LOS ANGELES – Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81…..
TORONTO, ONT – The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace him. The two know each….
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Democrats’ delicate majority in the U.S. Senate puts extra pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to quickly pick a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her….
NEW YORK – In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions….
NEW YORK – A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist known for vivid, stylish paintings of Black men and women, stood outside the Frick Collection in….
NEW YORK – As the first Black model to grace the cover of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, a muse to Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali and a film star, Donyale….
LONDON – A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions that Black British culture made to U.K. fashion and design history and to….
Black Widow is a thrilling action movie that has set the audience abuzz with its enthralling action sequences and spine-chilling stunts. The movie is directed by Cate Shortland and stars….
The NBA world was rocked to its core on January 26, 2020, when news came out that one of the all-time basketball greats, Kobe Bryant, had died in a helicopter….
Chadwick Boseman was an actor whose work will be remembered for a long time to come, not just because of the quality of his performances, but also because of the….
