Wakanda Forever: ‘Black Panther’ Cast Introduces New Scholarship At The Hollywood Reporter’s 2018 Women In Entertainment Gala
Photo credit: Jesse Grant/Getty Images Earlier this week, The Hollywood’s Reporter’s 2018 Women in Entertainment gala was held at Milk Studios in Los Angeles. During the event, Black Panther cast members Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, and Danai Guirira made a special announcement surprising a promising high-performing student with a full-ride scholarship worth $250,000. This year […]
John David Washington Receives First Golden Globe Nomination 30 Years After His Dad Denzel
Photo credit: Gregg Deguire/Filmmagic John David Washington happened to be with his dad Denzel when he found out that he earned his first Golden Globe nomination for his role in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.” With his nomination in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama category, he is now “the first Black actor to be nominated […]
‘Black Panther’ Becomes First Superhero Movie To Receive A Golden Globe Nomination In Best Motion Picture Drama Category
Photo: Entertainment Weekly It’s still Wakanda Forever! With the announcement of the 2019 Golden Globe nominations on Thursday, Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” made history as the first superhero movie to receive a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Motion Picture Drama category. Fandango Managing Editor, Erik Davis, took to Twitter this morning to share the historic […]
Frank Scott Jr. Is Now The First Black Mayor Elected By Popular Vote In Little Rock, Arkansas
After defeating Baker Kurrus in a nonpartisan runoff election on Tuesday, Frank Scott Jr. made history as the first Black mayor to be elected by popular vote in Little Rock, Arkansas. As reported by KATV, “Kurrus conceded to Scott about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after early voting and absentee ballot numbers showed Scott had a sizable lead.” In 1957, […]
For the First Time In History, The Kansas City Ballet Selects A Black Ballerina For ‘The Nutcracker’ Leading Role
Photo credit: David Pulliam The popular Christmas play, “The Nutcracker,” is adding some Black girl magic to its lineup with the Kansas City Ballet tapping Whitney Huell as the play’s sugar plum fairy. With this role, Huell will be the Ballet’s first Black ballerina to play a leading character. In an interview with local Kansas City […]
Common Is Turning Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ Into A TV Series
Photo credit: Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times It took 87 years for Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon” (originally completed in 1931) to be published and made available to the public. Now, artist, activist and Oscar winning actor, Common, is set to turn Hurston’s account of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade into a television series. According to Deadline, […]
These 62 Black Women TV Writers Brought A Heavy Dose Of Black Girl Magic To The Hollywood Reporter’s Largest Photo Shoot
All photos by: Claudia Lucia You know how the saying goes: “Empowered women, empower women.” That’s exactly what Lena Waithe, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and Erika L. Johnson are doing with “Black Women Who Brunch,” a networking group that the three created exclusively for Black women television writers. Back in 2014, Carroll, then an executive story editor on “Bones,” […]
Viola Davis And Husband Julius Tennon Land First-Look Deal With Amazon, First Project Will Be Shirley Chisholm Biopic
Photo credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Viola Davis and her husband Julius Tennon’s production company have signed a first-look feature production deal with Amazon Studios. But the good news doesn’t stop there. For their first project, Davis is set to produce and star in Amazon Studios’ upcoming film “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm.” The film will […]
Meet Kalin Bennett, The First Basketball Player With Autism To Receive A D1 Scholarship
Photo via: NBC News After being recruited by multiple competitive Division 1 collegiate basketball programs at various colleges and universities, basketball standout Kalin Bennett recently accepted a scholarship offer from Kent State University. Bennett is a 6’10” center from Little Rock, Arkansas who was also diagnosed with autism as a child. Defying many developmental odds […]
This Man Went From Being A Toys ‘R’ Us Manager To Opening His Own Toy Store
Photo via: Times Former Toys “R” Us manager Glendon Warner was one of the 33,000 people who lost their jobs when the retail giant closed all of its U.S. locations. However, instead of seeking full-time employment elsewhere, Warner decided to pursue his entrepreneurial dream and open his very own toy store. Warner, who immigrated to the […]