By Clayton Davis | Variety Dear fans, please stop yelling “Randall!” at Sterling K. Brown whenever you see him walking down the street. That’s a reference, of course, to the actor’s Emmy-winning role as Randall Pearson on the hit NBC drama “This Is Us,” which ran for...
By Raquel 'Rocky' Harris | The Wrap Jeffrey Wright, the star of “American Fiction,” was the only actor director Cord Jefferson had in mind to play lead character Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in his adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure.” In fact, Jefferson...
By Clayton Davis | Variety Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has made some changes in her life. We’ve all grown to know her as the two-time Emmy nominated actress from “When They See Us” and “Lovecraft Country” and her Oscar-nominated performance in “King Richard,” all of which...
By Anthony D'Alessandro, Jill Goldsmith, Dade Hayes | Deadline Deadline has confirmed that Byron Allen is taking another run at BET Media Group in a $3.5 billion bid sent to Paramount Global for BET and VH1. The offer followed a report that Paramount is in talks to...
By Angelique Jackson | Variety Issa Rae has been named creative director for the 2024 American Black Film Festival (ABFF), the annual film festival presented by Nice Crowd. “Throughout the course of her career, Issa Rae has made an indelible impact within the...
by Clayton Davis | Variety If Tom Hanks is America’s Dad, then Will Smith is the cool big brother. Smith has been a favorite of audiences and awards voters during his impressive three-decade career. He’s explored multiple genres, such as drama (“The Pursuit of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsZm-d_MHk By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood Miramax Presents 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...
By Veronica Wells | 21Ninety Black people have no problem speaking about the discrimination and oppression from outside, external forces. But when it comes to the discrimination perpetuated within the community, like colorism, jaws get a little tight. It can be deeply...
John Ridley | Deadline John Ridley is the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave writer, writer-director of Five Days At Memorial, and the Eisner-nominated writer of the DC graphic novel...
space By Mike Fleming Jr | Deadline Hollywood Miramax Presents 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 Clayton Davis | Variety A mass exodus of Black women from senior leadership posts across Hollywood during the last few weeks is raising questions about the depth of the film and television industry’s commitment to diversifying the top ranks of the entertainment...
By Anthony D'Alessandro | Deadline After the Transformers was gearing down, filmmaker Steven Caple Jr. was able to put gas back into the tank of the storied Paramount Hasbro movie franchise with Rise of the Beasts this weekend which opened to $171M worldwide, stealing...