by Jordan Simon | Shadow and Act Since the announcement that Mahershala Ali will be portraying Blade, fans all over Twitter have been giving their two-cents on who should direct the Moonlight actor in the highly anticipated MCU reboot. We here at S&A have decided...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYNErWAlNo4 When asked about his most memorable fan moment for his role on “Pose,” Billy Porter says that the conversations he has with “little black sissy boys” stand out. “I’m so moved by all the people but really, particularly, the...
By Geoff Boucher | Deadline Hollywood The Civil War masterpiece Glory return to theaters today from Fathom Events (under the banner of its TCM Big Classic Series) to mark the film’s 30th anniversary. Directed by Edward Zwick off a screenplay by Kevin Jarre, the...
From prestige TV to tentpole franchises to the Coachella DJ tent, the British actor is a poster boy for 21st-century fame: multidisciplinary, omnipresent, engaging. So what does Idris Elba want to do next? And what do we want from him? He’s smooth—obviously. And tall....
by Nadine Matthews | Shadow and Act Donald Bogle is America’s foremost Black film historian. The University of Pennsylvania and New York University professor has authored six books on the subject of the Black presence and image on the big screen. His first book, Toms,...
by Monique Jones | Shadow and Act We've been in the midst of a Black film renaissance, but we've been in the middle of one before--in the 1990s. What makes this renaissance different than the last one? The New York Times gathered together several Black filmmakers who...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKPwHm7NjU Idris Elba takes a lie detector test. Is he the sexiest man alive? Did he grow up in Hackney? How does he get into his American accent? Is he a strict dad? Does he have a foot fetish? Find out all that and more in this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1djzWzpRTM Aubrey Plaza and Brian Tyree Henry take a lie detector test. Is Aubrey really from Delaware? Did she always speak in a deadpan manner? Does she think going to an all-girls Catholic school messed her up in any way? Did Brian...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K16lhBj9IRY While “Game of Thrones” has seen Emilia Clarke battle dragons and kings as Daenerys Targaryen in her war for Westeros, it’s her sewn-in corset that makes it hard for the actress to breathe on set. “Michelle Clapton who...