-black and pushing boundaries when it comes to showing black love. “For HBO, we have so much license to show black people loving and f*cking,” she explained. “Why wouldn’t we take advantage of that? We don’t get to see […]

LONDON (AP) — Joseph Fiennes will star as Michael Jackson in a one-off TV comedy set to broadcast later this year — a casting decision that has added fuel to a raging debate about opportunities for non-white actors in movies and TV. The white British star of “Shakespeare in Love” plays the black King of […]

There are certain white actors who enjoy popularity in the black community that other ones just don’t have. One of those actors is Kevin Costner, who won Black audiences over with his portrayal of Whitney Houston’s dedicated protector turned not-meant-to-be lover in The Bodyguard. When he spoke lovingly of the singer/actress at her funeral, he […]