Television
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Remember the Love: Noah's Arc Returns With a 'Rona-Themed Reunion Special for Its 15th Anniversary
Noah’s Arc fans rejoice! According to Deadline, the original cast of the groundbreaking LGBTQ drama will be reuniting for a virtual scripted special called Noah’s Arc: The ‘Rona Chronicles! Leave it to a show that was certainly ahead-of-its-time to bring us a timely special! This news comes 12 years after the series, created by Patrik-Ian…
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Oscar Winner Matthew A. Cherry Signs First-Look Deal With Warner Bros. Television Group
When someone scores an Oscar, all Hollywood eyes are on what that winner will do next. Well, for Matthew A. Cherry, big things are poppin’! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cherry has signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. THR has confirmed that the Hair Love filmmaker will “create, develop and produce new…
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The Insecure Season 4 Finale Was a Lot, but This Issa Rae-Luther Vandross Mashup Will Never Be Too Much
As we all simmered down from the big cliffhanger that dangled at the end of Insecure’s Season 4 finale, fans reflected on the fact that the television show had served as a necessary escape from the hellscape we’re currently living in (while also serving as a poignant reminder of the pre-pandemic days). Our Sundays are…
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ABC News Executive Reportedly Made 'Picking Cotton' Comment Aimed at Good Morning America's Robin Roberts
A white female casting executive at ABC News is under investigation for what is being described as an “extensive history” of insensitive comments, including racist ones geared at black employees. Barbara Fedida’s abuses of power and alleged acts of discrimination were uncovered in a HuffPost investigative piece, which dropped Saturday. It was written over the…
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Exclusive: HBO to Host Insecure Season 4 Finale Pre-Show On IG Live in Support of Black Lives Matter
We’ve just about made it to the season 4 finale of Insecure and I’m lowkey (OK, highkey) excited to see what will happen. Well, Issa Rae and Yvonne Orji will be here with the pre-game for those of us who are on the edge of their seat in anticipation. The Root has exclusively learned that…
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The Bachelor Dips Toe Into 'Diversity,' Chooses Black Male Lead For the First Time in History
In the past few weeks, many brands, companies, and lay white people have been falling over themselves to assure everyone that they care about black lives and now understand, in 2020, that black lives matter. Marvelously, some of these white people/brands/companies have even started to accept that they have power and are responsible for helping…
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Gabrielle Union Options George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue Memoir for Series Development at Sony TV
It’s Pride Month—and writer George M. Johnson has something additional to be proud of! According to Deadline, Gabrielle Union’s I’ll Have Another Productions has optioned Johnson’s memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue for series development at Sony Pictures TV, where Union has a first-look deal. Deadline breaks down the book synopsis: The title of the memoir…
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Best Black-Led Movies and Shows Streaming on HBO Max Right Now
Denzel Washington, Zendaya, Taraji P. Henson and Issa Rae are some of the Black stars featured on the streaming service.
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Does the Most Insecure President Ever Watch Insecure?
Before I became an entertainment writer at The Root, I wrote general news for another publication. Writing anything outside of the entertainment beat wasn’t my favorite thing to do, but it was the job. Now that I’m here, I often revel in the fact that it’s not really likely I’ll ever have to write about…
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'They Want Us for Our Black Faces on Their Diversity Reports': Delroy Lindo Is Still Fighting The Good Fight in First-Look Clip
No one knows how to lay down the law via facial expression quite like Delroy Lindo and in the Season 4 finale of The Good Fight, he continues to be about that action. Episode deets, via CBS All Access: Episode 407 “The Gang Discovers who Killed Jeffrey Epstein” Season Finale. Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart are…