For months, there has been plenty of speculation surrounding the reboot of the esteemed animated series The Boondocks. Now, it’s officially returning–and a date has been set. HBO Max has ordered 24 episodes of the new Boondocks, divided into two seasons. Aaron McGruder, the creator of the series, will return
It’s been eleven years since the end of the popular sitcom Girlfriends, but the lovable cast is finally reuniting in the sixth season of black-ish. On Thursday, September 12th, Tracee Ellis Ross excitedly announced on Instagram the reunion news that we’ve all been waiting for. “So we have an extra
NEW YORK (AP) — Jacqueline Stewart has been named host of Turner Classic Movies’ silent movie program “Silent Sunday Nights,” making her the network’s first African American host in its 25 year history. TCM on Monday announced the hiring of Stewart, a professor of cinema and media studies at the
TORONTO (AP) — The starry based-on-a-true-story social-justice tale “Just Mercy” made a powerful impression in its world premiere Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, drawing an emotional response for the courtroom drama led by Michael B. Jordan’s crusading attorney and Jamie Foxx’s wrongly imprisoned Death Row inmate. “Just Mercy”
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ezra has been locked up for about 45 years. In that time, he’s taken the opportunities he’s been given in prison, grown from them and feels like he’s turned his life around. He heard about a program at the Chester State Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison for
Black Panther broke down significant barriers in Hollywood as an all-black film, grossing $1.347 billion in box offices across the world. Nyong’o shared with Vanity Fair her thoughts on why the film was such a breath of fresh air. “In Black Panther, I felt that the African experience was allowed
The first trailer for Just Mercy has been released by Warner Bros. Adapted from the 2015 New York Times best-selling memoir of attorney and activist Bryan Stevenson, the biographical drama follows Stevenson, played by Michael B. Jordan, as he takes on the case of Alabama’s death row inmate Walter McMillian
In his latest Netflix venture, Marlon Wayans tackles the same challenges as some of the comedic greats before him, most notably Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. In his new film Sextuplets, the industry veteran plays not one, not two, but six characters. If I am gonna keep it all the
The premiere of the final season of Power, aptly titled “Betrayal” popped off this week answering the question fans have been fretting over for the last year and some change – “Is Angela dead?” Despite seeing her corpse on the hospital bed and again zipped up in a bag
In one of the most spot on casting matches in recent history, Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in Showtime’s upcoming anthology drama series First Ladies. Written by Aaron Cooley, the project will also be executive produced through JuVee Productions, Davis and her husband Julius Tennon’s company. The
