Entertainment

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about how Hollywood doesn’t support or recognize black actors and actresses, especially in light of the award season we’re in the middle of. But ask Idris Elba and he’ll tell you that it’s even worse in the United Kingdom.  The Guardian got ahold of a speech that it says…

Kudos to Kode magazine for putting six of Hollywood’s rising African-American actresses and singers on the cover of its January issue and dubbing these six ladies #GenerationNoir.  The lineup includes actress, fashion trendsetter and body-image activist Zendaya Coleman; singer and actress Kat Graham, who will play Jada Pinkett Smith in an upcoming Tupac Shakur biopic;…

Meek Mill may have been clowned over the last couple of days while beefing with 50 Cent, but the rapper, after being called out on Twitter, has stepped up to the plate to help out residents in Flint, Mich., as they deal with a water crisis. Somebody tell @MeekMill & @50cent the ppl in #Flint #Michigan…

The little sequel that could knocked a beloved sci-fi franchise out of the top spot at the box office this past weekend. According to CNN, Ride Along 2, the follow-up to Ice Cube and Kevin Hart’s movie about a cop and his wide-eyed brother-in-law who wants to be a cop, premiered this weekend, raking in…

Three years ago, Cheryl Boone Isaacs became the first black woman appointed president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And this year’s Oscar nominations, which lack ethnic diversity, aren’t sitting well with her, especially with big names like Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee calling for a boycott of the award ceremony.…

It’s been almost 12 years since the crew from Calvin’s Barbershop got together to make laughs. But the upcoming movie reuniting Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer, Barbershop: The Next Cut, also takes a look at gang violence in Chicago. In The Next Cut, Calvin (Ice Cube) attempts to bring the community together and save…

Not everyone is singing the praises of Jada Pinkett Smith’s call for a boycott of the Oscars. Especially one person who has repeatedly told her story of being blackballed from Hollywood because of the actions of Will Smith. Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, took to Facebook to call out…

It probably wasn’t a random joke but, rather, something Hannibal Buress had been working into his routine for quite some time. Nonetheless, it was that joke that seemed to reignite interest in drugging and rape allegations about Bill Cosby that had been around for decades. But Buress doesn’t want to be known as the Cosby-rape-joke guy. In…

There have been reports and rumors that collard greens would be the next item to be gentrified and Columbused by the mainstream—that is, folks would be told that it’s a green that people aren’t using as much and ought to start using, completely ignoring its legacy in African-American Southern soul food, and how it’s a…

Empire fans, rejoice! The hit Fox series has been renewed for a third season. Currently, countless fans are going through withdrawal because of the winter hiatus, so hopefully this news will put smiles on their faces. Although the ratings of the second season declined, it seems as though executives still have faith in the show.…