Television
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Kid Fury Is Making Big Moves With Lena Waithe and HBO
Unless you have been living under a social media rock for the better part of the last ten years, you’ve probably heard of Kid Fury. He is the co-host of the popular podcast The Read, but before that, he was a successful vlogger on YouTube with his “Furious Thoughts” videos. The internet sensation can now…
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Shonda Rhimes Reveals 8 New Shows Coming to Netflix
Shonda Rhimes is taking her talents to Netflix. No commercials, binge-watching, what more could we want? After countless years on ABC, where she took over Thursday nights with her hit shows Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Grey’s Anatomy, the TV producer announced that she’ll have eight shows on Netflix and will be…
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Racist Comic Fans Run Titans Star Off Instagram for Not Being the Right Kind of Black
If you thought being a regular old black person in America was tough, try being a black superhero, or a black person from the future, or even worse, a black alien from a galaxy far, far away. You’d have to deal with Thanos, inter-dimensional threats, and you still have to battle the Chicago Police Department,…
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Queen Sugar Continues to Make Beautiful Television. I Hope It Never Ends
In the ending of “Copper Sun,” the second to last episode of Queen Sugar’s second season, the song “Fall Into My Arms” by Ngaiire plays as Ralph Angel stares at and walks into Blue’s room. Blue is his son; he’s largely raised him alone but with the help of his family, particularly Aunt Vi, but…
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We Live! Pose Just Scored a Second Season on FX
The category is: “season two.” On Thursday, John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions announced the renewal of the groundbreaking dance musical series, Pose. Said Landgraf in a statement: Ryan Murphy has once again revolutionized television with Pose, an incredibly engaging story of creativity, courage, compassion, love and family at a pivotal time…
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RuPaul Is Filming a Daytime Talk-Show Pilot
RuPaul, the queen of drag and host of RuPaul’s Drag Race, may have another delicious treat in store for fans: a daytime talk show. He’s currently filming a talk show pilot for Telepictures, according to Variety. The show will be filmed in front of a live, studio audience and is set to premiere in the…
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Michael K. Williams Joins the Cast of Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five
Omar coming to a small screen near you as Michael K. Williams joins the cast of Central Park Five, a limited four-episode series that Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay is creating, writing and directing for Netflix. Central Park Five is based on the true story of five teenagers of color from Harlem—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson,…
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Insecure Season 3 Is Coming Back: Where’s Lawrence?
Insecure is coming back! But is Lawrence gone? On Sunday, HBO released the Season 3 trailer of the wildly popular (at least with us) show. I can’t believe that all our favorite shows make us wait a whole year to see what happens. I mean who actually remembers what happened in Season 2? For this…