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The Oscars are here, and many are hate watching just for the sake of complaining what actor of color got jerked. It is what it is, and sometimes they do get it right, and here are the Black actors we’re rooting for that actually won. After the 2016 #OscarsSoWhite hashtag went viral, thanks to April […]

The 2015 Academy Awards are finally through and a full winner’s list is here. Selma won a single award through Common and John Legend picking up the Best Original Song Oscar for “Glory” but lost in the Best Picture category to Birdman. The month-long lead-up to the annual Oscar ceremony has brought damning criticism for the award show’s lack of diversity, perhaps most […]

According to ComingSoon.net, Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan have been tapped to co-star in the remake of French thriller Sleepless Night, after an interesting 2014 with Annie and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.  Sleepless Night  follows the story of Vincent Downs (Foxx), a seemingly corrupt Las Vegas cop whose son is kidnapped by mobsters. Downs decides to go off the books to get […]

Channing Tatum‘s new film ‘Jupiter Ascending‘ is just days away from its big premiere. As the star of the flick, it’s important for the action star to get into his necessary zone in order to deliver his best performance possible. Tatum says that music is what helps him to lock into character. For this non-stop […]

Looks like the rumors are true: an all-female remake of the 1980s blockbuster, Ghostbusters, is on its way to theaters.  Among the notables casted in the film is Saturday Night Live writer and comedienne, Leslie Jones. According to The Hollywood Reporter, also casted in the upcoming revival are former SNL star Kristen Wiig and her Bridesmaids […]

20th Century Fox has been very quiet about their new Fantastic Four reboot, which wrapped production late last year. Plot details, set pictures, and even leaks were kept to a minimum, which is surprising for a contemporary superhero movie. Well, we finally got our first look early this morning, and even though I’m not particularly […]

Benedict Cumberbatch, the Oscar-nominated actor who recently came under fire for calling black actors ‘colored’ in an interview with Tavis Smiley, has apologized over his offensive remarks. He originally said that he thought Black British actors found more success in the United States versus in England, and that was unfair. “I think as far as colored actors […]

Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo are set to work on an upcoming movie about Hurricane Katrina. Taking a detour from the historic biopic Selma, their new film will be a fictional murder mystery romance set during the time of the life-changing storm, according to Variety. MUST SEE: ‘Selma’ Is Nominated For Best Picture Oscars 2015 DuVernay […]

Kid Cudi‘s newest flick, James White, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last Friday (January 23). In the film, he plays the gay best friend to a straight male. And it seems like the rapper is a little disappointed that his kissing scene was left on the cutting room floor, according to Billboard. MUST SEE: A$AP Rocky […]

The recent announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees proved yet again that American award shows too often miss the mark when it comes to a fair representation of Black actors, directors, and ensembles. But, despite a series of already-notorious Selma snubs by the Oscar committee, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch recently spoke on the issue of race in Hollywood and claimed […]

It looks likes Ava DuVernay saw into the future, and we didn’t. Despite Selma and its director being a fan favorite, DuVernay  knew she wasn’t going to be nominated for best director and predicted as much in a just published interview with Entertainment Weekly. The interview took place in December, well before the nominations were announced last week. According to DuVernay, “It’s […]