Cheryl Boone Isaacs issued a statement over the weekend after Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith called for an Oscars boycott.
Black filmmakers and thespians are calling for the community to stand in our power and no longer look to White award shows for validation.
Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette took the time to mention the need for equal pay for women during her Oscar acceptance speech saying, “To every woman…
Common and John Legend captured Oscar gold on Sunday with their win for Best Original Song for “Glory,” the title track to the movie “Selma”.…
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Today we shine the spotlight on Actress Lupita Nyong’o! Lupita Amondi Nyong’o was born March 1, 1983, in Mexico. She is a Kenyan actress, music video director and now an Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 12 Years a Slave. Lupita’s collection of awards also includes the Screen Actors Guild […]
UPDATE: 1/18/14 — 4:47 PM EST A Facebook spokesperson responding to our inquiry into the removal of a post supporting Black films because it “violated…
In 1985, Halle Berry represented the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen All-American Pageant and won. A year later, she became the first runner-up…
Dreams do come true! Today, a 9-year-old African-American girl from Louisiana was nominated for an Academy Award! Quvenzhane Wallis was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild; which is about a young girl, Hushpuppy, living with her father in an isolated Louisiana swampland. Wallis is the youngest […]
