The New York Times – Film:
The studio announced news of the film’s release on Saturday at the pop-culture convention Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Category: Black People
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Pretty in Any Color: Women in Basketball Make the Style Rules
The New York Times – Sports:
Players in women’s basketball are styling themselves how they want, because they can. Their choices also can be lucrative.
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The Gag Is: Keke Palmer Is a Movie Star
The New York Times – Film:
With a face that launched a thousand GIFs, the actress is bringing her expressive range to “Nope,” Jordan Peele’s latest social thriller.
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‘Boomerang’ at 30: Think of It as the Robin Givens Rom-Com
The New York Times – Film:
It’s remembered as Eddie Murphy’s bid at romantic stardom and as a key point in Halle Berry’s career. But the riveting antagonist arguably created a new archetype.
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‘Aftershock’ Review: A Moving Ode to the Black Family
The New York Times – Film:
Black mothers are dying from childbirth at alarming rates. A new documentary explains why.
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Making ‘Aftershock,’ a Documentary About Black Maternal Mortality
The New York Times – Film:
The directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee discuss their journey in making the documentary “Aftershock,” which shines a light on a national health crisis.
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Soprano Withdraws From Opera, Citing ‘Blackface’ in Netrebko’s ‘Aida’
The New York Times – Music:
The American soprano Angel Blue said she would not appear at the Arena di Verona after the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and other performers wore dark makeup in its production of “Aida.”
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Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later
The New York Times – Music:
The group that started at Antioch College in Ohio went to Africa and returned “transformed,” one of its members said. A new boxed set collects its little-heard albums from the 1970s.
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Adam Wade, Network Game Show Pioneer, Is Dead at 87
The New York Times – Music:
As a singer, he had three Top 10 hits in 1961. As an actor, he had a long career in film and on television. As an M.C., he broke a racial barrier.