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“Obviously: Stories from My Time Line” — Akilah Hughes’ hilarious book from the mind of an obviously bright woman

February 6, 2020

Her book has 31 chapters that I believe is a clear blue print to shaping a television show ... read more »

Talia Jackson shines in Netflix series “Family Reunion”

February 6, 2020

Jackson is a star to watch. She is all of 18 but wise and ambitious. ... read more »

Relationship expert Tracy McMillan hosts new show “Family or Fiancé”

February 6, 2020

McMillan wants to fix your marriage—before you tie the knot ... read more »

STEPHANIE ALLAIN: The Oscars and Her People

January 9, 2020

She's made careers happen in an industry known for keeping doors shut to Black and Brown people. ... read more »

Mati Diop’s brilliant feature film debut “Atlantics” — on Netflix — one of the best films of 2019.

January 9, 2020

It’s hard not to use a lot of glowing adjectives to describe the beauty and the impact of the story and how the director chooses to tell it. ... read more »

MARA HALL has “Ambition” and a message for those living with Type 2 Diabetes

January 2, 2020

I don’t know what it is exactly that makes Mara Hall so downright loveable. ... read more »

STERLING K. BROWN starring in “Waves” and making them (PART ONE)

December 19, 2019

Brown currently stars in the powerful A24 family drama "Wave" for which he has received critical praise. ... read more »

Skip Marley debuted his song “Refugee” at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of World Children’s Day

November 28, 2019

Singer-songwriter, and grandson of the legendary Bob Marley brings awareness to the international crisis. ... read more »

“Motherless Brooklyn” —a disappointing film — financed by African American billionaire Robert F. Smith and directed and written by Edward Norton now playing.

November 21, 2019

What’s happening? We don’t know. It’s a mystery so it’s fair we stay in the dark but in truth, we as an audience deserve better from the mystery. ... read more »

William Jackson Harper on NBC’s, ‘The Good Place,’ is Sad to See a Paycheck Go, But …

November 21, 2019

On a recent afternoon, under Rockefeller Plaza’s food court, a small group of journalists gathered to talk shop with William Jackson Harper, the handsome man who carved a place in television history playing the character, ... read more »

LaKeith Stanfield — currently starring in ‘Knives Out’ — in theaters November 27

November 21, 2019

It’s hard to put a finger on exactly what makes actor, LaKeith Stanfield so alluring. ... read more »

‘Burning Cane’ by Phillip Youmans— One of the Great, New Voices — and He’s Only 19 years-old.

November 14, 2019

The film screened at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, where he won the festival’s Best Narrative Feature Award, marking him as the first African-American director to ever win the prize ... read more »

‘Dolemite Is My Name’- A Hit Now Playing on Netflix—One of the Best Movies Streaming!

November 7, 2019

Now playing on Netflix “Dolemite Is My Name” is an outrageous true story about one of the best “blaxploitation” films made in the 1970s. ... read more »

‘The Irishman’ Brings De Niro, Pacino and Pesci Together for Iconic Mob Film

November 7, 2019

It's a masterpiece, no question, and it's a disturbing vision of the criminal underworld ... read more »

Film Review: “16 Bars”

October 31, 2019

Speech (aka Todd Thomas) from the band Arrested Development is doing spirit work inside a city jail in jail of Richmond, VA. In Theaters November 8 in NYC and on November 15 in L.A. ... read more »

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