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Well folks, it seems that we’ve come to the end of this year’s Black History Month Road—but I can’t let you go just…

Halle Berrrrrry, Halle Berry! (For all my Hurricane Chris fans, that was for you.)

Barry Jenkins, the masterful director behind the Academy Award-winning Moonlight and Academy Award-nominated If…

Former Desus & Mero writer and comedian Ziwe Fumudoh will be making her small screen debut soon, thanks to Showtime.

Spike Lee will once again be back in his movie-making bag for Netflix, this time partnering up with See You Yesterday…

Harry Belafonte, the artist and activist who played a pivotal role in the fight for Civil Rights, will be…

Playwright. Tony-nominated actor. Director. Advocate. Those are just a few words to describe theater great Douglas…

Norman Lear, the TV legend behind The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Sanford & Son, is back with a new project named Cle…

A new series from Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions and Macro will be headed to BET+ soon, The Root has learned.

Nzingha Stewart, one of the directors of Hulu’s Emmy Award-winning Little Fire’s Everywhere, will be flexing her…

Little Fires Everywhere star Kerry Washington and The Old Guard star Charlize Theron will be facing off in School of…

Over the weekend, it was announced that former The Talk co-host Eve will be making her return to scripted…

My Dearest Reader,

Wow. It seems like just yesterday I was raising my fists, picking out my fro’, and blasting CB4’s “And I’m Black…

On Thursday, Netflix announced a brand new project from Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o based on her popular debut…

The life of Shirley Chisholm, the United States’ first Black congresswoman, will be getting the biopic treatment (yet…

To all the ladies in the place with style and grace—and everyone else without it: Netflix has announced a new…

On Wednesday, Time announced their 2021 Time100 Next List, highlighting 100 of the most influential people who are…

The life of legendary jazz entertainer Josephine Baker will be coming to a small screen near us soon, thanks to ABC…

Ahead of its 12th annual celebration, the African-American Film Critics Association has announced the 2021 honorees…