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With all that is happening in Hollywood, I can't help but think of how Maureen Ryan's book Burn it Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood is more relevant than ever. And as the book suggests, perhaps we should burn it down. Vanity Fair...
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...and the best acceptance speech at the 8th annual Critics Choice Association Celebration of Black Cinema & Television goes to… Janelle James! The Abbot Elementary star was honored with the Comedy Award – and didn’t have to cry or show titties to be honored...
Artist Glenn Kaino is is a product of the Greatest Generation: Gen X. It’s a generation that gave us hip-hop and the internet, and — the work of Glenn Kaino. his artist career has led him to a role as Chief Creative Officer of the 2.0 era of Napster and the Senior...
This post was originally posted on the DIASPORA newsletter on December 2, 2025. As the year comes to a close, I am trying to cram...
If you turn to page 130 of Tre'vell Anderson's book "We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film", you will see a name within the text. And that name is Dino-Ray Ramos. I'm not putting shine on "We See Each Other" just because of this, but because...
DIE MY LOVE In Die My Love, Katniss Everdeen goes up against her biggest adversary yet: postpartum depression and Edward Cullen as a husband who just doesn’t get it. Lynne Ramsay’s latest can be seen as a dark fever dream of a comedy or just a straight-up...
