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Regina Hall, Jenifer Lewis, KiKi Layne, Amandla Stenberg Are Named Essence Honorees
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Regina Hall, Jenifer Lewis, KiKi Layne, Amandla Stenberg Are Named Essence Honorees

The Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

Essence has named four actresses as its annual Black Women in Hollywood honorees. They are Regina Hall and Amandla Stenberg, who both starred in “The Hate U Give,” KiKi Layne of  “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Jenifer Lewis of “black-ish.” The awards luncheon will be held Feb. 21 in Beverly Hills, California. In a statement, Essence salutes “the marvelous work and stunning achievements” of the four. Chief creative and content officer MoAna Luu also notes that they represent “the dynamic intersection of art and activism that is influencing how we shape our own destiny.” Hall was also in “Support the Girls,” and became the first

The Hate You Give Film Review: Amandla Stenberg Stars in Adaptation of Searing, Inner City Saga 
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The Hate You Give Film Review: Amandla Stenberg Stars in Adaptation of Searing, Inner City Saga 

Kam Williams Contributing WriterOctober 18, 2018

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) straddles two different worlds which never intersect, one, black and poor, the other, white and privileged. That’s because she lives in the ghetto in Garden Heights, but her parents (Regina Hall and Russell Hornsby) have sent her to Williamson, an exclusive prep school located on the other side of the tracks.   They know that Williamson gives her a better chance of making it out of the ‘hood than the local public high school which is only good for girls who want to get “high, pregnant or killed.” Consequently, Starr uses slang when hanging out with her