This post was originally posted on the DIASPORA newsletter on December 2, 2025. Subscribe here! As the year comes to a close, I am trying to cram as many FYC films into my eyeballs as possible before voting deadlines for the various critics organizations of which...
Director Stan Lathan is known for helming pioneering TV series that paved the way for Black entertainment, including The Steve Harvey Show, Martin, Roc, Moesha, The Parkers, Amen, among others. He was a director for three seasons of the award-winning,...
This article was originally published via the DIASPORA Substack newsletter on November 21. SUBSCRIBE HERE! Wicked: For Good is out in theaters and my immediate thoughts: Dorothy isn’t the heroine we thought her to be. Instead, she’s an annoying little interloper....
When it comes to Prince protégé bands there’s The Time, Vanity 6 (also Apollonia 6), The Family, and then there’s the great purple one’s often overlooked funk rock new wave project known as Mazarati. With The Revolution’s bassist Brownmark...
Since the news of MTV downsizing its music channels and basically phasing out the foundation on which it was based, I’ve been thinking about all of us who were raised on the cable channel and the cultural impact it has had. From the moment MTV aired the music video...
As I watched Variety’s Golden Globes pre-show coverage, I witnessed my fellow journalism peers reading stats from one of the night’s sponsors, Polymarket, an online betting platform. The stats moved across the screen as if I was watching SportsCenter. The Globes...
This article contains spoiler-ish theories about Agatha All Along. Read at your discretion. There has been plenty of talk about how the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe offering, Agatha All Along is the gayest thing in the Marvel Studios oeuvre — and after watching...
A little bit before its September 13 premiere on Hulu, Natasha Rothwell, along with Vera Santamaria welcomed an audience for the How To Die Alone premiere in Los Angeles. The pair serve as co-showrunners of the comedy from Onyx Collective with Rothwell also serving...
This week marked the 63rd birthday of filmmaker and fashion designer extraordinaire Tom Ford, a man who I was obsessed with back in my days as a fashion journalist. I pined for those wildly expensive Tom Ford suits but settled for a pair of sunglasses that would be...
