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Family Guy casts YouTube impressionist Arif Zahir as the new Cleveland Brown
Zahir, who has been impersonating Cleveland Brown for years on his popular YouTube channel Azerrz, will take over the role...
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Posted Thursday 9/24/20 at 6:10PM EDT
The Simpsons taps Alex Désert to take over the Carl Carlson role from Hank Azaria
Better Things actor Désert, who is Black, is the first minority actor to take over a minority Simpsons character from...
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Posted Thursday 9/24/20 at 2:42AM EDT
Damon Lindelof: Real conversations about race are long overdue -- Watchmen is 40 years too late, not prescient
“I think people of color have been wanting to have this conversation and been shouting from the rooftops to have...
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Posted Monday 9/21/20 at 11:08AM EDT
Majority of Primetime Emmy acting winners this year were Black
According to The Wrap, "out of the 19 performer categories — including the guest, short form and voice-over categories from...
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Posted Saturday 9/12/20 at 9:22PM EDT
New Batwoman star Javicia Leslie teases batsuit changes: "She needs to be, like, a sista when she becomes Batwoman"
“It’s important for her to feel like the silhouette of her could still look like that, with natural textured hair...
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Posted Friday 9/11/20 at 2:22AM EDT
Peacock's The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show captures an astonishing moment in the history of Black culture
People who criticize current late-night shows for being too political often point to Johnny Carson saying on 60 Minutes in...
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Posted Friday 8/21/20 at 3:46PM EDT
Dancing with the Stars names its first Black female pro dancer in 29 seasons
Britt Stewart tells GMA she doesn't take her role as Dancing's first Black female pro lightly.
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Posted Tuesday 8/18/20 at 5:47PM EDT
Netflix announces Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices, a family book series featuring Lupita Nyong’o, Tiffany Haddish, Common and more
Hosted by author and activist Marley Dias, the 12-episode Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices will feature prominent Black celebrities and artists...
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Posted Monday 8/17/20 at 10:38AM EDT
OWN's Black Love receives backlash for the absence of dark-skinned Black women in Season 4 promo
The OWN relationship docuseries was immediately called out Friday after posting a promo devoid of dark-skinned Black women.
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Black-ish's lost 2018 episode feels even more powerful in 2020
"It's easy to wonder which moment ABC found so objectionable about the episode that it was unceremoniously yanked from the...
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Posted Tuesday 8/11/20 at 3:50AM EDT
Mike Johnson says Matt James being named the first Black Bachelor "just felt very forced to me," calling the show's diversity response "atrocious"
Johnson, who is coming out with a book titled Making the Love You Want in October, says The Bachelor franchise's...
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Posted Thursday 8/06/20 at 3:44AM EDT
Black voice actress from Star Wars: The Clone Wars was shocked she didn't get a chance to audition for Big Mouth and Central Park
"Imagine my surprise when I learned that so many Black roles I never even got the chance to audition for...
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HBO orders an Issa Rae-produced documentary on Black TV history
The two-part Seen & Heard will explore the history of Black television through the eyes of the trailblazers who produced,...
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Posted Tuesday 8/04/20 at 10:49AM EDT
Harry Shearer appears to criticize The Simpsons' decision to stop white actors from voicing people of color
Shearer, whose many voices on the Fox comedy include Black doctor Dr.
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Posted Tuesday 8/04/20 at 3:01AM EDT
TV is in need of a racial reckoning event
In 1977, the miniseries Roots drew a massive audience to ABC with its unflinching look at the horror of slavery.