The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) will hold its 27th Annual African American Film Marketplace & S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase on Jan. 14-22, 2022. The hybrid event will feature more than 100 short films curated from 900 US and international entries. Entries also being accepted for the 12th Annual BHERC Youth Diversity Film Festival
At 41 years old, the world-renowned luxury designer lost his life to a rare form of cancer, however, his influence and pioneering legacy will hold eternal flames of inspiration.
David Massey, the first African American Filmmaker ever Oscar-Nominated for “Best Live Action Short Film” (for 1992’s “Last Breeze of Summer” which he Produced,) along with Producer Sandra Evers-Manly, have presented Massey’s newest Short Film Project: “Passage” at two very recent events: The first screening was held at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY, on November 19, and the second screening took place at Raleigh Studios’ Chaplin Theater in Hollywood on November 23.
Avant family devastated by the tragic death of one of the world’s most kind & loving people L.A. Sentinel News Service Words cannot express the pain and devastation the Bakewell family and our community of well-wishers and fans feel this morning over the senseless murder of our beloved friend and family member, Mrs. Jackie Avant. Her brutal murder is not only a loss to her entire family but is a terrible loss to everyone who met her. Her warm and kind personality was evident to everyone who came into contact with her, and her loving smile was a blessing
Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.
Abloh’s death was announced Sunday by the luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) and the Off White label, the brand Abloh founded. Abloha was the men’s wear designer of Louis Vuitton.
Here are some facts that you just can’t get around. Fact one, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., are living musical legends and that takes a lot of passion, heart work, hard work, and l.o.v.e. to accomplish.
Dominique Morisseau’s theatrical production of “Paradise Blue” is a drama about Black life in post-World War II Detroit, Michigan. The story touches on gentrification, Black affluence, mystery, vindication and redemption.
Police in Tennessee have tied a car used in the killing of rapper Young Dolph to a shooting that left a woman dead and wounded another person days before the ambush on the hip-hop artist, authorities said Monday. Two men exited a white Mercedes-Benz and fired shots into a Memphis bakery where Young Dolph was buying cookies Wednesday and killed him, Memphis police said. Police have released photos taken from surveillance video that captured the shooting, but no suspect information has been released and no arrests have been made. The same car was used in a Nov. 12 shooting in
“Red Notice” was the most-watched English-language film for the second time in the two weeks it has streamed on Netflix, according to figures released by the streaming service today. Viewers spent 129.11 million hours watching the action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot between Nov. 15 and Sunday. Viewership dropped 13.2% from the 148.72 million hours the previous week, when it was available for three days “The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star” was second, with viewers spending 24.77 million hours watching the Christmas romantic comedy in its first four days of release. The animated series “Arcane” was
Record of the Year “I Still Have Faith in You,” ABBA “Freedom,” Jon Batiste “I Get a Kick Out of You,” Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga “Peaches,” Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Right on Time,” Brandi Carlile “Kiss Me More,” Doja Cat featuring SZA “Happier Than Ever,” Billie Eilish “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” Lil Nas X “Drivers License,” Olivia Rodrigo “Leave the Door Open,” Silk Sonic Album of the Year “We Are,” Jon Batiste “Love for Sale,” Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga “Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe),” Justin Bieber “Planet Her (Deluxe),” Doja Cat “Happier Than Ever,”
Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will receive The People’s Champion award at the People’s Choice Awards on Dec. 7, NBC and E! announced today. The “Baywatch,” “Jumanji” and “San Andreas” star is a 15-time People’s Choice Awards nominee and two-time winner.
A “Hustle & Flow” actress is suing a production company formed by the late director John Singleton, saying she is owed contingent compensation from the 2005 film he co-produced.
Attorneys for Kobe Bryant’s widow today asked a judge to punish Los Angeles County for the alleged destruction of almost all evidence that sheriff’s deputies snapped and shared photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash last year that killed the NBA legend, the couple’s 13-year- old daughter and seven others.
Fans of the multiplatinum rapper, Travis Scott (born Jacques Berman Webster II), will immediately tell you that you must experience his live show.
Construction is underway for what owners say is the first Black-owned television and movie studio in Michigan.