Blacktrospective 2018
December 27, 2018
Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
- Student Athlete of the Week: Koa Seymour
Viola Davis
‘Widows’ Film Review
December 11, 2018
The Windy City Serves as Setting for Adaptation of Brit Crime Series.
Viola Davis to Portray Shirley Chisholm in Film by Amazon Studios
December 6, 2018
Amazon Studios won a bidding war for the rights to produce the Shirley Chisholm film. The project is the first Amazon Studios production deal emerging from the partnership between Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions and Amazon.
Viola Davis to Star as Shirley Chisholm in Amazon Project
December 5, 2018
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis is gearing up to play groundbreaking politician Shirley Chisholm in a film for Amazon Studios. The company said Thursday that Davis has signed on to star in and produce the project about Chisholm, who was the first black woman ever elected to the United States Congress and the first woman to seek the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. She represented New York’s 12th District in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983, and sought the presidential nomination in 1972. Chisholm died in 2005 at age 80. Maggie Betts will direct Davis in
Reel Talk (Entertainment Briefs): 5.11.17 – 5.17.17
May 11, 2017
She joins her husband and fellow actor, Julius Tennon of JuVee Productions and CEO and President, Lemuel Plummer of L. Plummer Media (LPM) for the landmark limited series, “Two Sides of the Truth.”
Viola Davis Lays Down The Law in ‘Custody’
March 9, 2017
Viola Davis Lays Down The Law in ‘Custody’
Viola Davis the first Black woman to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony for acting: ‘The Triple Threat’
March 1, 2017
Recently, when Viola Davis walked onstage at the 89th Academy Awards to accept her award for Best Supporting Actress, she also got positioned into one of the most prestigious acting clubs in the world. She became the first Black woman to win an Oscar®, Emmy ® and Tony® for acting.
“Fences” Star Jovan Adepo “Enjoying the Moment” at SAG Awards
February 14, 2017
Actor Jovan Adepo talks politics and the experience he had with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis while creating the movie “Fences.”
Host: Brittany K. Jackson
Legendary TV & Film Hairstylist Kenneth Walker Shows No Signs of Stopping
January 19, 2017
Recently, the Sentinel sat down in an exclusive interview with legendary hairstylist Kenneth Walker, who’s styled for some of America’s most prominent stars. Walker, whose niche is hair design for TV & Film, has done hairstyles for a number of thespians including Marla Gibbs, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts, Bill Duke, Viola Davis, Janet Jackson, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Ealy, Laurence Fishburne and more.
Correspondent: Brittany K. Jackson
Actress Viola Davis Receives Walk of Fame Star
January 11, 2017
Actress Viola Davis received the 2,597th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday January 5, recognizing a film career that has brought her two Oscar nominations and whose latest film has made her a strong candidate for a third.
Interview With Kristen Brown, Founder Of Gold Label Cosmetics
September 28, 2016
Kristen Brown, founder of Gold Label Cosmetics, gives entrepreneurial advice
Black Women in Entertainment Making History
February 25, 2016
Ava Duvernay is a Golden Globe nominated director from Compton, California, who is knocking down barriers in the film industry. In 2012, Duvernay became the first African American woman to win a directing award at the Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film, “Middle of Nowhere.” She also was the first African American female director nominated for a Golden Globe for her movie “Selma.”
Screen Actors Guild Awards Gets It Right, Not White
February 4, 2016
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards showed the governors of the Academy Awards how nominations and wins are really suppose to go—with diversity. The wins of Queen Latifah, Viola Davis, Uzo Aduba and the entire cast of “Orange Is the New Black”, plus a two time win for Idris Elba showed that the SAG—union for actors—celebrated the diversity in last year’s entertainment.