By Ronda Racha Penrice Black firsts in the 21st century are often surprising. âBeyond the Gatesâ is no exception. The first daytime soap solely focused on a Black family premieres this week on CBS and comes as the daytime genre is disappearing. âPassions,â
By Shanelle Genai Nearly a year to the date of the now infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock 2022 Oscars slap, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to implement a brand new âcrisis teamâ in an effort to prevent unexpected (and
By Stephanie Holland The NAACP Image Awards honor artists in TV, film, music, literature, news and activism. Obviously, all of those categories wonât fit in a two-hour televised ceremony. Leading into the live show on Feb. 25, there are four virtual events hosted by
By Terry Gross For 94 years, the Academy Awards have ostensibly celebrated the best of cinema, but the Oscars have frequently been mired in controversy. In 2017, the wrong film was announced as the year’s best picture, and in 2022, Will Smith infamously slapped presenter Chris
By Leah Dolan American musician, record producer and designer Pharrell Williams will succeed Virgil Abloh as Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director, according to a statement issued by the French luxury fashion house on Tuesday. The appointment is effective immediately and his first collection will
By Shanelle Genai On Sunday, Rihanna made her long-awaited return to music, taking the stage as the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show performerâonly this time, she brought a special guest along with her: a second child. Dripped down in an all-red ensemble, including a patent leather
By Emma Bowman Viola Davis has achieved EGOT status, after picking up her first Grammy. The 57-year-old actor won the award for the best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me, at the 2023 Grammy Awards premiere ceremony on Sunday, ahead
By Gabino Iglesias These lines appear on the first page of Daniel Black’s Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America: “I write because we hurt. I write because some pain can’t be described. It can only be felt in the
By Candice Williams A little more than three years after âThe 1619 Projectâ published in The New York Times Magazine, presenting a provocative examination of the American slave trade and its legacy, Nikole Hannah-Jones will debut her Pulitzer Prize-winning work on Hulu Thursday with a
By Shenelle Genai While there were many expected recognitions during the 2023 Oscar nominations reveal on Tuesday (looking at you Angela Bassett, Ruth Carter, Rihanna and Brian Tyree Henry), there were also a plethora of stunning upsetsâchief among them, the lack of recognition for The Woman King.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned 12 NAACP Image Awards nominations on Thursday, while The Woman King and Abbott Elementary will enter next month’s ceremony as other top nominees. The Black Panther sequel â which found blockbuster success â led all film nominees. The Marvel film delved into the concept
