Angelique Jackson | Variety After dominating the Grammy Awards with five wins, including album of the year, Jon Batiste is set to conquer a new medium — acting. The musician has joined the cast of “The Color Purple,” directed by Blitz Bazawule, for his feature...
Brent Lang | Variety Montea Robinson has been named chief executive officer of Ghetto Film School. The GFS alumna will guide the non-profit organization’s plans to expand its reach and impact, with an emphasis on building out its program and enhancing career...
Angelique Jackson | Variety Taraji P. Henson’s TPH Entertainment has signed a new overall deal with BET Studios. Under the new pact, Henson and TPH Entertainment will partner with the studio venture, which supplies content to Paramount Plus, Showtime, CBS,...
by BOTWC Staff | Because of Them We Can He deserves his flowers! Morris Chestnut was recently honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Fox 11 Los Angeles reports. Veteran actor Morris Chestnut has been a cultural staple for more than three decades, appearing...
By Aramide Tinubu | Essence Just a few short years ago, the entertainment industry was stifling creatives of color. Now, Black women in powerful positions—from directors’ chairs to C-suites—are presenting fresh narratives and taking their rightful place in the field....
By BGN Staff | Black Girl Nerds In this week’s episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we present a 2-part episode featuring actor Dennis Haysbert and author Nic Stone. Segment 1: Dennis Haysbert captured the attention of audiences and critics alike with his...
Clayton Davis | Variety The celebration of Black cinema should be year-round and the focus on embracing Black creatives in the awards community is ongoing. While the Oscars often receive the brunt of criticism for their lack of diversity among its nominees, they are...
Nicole Avant | Variety My mother raised me to believe that the soul is everlasting. She simply did not believe that you could kill someone’s spirit. The physical body may go away, but the spirit — the Divine essence within us that makes us who we are — is something...
Tilane Jones | Variety For me, Black History Month is best illustrated by my 92-year-old grandmother Ella Queen Johnson’s recall of our family stories. She shares these stories knowing that the wider world lacks a true and full recognition of the African American...
By Meredith Woerner | Variety John Boyega and Letitia Wright have known each other since meeting 13 years ago at the Identity School of Acting in London; later, they both appeared in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” miniseries. Boyega’s 2022 included turns in Abi Damaris...
Regina Hall | Variety As we enter Black History Month, I reflect on the varied meanings it has held for me throughout the many stages of my life. When I was young, it felt like an obligatory time of homework and essays about Black historical figures. As I matured, it...
by Addie Morfoot | Variety W. Kamau Bell expected Bill Cosby to respond to the four-part Showtime docuseries that Bell has produced about the pioneering but now disgraced entertainer. But Bell was surprised by how Cosby chose to comment following the Jan. 22...