By Angelique Jackson | Variety Exactly 30 years to the day since Whoopi Goldberg officially became an Oscar winner, the entertainer is reliving the moment over Zoom. Watching a clip from the 1991 Academy Awards telecast from her home in New Jersey, Goldberg breaks...
https://youtu.be/CaeRGUsZLj8 Niko Rose | Shadow and Act The unexpected passing of Chadwick Boseman after his private battle with cancer was a shock to fans last year. The actor is beginning to scratch the surface of what many foresaw as a long and prosperous career....
By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of...
by Mike Thomas | Chicago Magazine I grew up in Roseland. South Side kids want you to be so grounded and so real that it kind of takes away from your imagination and your possibilities. You’re so caught up in, “I can’t sell out.” To this day, people will be like, “What...
Carey Mulligan and Zendaya went deep on rage for Variety's "Actors on Actors," presented by Amazon Studios. Zendaya, who was discussing her new Netflix film "Malcolm And Marie" opened up about how they filmed this movie during the pandemic. "Our producers really did...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2sXz5gwwL0 by Thomas N. Pointer Jr. This documentary is about the very talented painter, Ernie Barnes. His work is most popularly known on the situation comedy, "Good Times". You contact me directly about this project through my email:...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIcS68z2Yc by Thomas N. Pointer Jr. The Original Biggie Smalls and Silky Slim. The celebrated stage and film star. Calvin Lockhart was born in the Bahamas. He appeared in many Blaxploitation films. Starring roles in cult classic films...
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By Angelique Jackson | Variety | Photographs by Trotter for Variety On the red carpet at the 2017 Emmys, Issa Rae told Variety, “I’m rooting for everybody Black.” The interview went viral, with memes, GIFs and unauthorized merchandise featuring her one-liner...
The pop and soul singer Andra Day transformed her body and her sound to take on the role of a late-career icon in Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” The historical drama, to be released on Hulu, depicts the “Strange Fruit” singer in all her...
By Jazz Tangcay| Variety In George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” tensions rise as Ma Rainey, played by Academy Award winner Viola Davis and her ambitious trumpet player, Levee, played by Chadwick Boseman. Based on the August Wilson play of the same name, it...