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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 07: Issa Rae speaks onstage during How to Find Your People Brand: American Express panel at the CultureCon NY 2023 on October 07, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) By Rivea Ruff ·Updated February 1, 2024
Issa Rae is making a big return to HBO with original content, but she still has very strong thoughts on the dismal state of Black scripted
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated January 30, 2024
Disney + is lifting the curtain on the remarkable stories behind the choir stand of one of the nation’s most promising youth choirs.
CHOIR is a narrative of resilience, highlighting the magic of music and the power of chosen family. This 6-part docuseries follows the Detroit Youth Choir as they prep for the performance of a lifetime on one of the world’s biggest stages.
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated January 27, 2024
As Sundance Film Festival comes to a close after yet another successful in-person year convening in Park City, Utah, this year’s standout achievements in cinema were rewarded at their annual Awards Ceremony on Friday, recognizing selections that wowed both the official jury and audiences.
Black stories and creators won the audience’s hearts this year with gripping real-life stories focusing on authentic experiences. Directorial duo Angela
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated July 31, 2023
Disney+ has just unveiled the trailer and release date of the highly anticipated second season of its hit Marvel series, Loki, notably including an appearance from Jonathan Majors.
With the actor cut from numerous upcoming projects amid his ongoing legal controversy, rumors had begun swirling about the status of Majors’s role within Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The series’ first season famously
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By Keyaira Boone ·Updated July 27, 2023
Beau McCall is inviting people into LGBTQ+ history in an exhibition at the Stonewall National Museum, Archives, & Library. The artist worked on a series of collages containing materials from his “personal archival photos and papers,” documenting the lives and worlds of those lost too soon to the AIDS epidemic.
REWIND: HISTORY ON REPEAT honors the legacies of ten of McCall’s deceased
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated July 27, 2023
Though he currently plays an expert negotiator thinking quickly on his feet in a harrowing situation on Apple TV+’s hit thriller Hijack, Idris Elba isn’t quite the expert situation diffuser in real life, as he revealed in a recent interview withDaily Mail.
Recalling an encounter he had outside a nightclub in the US, the British actor opened up about nearly being
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By Rivea Ruff ·Updated July 25, 2023
There’s no question how magical Halle Bailey’s performance as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid was for both original fans of the under-the-sea princess and a new generation of young fans alike.
Now, with The Little Mermaid available for digital download via Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment today, the creators are giving a peek behind the scenes at just how they
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By Essence ·Updated July 14, 2023
In an exclusive chat with
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