Sunday, Mar. 17, 2024

Usher was named entertainer of the year at the 55th annual NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night, which highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color.

After Usher accepted his award at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the superstar R&B singer spoke about being thankful...

Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has unveiled the winners of the 15th annual AAFCA Awards honoring outstanding achievement in film, and the organization’s selections for its top ten films of the year.

Leading the way were American Fiction and The Color...

Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023

Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with "Wonka" regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for "The Color Purple" and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022's grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.

The New Year's weekend box office...

Friday, Dec. 29, 2023

Back when he was a freshman at Kent State, Blitz Bazawule read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” for an English literature class. “It stuck with me,” he shared, citing not only the book’s “brilliant poetry” but also that it marked the first time he had read “African...

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023

It's not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The "American Idol" winner hadn't had the best time doing "The Color Purple" on Broadway.

The protagonist of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells her story of sexual, physical and psychological abuses...

Friday, Dec. 22, 2023

Kris Bowers is no stranger to the awards season conversation. He’s a four-time Emmy-nominated composer--for his work on When They See Us in 2019, Mrs. America in 2020, and twice for Bridgerton (Original Dramatic Score and Main Title theme Music) in 2021. Bowers is also...

Friday, Dec. 22, 2023

Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks breathe life into Blitz Bazawule's stirring "The Color Purple," adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway production.

Alice Walker 's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel, which Steven Spielberg...

Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023

Colman Domingo has a commanding physical presence, an expressive face and soulful eyes. But his most limber and powerful tool is his voice.

It can go low in a bone-rattling baritone, like in his Nigerian-accented pimp in Janicza Bravo's "Zola." Or it can rise to the warm, erudite rhythm...

Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2023

In a starry presentation that included Timothée Chalamet, Oprah Winfrey, Zendaya and a first look at "Dune: Part Two," "Barbie" was no doubt the brightest star of Warner Bros.' CinemaCon showcase. In fairness, the neon pink might have given her the advantage.

It was a splashy presentation...

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