The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) partnered with BET Networks to produce the inaugural ABFF Awards on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton, where celebrities including Robert Downey Jr., Pharrell and Anthony Anderson gathered to […]
Barbershop: The Next Cut film director, Malcolm D. Lee, to mentor finalists OAK BROOK, Ill. (Feb. 15, 2016) – Back for its second year, McDonald’s USA and the American Black Film Festival invite emerging filmmakers […]
Laura Prudom | Variety | The entertainment industry may be reeling from the lack of diversity in the 2016 Oscar nominations, but the winners at the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards stood in stark contrast […]
Dave McNary/Variety: The African-American Film Critics Association has selected “Straight Outta Compton “ as the winner of the group’s award for best picture. Universal’s box office hit, centered on the origins of the seminal rap […]
Ramin Setoodeh/Variety: Idris Elba plays the commandant in “Beasts of No Nation,” a drama directed by Cary Fukunaga about child soldiers in West Africa, which Netflix released in October. Elba spoke to Variety about the […]
Mannie Holmes/Variety: “007” actresses Halle Berry, Naomie Harris, Trina Parks and Gloria Hendry came together for the first time at the California American Museum Tuesday night for the Black Women of Bond Tribute. The celebration, […]
Lamman Rucker (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married), DB Woodside (Fox’s 24, Centric’s Single Ladies) and iconic actor Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars) will star in The Man in 3B, the first film from […]
Dave McNary/Variety: Universal -Legendary’s “Straight Outta Compton “ has reached $200 million at the worldwide box office, the seventh Universal title to reach the milestone this year. The current domestic gross is $161.1 million and […]
Dave McNary/Variety: Columbus Short, Evan Ross and newcomer Erica Peeples are starring in the love story “True to the Game,” Variety has learned exclusively. Vivica A. Fox, Nelsan Ellis (“True Blood”) and Keith Robinson are […]
Dave McNary/Variety: “Straight Outta Compton “ is headed straight to the top of the U.S. box office with an opening weekend of more than $40 million in its sights. That should more than double the […]