A First-Time Filmmaker Makes a Mark in Cannes Competition with a Senegalese Drama
By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer
CANNES, France (AP) — Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival's top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around...
WGA Strike: Writers Want Job Security, Residual Pay
By Maxim Elramsisy, California Black Media
Rae Benjamin, a Los Angeles resident and writer for the Netflix series “The Witcher,” is among more than 11,000...
The Genius of Little Richard Explored in New Film
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
To many, Little Richard lived a complicated life, from his outwardly gay and hypersexual ways to...
Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ star, Dies at 60
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures...
Ruth E. Carter Becomes 1st Black Woman to Win 2 Oscars
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth E. Carter made history: The costume designer behind the “Black Panther” films became...