Watch: The First Trailer For Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Is Nothing Short Of Amazing
Photo credit: Atsushi Nishijima / Disney Ava DuVernay has done it again! The first trailer for DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle In Time” was released on Saturday at the D23 Expo. The Disney project is an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 science fiction classic by the same name. Like the book, the film centers on a young […]
Video: The Reason Behind This Mother’s Emotional Reaction At Her Daughter’s Graduation Will Have You Reaching For A Tissue
Photos via: Twitter/ @Ramla_Ty Get ready for your tear ducts to be fully activated! On Thursday evening, 21-year-old Ramla Tyrow shared a moment of pure joy that she experienced with her mother on her graduation day. Years ago, Tyrow’s mother escaped the Somali Civil War to protect and provide her daughter the opportunity to get the education she […]
The Complete Seven: This Couple Adopted Seven Siblings Who Were Separated By Foster Homes
Photo courtesy of DaShoan Old Florida couple, DaShoan and Sofia Olds had already decided that they “wanted to be a blessing and adopt a child.” However, one child turned into seven when the couple saw a local news story on Thanksgiving Day about a group of seven siblings who separated into four different foster homes. “It […]
Michelle Obama Celebrates Malala Day With An Inspiring Message
Photo credit: Pete Souza / AFP/Getty Images Today, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, turned 20 years old. On her 18th birthday, Malala opened a school for Syrian refugee girls, on her 19th, she visited Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp (the world’s largest), and today, on her 20th, Malala is on her world-wide Girl Power Trip advocating […]
Take A Listen: Political Analyst Angela Rye’s New Podcast Is Just What We Need Right Now
New podcast alert! Angela Rye has officially joined the podcast world with the premiere of her new podcast “On 1 with Angela Rye”. As a CNN political commentator, a NPR political analyst, and the CEO of Impact Strategies, Rye has consistently and unapologetically used all of her platforms to speak out about legal, social and political issues. She […]
Check Out These 20 New Images from Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Movie
Photo credit: Kwaku Alston/ Marvel Studios 2018 Entertainment Weekly just released not 1, not 2, not 3, but 20 new images from Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie! If you saw the trailer, you’re probably just as excited as we are to see “Black Panther” hit the big screen on February 16, 2018. From Ryan Coogler becoming […]
‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins Is Turning A James Baldwin Novel Into A Movie
Photo Credit: Jordan Strauss /AP Writer and director Barry Jenkins has announced his next film project! To follow-up his Oscar winning film, “Moonlight”, Jenkins is now set to adapt James Baldwin’s 1974 novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” for the screen. In the fiction book, Baldwin tells the story of a young Harlem couple named Fonny and Tish, whose love is […]
This Couple, Who Lost Their Wedding Photos In A Fire 38 Years Ago, Received A Surprise Anniversary Shoot From Their Daughter
Photo via: Ashleigh Bing On July 7, 1979, Timothy and Jennifer Bing exchanged vows and said “I do” at Seabrook Baptist Church in Lanham, Maryland. Their dream wedding was captured on their own 35mm cameras, which they would later drop off at a local pharmacy to get developed. Little did they know, the pharmacy would burn down the very […]
This 19-Year-Old Just Became The First Black Woman To Play In The Top-Tier Of U.S. Polo
Photo credit: Chris Palermo/For Hearst Connecticut Media Do you believe in destiny? 12 years ago, Shariah Harris’ mother, Sharmell Harris, accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up on a dead-end road while driving in Philadelphia. At the end of that dead-end road Sharmell stumbled upon a riding ring where she saw children of color riding horses. While there, she met […]
Ava DuVernay Is Writing And Directing A Netflix Limited Series About The Central Park Five
Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times Visionary filmmaker Ava DuVernay is turning her lens on the criminal justice system once more in an upcoming Netflix miniseries about the well-known Central Park Five case. As the writer and director, DuVernay will tell the real-life story of the five young men of color who were wrongfully […]