The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the 12th Governors Awards will be held on Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood. Honorary Awards will be presented to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award will be presented to Danny Glover. Originally slated […] More
‘WOKE’ goes mainstream April 8th with an all new season #WokeonHulu. Co-created by Keith Knight and Marshall Todd, the HULU Original comedy series stars Lamorne Morris, T. Murph, Blake Anderson, Sasheer Zamata, JB Smoove. All 10 episodes will release at once. Cartoonist Keef Knight is now a popular activist on the rise, but he’s facing a world […] More
Throughout the month, Hulu will be hosting audio conversations between pairs of prominent Black voices from across Hulu, The Walt Disney Company and Disney Streaming on Twitter Spaces. Kicking off with Grown-ish stars Trevor Jackson and Diggy Simmons at 12:30PM PT on February 10th, the conversations will dive into the artists’ lives and careers and highlight Black […] More
Showtime Documentary Films has received the first Oscar nomination in its history, with the feature-length documentary Attica from Emmy winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till) and co-director Traci A. Curry in final contention for Best Documentary Feature at the March 27 ceremony. Attic recounts in vivid detail the five-day 1971 prison rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in […] More
AspireTV, the premier Black culture and urban lifestyle entertainment brand from UP Entertainment, has launched AspireTV Life on The Roku Channel and KlowdTV with additional platforms to be announced soon. AspireTV Life is the first free ad supported streaming television (FAST) channel dedicated to sharing the experiences of the multicultural audience through cooking, fashion, travel, design and more. AspireTV Life celebrates positive, […] More
HBO Max has renewed South Side for a third season. The second season of the critically acclaimed comedy series premiered as a Max Original in November 2021. South Side follows two friends who just graduated from community college and are ready to take over the world, but until they do, they’re stuck working at Rent-T-Own. Shot on […] More
Season 13 of “The Wendy Williams Show” has seen a revolving door of guests hosts following her health hiatus in late 2021. Now that Williams will not be returning, we’ve learned, from Deadline, that Sherri Shepherd is finalizing a deal to become a permanent host on The Wendy Williams Show. A rep for the syndicated daytime […] More
Denzel Washington scored his 10th Oscar nomination Tuesday, extending his reign as the most-nominated Black actor in Academy Awards history. The 67-year-old is up for Best Actor at this year’s ceremony, for his exceptional work in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth. A well-deserved nomination! Washington was first nominated for an Oscar in 1988, when he was up […] More
Regé-Jean Page (“Bridgerton”) will be narrating Surviving Paradise: A Family Tale, a nature documentary launching on Netflix March 3, 2022. Directed and produced by Renee Godfrey and executive produced by James Honeyborne, Surviving Paradise explores the Okavango Delta, a vast oasis, isolated from the rest of the world by unforgiving desert. It’s also a refuge, […] More
Actor–comedian Leslie Jordan and actor, CEO and producer Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 94th Oscars nominations today (February 8), via a global live stream on Oscar.com and Oscars.org. Live from Los Angeles, Jordan and Ross were joined by several special guest announcers from Times Square in New York City, Howard University in Washington, D.C., Beaumont […] More
In honor of Black History Month, premium documentary streaming service, MagellanTV curated a playlist of powerful and informative documentaries and docuseries that showcase the breadth and depth of the Black experience in America. This diverse collection of films highlights some of the most influential Black luminaries throughout time as well as important moments in Black history. The […] More
A landmark documentary event presented in three acts from Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist. jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy held its world […] More
blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona sat down with writer and director Harris Doran about his Sundance 2022 comedy short ‘F^¢K ’€M R!GHT B@¢K’. ‘F^¢K ’€M R!GHT B@¢K’ features first time actor and Baltimore rapper Emmanuel ‘DDm‘ Williams. Doran talks future plans for the film, visiting Baltimore, working with DDm, Kara Young, Catherine Curtin, and more! ‘F^¢K […] More
HBO announced today that the Emmy-winning drama series Euphoria has been renewed for a third season. The news comes as the series has reached the halfway mark of its eight episode second season. Created, written, directed and executive produced by Sam Levinson, starring Emmy winner Zendaya, and produced in partnership with A24, the eight-episode second season of Euphoria […] More
Discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, celebrates Pride Month with a fabulous look back at the past and the strides that have been made when The Book of Queer premieres in June, 2022. The funny and fascinating series features an ensemble cast of entirely LGBTQ+ actors who portray nearly 200 historical figures, with […] More
Oprah Winfrey is reviving the revered story – The Color Purple – for a new musical film. Winfrey is producing the film alongside Scott Sanders, the producer for the original 2005 Broadway production and the original film’s composer, Quincy Jones, and director, Steven Spielberg. The star-studded cast was rounded out just yesterday with Fantasia Taylor […] More
blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona sat down with Kel Mitchell to talk his new book ‘Blessed Mode: 90 Days to Level Up Your Faith’. Kel talks about his youth ministry, faith in God, and living a joyful existence. The two time Emmy Award nominated actor delivers strong life lessons and so much more. Check out the […] More
The Disney Bundle – Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ – recently announced the release of special content and curated collection in honor of Black History Month. The Disney Bundle will continue its promise of amplifying Black stories across all platform all year long with new and shared content in each service’s always-on Black Stories collection. Celebrate […] More
Today, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan will announce the nominees for the 94th annual awards show on Thursday, February 8. Emmy-nominated actor-CEO-producer Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish, The High Note) and Emmy-winning actor-comedian Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace, The Help) will announce the 94th Oscars nominations in all 23 Academy […] More
Today, ESPN Films announced that production has started on the previously announced multi-part documentary on Colin Kaepernick, with Spike Lee on board to direct. The project was announced last year as part of The Walt Disney Company’s overall first-look deal with Colin Kaepernick’s production arm Ra Vision Media. Kaepernick, who has never given a full, […] More
