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Review by Brian Lowry Michael B. Jordan puts his considerable star power to the test in “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” an action movie that basically feels like the extended coming attraction for a possibly better one down the road. Whatever the intricacies
Opinion by Peniel E. Joseph Note: This op-ed contains spoliers for ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.’ As a lifelong comic book fan, I see a Black Captain America as a long-overdue revolution in popular culture — one that recognizes, rather than
By Eoin McSweeney Kamala Harris will soon be making more history when she becomes the first United States vice president to have a figure on display at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York City. The attraction in Times Square released
By Brian Lowry While more conventional than “WandaVision,” Marvel’s “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” explored a bracingly provocative theme over its six-episode run — namely, can a Black man in good conscience take up the mantle of Captain America? That hero’s
By Lisa Respers France The Oscars were different this year, and not everyone was thrilled about it. Ratings plummeted 58 percent from last year, making it the lowest-rated Academy Awards ever. And while there were some shining moments, to some, the ceremony
By Daniel Dale The New York Post temporarily deleted, and then edited and republished, a debunked article that falsely claimed that copies of Vice President Kamala Harris’ book were being included in “welcome kits” given to migrant children at a shelter in
By Alec Snyder The late rapper DMX was honored at a “Celebration of Life Memorial” in Brooklyn on Saturday in a tribute attended by his fiancée, children and his Ruff Ryders Entertainment collaborators. Fans lined the streets as the red casket carrying
by Scottie Andrew On the red carpet, the directors of the Oscar-winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” honored the Black Americans killed by police who inspired their film. Directors Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe won Best Live Action Short for the
Opinion by Nadia Neophytou Even before the title sequence plays, this year’s Academy Awards will go down in history. The Covid-19 pandemic, shifting the ceremony to a later date (only the fourth time ever) and upending the roster of eligible films, means
By Eliott C. McLaughlin The real Deborah Johnson hasn’t watched the scene in “Judas and the Black Messiah” where a cop puts a gun to her pregnant belly after a predawn raid that killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. The 70-year-old now
