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Style With Soul: How the World’s Most Iconic Black Women Singers Expressed Themselves Through Fashion Vogue 3 days ago Tavia Nyong’o © William Gottlieb / Getty Images Billie Holiday performing at the Club Downbeat in New York City, February 1947. As a child, one book in our Afrocentric family library cast a particular magnetism upon me. It was A Zora Neale Hurston Reader, edited by Alice Walker; the 1979 Feminist Press edition with the wraparound cover. On the front st...

Stacey Abrams, the woman credited with helping Joe Biden win the Presidential election by boosting the voting turnout in Georgia, will have her latest novel turned into a TV series. According to Deadline, NBCU’s Working Title Television has acquired the rights to Abrams’ legal thriller While Justice Sleeps. The book follows Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk who is given legal guardianship and power of attorney over a controversial Supreme Court justice. Details on the series have y...

CinemaBlend In 2018, Blumhouse took us back to the early days of The Purge with The First Purge, a prequel that depicted the origins of the annual lawless evening and how an experiment in Staten Island resulted in the most ruthless and deadly night of the year. While the horror movie received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike, it didnt have any trouble scaring up an audience. To date, it remains the highest-grossing installment in the franchise, grossing nearly $140 million wo...

May 6, 2021 Share While starring in films like “Selma” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” actor David Oyelowo discovered a new passion: directing. Oyelowo was inspired to step behind-the-camera after learning different nuances of the craft from respected directors like Ava DuVernay and Will Gluck. His desire to act and direct in the same movie grew even more after seeing successful efforts from his friends Nate Parker in “The Birth of a Nation” and Joel Edgerton in “The Gift...

Effie T. Brown ( Wellington Love ( The United States vs. Billie Holiday) are producing on behalf of Gamechanger Films, according to the report. Production is set to begin this fall in the Pacific Northwest. Gabourey Sidibe / Getty “I’m super excited to work with Gamechanger on my first feature!” said Sidibe. “This project is a true stand-out and the character of ‘Naia’ is a Bad Ass! Effie and Wellington are powerhouse visionaries and I’m so excited to be able to work with them to ...

David Oyelowo discovered a new passion: directing. Oyelowo was inspired to step behind the camera after learning different nuances of the craft from respected directors like Daniels, Ava DuVernay and Will Gluck. His desire to act and direct in the same movie grew stronger, after seeing successful efforts from his friends Nate Parker in "The Birth of a Nation" and Joel Edgerton in "The Gift." For years, Oyelowo picked their brains to feel confident enough to take a leap of his own. The actors ...

Jonathan Landrum Jr. This image released by RLJE films shows Lonnie Chavis, left, and Rosario Dawson in a scene from "The Water Man," a film by David Oyelowo. (Karen Ballard/RLJE films via AP) May 06, 2021 - 2:30 PM LOS ANGELES - While starring in films like “Selma” and “Lee Daniels The Butler,” actor David Oyelowo discovered a new passion: directing. Oyelowo was inspired to step behind-the-camera after learning different nuances of the craft from...

LOS ANGELES – While starring in films like “Selma” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” actor David Oyelowo discovered a new passion: directing. Oyelowo was inspired to step behind-the-camera after learning different nuances of the craft from respected directors like Ava DuVernay and Will Gluck. His desire to act and direct in the same movie grew even more after seeing successful efforts from his friends Nate Parker in “The Birth of a Nation” and Joel Edgerton in “The Gift,�...

Starring: Attiya Khan Whats it about? Following a series of intimate conversations between a former couple who lived through two years of domestic abuse, this documentary is a fresh and nuanced look at the healing and revelation that can happen for everyone involved when men take responsibility for their abuse. Streaming after broadcast at SBS On Demand: YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE Nomadland Breaks Barriers "Nomadland" director Chloé Zhao became the second woman and first woman of colour to win bes...

“I guess the main thing I miss about  Empire is the glamour and the glitz,” Serayah tells ABC Audio. “I love fashion. I do miss dressing up every day and having some cool new, something off the runway. It’s really dope.” “I’m just glad I was able to see a production at that scale, and be around such amazing actresses and actors, and other talent we had on the show, and just pick up things and learn a lot,” she adds. Serayah portrayed recording artist Tiana Brown in  Empire. ...