Viola Davis‘ new movie has sparked a fierce debate about Hollywood covering hard truths through a lens — including slavery … resulting in some calling for a boycott of this one.
“The Woman King”...
“The Little Mermaid” has bombed with moviegoers in China and South Korea amid racist critiques in some quarters over the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as main character Ariel.
Disney’s...
It is both harder and easier to write political satire these days. Harder because real life is so absurd that satire is redundant. Easier because even the most far-fetched satirical tale seems plausible...
John Glenn’s passing at the age of 95 is just another reminder that the era of infinite possibility is sadly passing away. Glenn, a Marine fighter pilot in WWII and Korea, was the first...
Since its founding in 1923, Disney has stood alone in Hollywood in one fundamental way: Its family-friendly movies, television shows and theme park rides, at least in theory, have always been aimed at...
The University of California Santa Barbara’s Black Student Union invited students to a free, private screening of the recently released Wakanda Forever, but asked white students not to attend.
A post...
Introducing a new character to rabid Marvel Cinematic Universe audiences can be risky if it’s not stunt casting — think Kurt Russell as Chris Pratt’s dad in “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” — but...
Captain Marvel is the typical Hollywood fantasy, with a woman playing the “captain,” plenty of heroic non-whites, and lots of bad white people. It will be released this Friday, March 8, which...
Awkwafina announced Saturday she’s quitting Twitter, following ongoing accusations of cultural appropriation.
The Golden Globe-winning actress and comedian took to social media to address her controversial...
What Will Smith once called “The Willenium” in the innocent days of 1999 has taken a dark turn. It’s either that or the Academy Awards, which were losing viewers, arranged a publicity boost from...
Marta Kauffman remembers being bothered: Why were so many people picking on “Friends”?
Created by Kauffman and David Crane, the series about a group of close friends was an instant smash when it...
Time and time again throughout history, the white man has proven he cannot be trusted. In Martin Scorsese’s twenty-sixth film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” he shows us another staggering real-life...
Stand-up comic Jo Koy attempts at woke humor – targeting both the audience and Royal Family – fell flat during his opening monologue for the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Koy’s comedic approach saw...
When all this is over, when Lily Gladstone no longer has to discuss and dissect and get all dressed up to celebrate “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the movie that first came into her life nearly five...
While having five past winners present the acting categories once again went over well at the 2024 Oscars like it did in 2009, the Best Actress category will present a challenge toward optics should...
American Fiction, Orion Amazon MGM Studios, 2023, written and directed by Cord Jefferson, based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett
Movies written and directed by blacks are now thoroughly...
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I’m tempted to make a joke about the new Wakanda’s greatest enemy being people who can swim, but I won’t. Wakanda Forever, the sequel to Black...
For Roseanne Barr, star of ABC’s hit show “Roseanne,” there would be no appeal. When her tweet hit, she was gone.
“Roseanne’s Twitter statement, is abhorrent, repugnant...
Julianne Hough was mercilessly mocked online after doing a ‘land acknowledgment’ as she hosted the Oscars red carpet.
The Dancing with The Stars took a moment to mention the indigenous tribes of...
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If you’ve seen the trailer for 1917, you know the premise: Two British soldiers must slip through enemy lines to deliver an urgent message. If they fail, the...