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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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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#TBT: Revisiting ‘The Wiz’s’ Impact on The Culture | Colorlines
Ease on down the road of film history via a 40th anniversary retrospective essay from the Los Angeles Times.
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Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London | The New York Times
This “Porgy and Bess,” a joint production with the Metropolitan Opera and the Dutch National Opera, is coming to the Met next season.
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Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC | Roger Ebert.com
A few years ago producer Sandra Schulberg told me a mesmerizing story about a film made by the late artist, Horace Jenkins, who died before it’s theatrical release, and whose film lay lost for three decades.
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#MuteRKelly Co-Founder Discusses Campaign’s Success, Backlash | Colorlines
“This has never been about censoring his music. It’s about his behavior.”
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Ava DuVernay becomes first black woman to direct a $100 million movie | Chicago Tribune
DuVernay was also the first black woman to get a budget of over $100 million to direct a film.
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Mr. Soul! To Screen At AFI DOCS On June 16th | Roger Ebert
“SOUL!” turned a spotlight on the Black Arts Movement
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