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Posted Friday 9/24/21 at 2:13PM EDT
Matt James says he "100%" felt pressure to select a Black woman on The Bachelor
James told Arsenio Hall, who was guest-hosting The Ellen DeGeneres Show, that he experienced "a lot" of pressure.
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Posted Wednesday 9/15/21 at 10:36PM EDT
Black writers who work for white showrunners have had to deal with "negotiated authenticity" when it comes to portraying Blackness
In The Atlantic, Hannah Giorgis explains the "unwritten rules of Blackness" that Black writers have had to face when navigating...
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Posted Monday 9/13/21 at 5:41PM EDT
RuPaul ties the Emmy record for most-awarded Black artist after picking up his 10th trophy
The RuPaul's Drag Race producer-host won two more career awards at Sunday's Creative Arts Emmys, tying his overall hardware tally...
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Posted Wednesday 9/08/21 at 3:39PM EDT
Yaya DaCosta says Fox's Our Kind of People takes the commitment to natural hair “to the next level"
“We’re actually being vulnerable and real, and not relinquishing to the pressure to be coiffed in a way to fit...
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Michael K. Williams was much more than an actor — he was a storyteller
From Omar Little to Chalky White to Leonard Pine, Williams "made you believe in every character, scene, line, and moment...
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Posted Monday 8/23/21 at 3:06PM EDT
Trailblazing Black daytime soap opera star Micki Grant dies at 80
Grant starred on NBC's Another World from 1965 to 1972, appearing in the first-ever daytime opera regular storyline written for a Black actress.
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Posted Saturday 8/21/21 at 3:10AM EDT
HBO Max’s Sweet Life: Los Angeles and E!’s We Got Love show that Black reality TV can explore other avenues of Black life
"There’s reality TV and then there’s Black reality TV," says Kristin Corry.
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Posted Thursday 8/19/21 at 8:39PM EDT
Big Brother's all-Black "Cookout" alliance has generated widespread support -- and controversy
The six-member the "Cookout" alliance has a historic goal: crowning the show’s first Black winner.
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Posted Monday 8/16/21 at 11:13AM EDT
PBS Kids show Wild Kratts recasts a Black role with a Black actress
Heather Bambrick, a white voice actress, portrayed the Black role of Koki for the first six seasons.
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Posted Wednesday 7/28/21 at 3:22PM EDT
Hallmark’s African-American Mahogany Card line to be adapted as TV movies
The Mahogany line of cards will be turned into movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries starting in early 2022.
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Posted Saturday 7/17/21 at 4:03AM EDT
Cedric the Entertainer will become only the second Black man to host the Emmys solo after Bryant Gumbel, who hosted in 1997 also for CBS
"If that blows your mind, consider the fact that only one person of color — one — has even had...
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Posted Friday 6/18/21 at 1:52PM EDT
Celebrate Juneteenth with TV specials and documentaries
In 2020, networks used June 19 holiday to discuss the nationwide protests in wake of George Floyd's killing.
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Posted Friday 5/28/21 at 2:27PM EDT
Did Food Network used to ban references to slavery?
Kardea Brown, host of Food Network's Delicious Miss Brown, recently discussed slavery on her show.
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Posted Thursday 5/27/21 at 4:35AM EDT
Netflix's High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America will change the way you look at American food
Hosted by food journalist Stephen Satterfield based on Dr.
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Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 2:56PM EDT
SNL's "Gen Z Hospital" sketch accused of cultural appropriation of African-American Vernacular English
Twitter users accused Saturday Night Live of rebranding African-American Vernacular English, or AAVE, as Gen Z slang on Elon Musk's episode “Love...