By Variety Staff | Variety Variety has promoted Angelique Jackson to film and media reporter. In her new role, Jackson will cover the major Hollywood studios and streaming services, as well as the indie film scene. She will also contribute in-depth interviews and...
by Variety Staff | Variety Variety, the African American Film Critics Association and the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies have partnered to create the Micheaux Project, an outreach program aimed at encouraging high school students from underrepresented...
by Monique Jones | Shadow and Act Back in 2017, Mike Epps was slated to star as Richard Pryor in a biopic directed by Lee Daniels and produced by Jay Z. But so far, the project hasn't come to fruition. Epps posted to Instagram recently about his remaining hope for a...
by Angelique Jackson | Variety The world seems to be quickly coming to understand that navigating life as a Black person in America is an emotional and difficult journey. But what about paving a path in Hollywood? As support for the Black Lives Matter movement...
By Derek Lawrence | Entertainment Weekly Idris Elba is ready to bring his signature character to the big screen. Over five seasons and 10 years, the...
https://youtu.be/CBmQE7WE4UE By Jake Kanter | 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...
by Jordan Simon | Shadow & Act Netflix has unveiled its list of 10 most-watched original movies and films on the list include Bird Box, Spenser Confidential, 6 Underground and The Platform. Arriving in second place is the Sandra Bullock and Trevante Rhodes-led...
by Jordan Simon | Shadow & Act Viola Davis earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role as Aibileen Clark in the 2011 film The Help. After revealing in 2018 that she regrets starring in the film, she is speaking out about the film once again....
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Nathan Scoggins is an award-winning writer and director who lives in L.A. He’s written projects for Lionsgate, Jenkins Entertainment, Sodium Entertainment, and Five...
https://youtu.be/Mtiz9pKND9w By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to grim headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions,...
from Alt-Africa.com The 95 year old veteran actor is known for advancing positive representation of Black women on the screen. This week the Peabody Awards selected Tyson, for her work on stage, screen, and television, as the 2020 recipient of a Career Achievement...