She might be an up-and-coming soul singer, but US poet and activist Jamila Woods is a team player. Her second album is also a showcase for other people’s work. Each song on this engaged but accessible record memorialises a figure from the African diaspora – often lesser-known poets, or figures like Miles and Basquiat. […]
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From Dumbo’s crows to The Song of the South: the Disney characters too racist to return | The Telegraph UK
Tim Robey, The Telegraph UK A scene from the original Dumbo (1941) CREDIT: ALAMY. Featured Image [dropcap]Tim[/dropcap] Burton’s Dumbo – which opened on Friday to decidedly mixed reviews – is nearly twice as long as Disney’s 1941 classic, but there’s one set of characters you won’t find reproduced even for a nanosecond of screen time: […]
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Local investors bidding on purchase of African American news talk radio station WBOK 1230 | The New Orleans Advocate
Advocate Staff Report, The New Orleans Advocate [dropcap]A[/dropcap] group of New Orleans investors is putting in a bid to purchase African American news talk radio station WBOK 1230 AM from Los Angeles based-Bakewell Media. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The partnership led by New Orleans native and actor Wendell Pierce includes Spears Group President and Chief Executive Officer […]
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The Uphill Battles of Black Talent Agents in Hollywood | The New York Times
Cara Buckley, The New York Times Lorrie Bartlett of ICM Partners, left; Brandon Lawrence of Creative Artists Agency; and J.B. Fitzgerald of United Talent Agency. Credit Photographs by Erik Carter for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]Movies[/dropcap] like “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians” don’t come around all that often partly because of how […]
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Audra McDonald Heading Back to Broadway to Star in Romance | Atlanta Black Star
NEW YORK (AP) — Six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald is heading back to Broadway to be a waitress — but not in “Waitress.”
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Alicia Keys Will Be the First Female Grammy Host in 14 Years | Slate
The 2019 Grammy Awards has found its host. A year following #GrammysSoMale, the Recording Academy announced that 15-time Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys will host the Feb. 10 show in Los Angeles.
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How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved from ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond | The New York Times Magazine
His play ‘Choir Boy’ just opened. His next film will air on Netflix. What ties his work together? Plumbing the depths of black beauty and grief.
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Black Girl Magic Indeed: Letitia Wright is Crowned 2018’s Queen of the Box Office | The Root
Letitia Wright did the damn thing this year.
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Ava DuVernay Secures the Bag With $100 Million Warner Bros. TV Deal | The Root
This is DuVernay’s first contract with any studio, and the relationship is set to begin in January 2019.
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Michael B. Jordan Is Finally in Control. Now What? | The New York Times
“Black Panther” has brought him Oscar buzz and “Creed II” could be another big hit. Still, he’s restless.
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