Tag: The Hollywood Reporter
Academy Award Winners Spike Lee and Jordan Peele Discuss Their Oscar...
From the office of Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski, directors Jordan Peele and Spike Lee can see a near-panoramic backdrop of Universal Studios extending...
Welcome to “The Neighborhood” with Cedric the Entertainer and Tichina Arnold
It would not be at all surprising to check back in on CBS' new Monday comedies in a few months and discover that The Neighborhood and Happy...
Are Black Movies Being Shut Out by Global Theaters?
When Boots Riley, director of indie breakout hit Sorry to Bother You, recently complained that foreign distributors were passing on his film because they believe...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: How MeToo Can Help Right America’s Wrongs in 2018
Sexism, racism and attacks on dissent made an ugly return in 2017, but the movement could make next year the "year of kicking ass...
Kareem Abdul Jabbar: New York “Self-Made Hustler” vs L.A.’s “Rich and...
Were they alive today, I’m sure the great thinkers like Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Simone de Beauvoir would all agree: Every burning question...
President-Elect Donald Trump and the Mainstream Media War
Last week, it's Trump v. Vanity Fair. Today? Its anyone's guess. That's all part of the President-elect's bait the press plan, Michael Wolff writes...
For Lee Daniels and the Fox Network a “Star” is Born
The drama maintains a promising portion of its 'Empire' lead-in.
Since ordering the project back in April, Fox has been hoping its new Lee Daniels...
According to sources NBC News and Billy Bush are negotiating his...
Billy Bush and NBC are negotiating his exit from NBC News, according to sources.
His impending exit will cap a whirlwind few days that began...
London Film Fest: Why A-List Black Actors Relocate to the U.S.A.
The 60th edition of the British Film Institute's premier event will hold a Black Star Symposium where David Oyelowo, 'Moonlight' writer-director Barry Jenkins and...
The New Yorker cover art by Kadir Nelson provides a counterpoint...
The L.A.-based painter says his painting of an African-American dad and his three kids "provides counterpoint to a lot of what’s going on in...