By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) There’s something missing in actor Matt Damon and director/writer Paul Greengrass’s return to the Bourne action/spy/thriller franchise. It’s...
[VIBE.COM] Today in #blackgirlmagic news, Lunella Lafayette was introduced at the San Diego Comic Con as the smartest person in Marvel Universe. Moon Girl, as she...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) The big debate shouldn’t be if this is the best Star Trek film ever. The more interesting conversation...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) It’s official. This is the year of animation. So many films from the genre are sprouting up like...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) The race for the “Best Animation Feature Film” Oscar is on. “Finding Dory” may be the most touching...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) Some things should be left in the past and forgotten. Case in point: Tarzan. This modern version, “The...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) “You can not own a child of God,” proclaims a slave named Moses (Mahershala Ali, HBO’s “Treme”). “We...
[VIBE.COM] A film comprised of impressive special effects, catchy music and a collective batch of A-listers will sound like the perfect formula for a surefire blockbuster....
[USWEEKLY.COM] And the winner is … ! Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber took home the coveted crown at the 2016 Miss USA pageant on Sunday,...
[AJ+] Amirah Sackett and her female Muslim dance group, We’re Muslim Don’t Panic, spread their hip-hop all over the country to address misconceptions about Muslim women....
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose admitted that she questioned why Mark Wolper, the son of the...
By Joan H. Allen (Associate Publisher, Daily Challenge) The Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honors outstanding dance and choreography on stage and screen, recently announced...
[ROLLINGSTONE.COM] Meek Mill and Fabolous join forces for a remix of “All The Way Up,” the Fat Joe and Remy Ma single that also recently received...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Contributing Writer) First Detroit, then Hollywood, Washington D.C and the world. Before long, if the president of 25th Frame Films has...
[CNN.COM] Chanhassen, Minnesota (CNN)One day before his body was found, Prince was given intravenous fluids at a Minneapolis area hospital, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune,...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) Somewhere in this raunchy, bawdy comedy of errors is a young feminist story trying to get out. By...
[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=v5Bd_NMGOPc” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v5Bd_NMGOPc/sddefault.jpg”] Memphis is the No. 1 market for the hit WGN America drama “Underground,” which tells the story of enslaved Americans escaping to freedom...
[YAHOO.COM] Former O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro appeared on Megyn Kelly’s Fox special on Tuesday night, and finally revealed what his client whispered in his ear...
By Joan H. Allen (Associate Publisher, Daily Challenge) Two Black productions, “Hamilton” with 16 Tony nominations and “Shuffle Along” with 10 Tony nominations lead the Tonys...
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) They’re 50 percent Black, 50 percent White. 100 percent Nerd. Go figure. Left to their own devices and...
By Stacy M. Brown (From The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) The words were as stunning as the report: “It is with profound sadness that I am...
[MTV NEWS] In this rare clip from MTV News, Tupac Shakur talks about income inequality in America. [fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=GL-ZoNhUFmc” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GL-ZoNhUFmc/maxresdefault.jpg”]
By Pansy Ruff (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) The 11th Annual Miami Jazz in the Gardens festival started off with a bang on Saturday, March 19th....
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) “I did it my way…” No, Ethan Hawke doesn’t sing those lyrics in this faux bio/film about jazz...
[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=PxpX8-efsZI” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PxpX8-efsZI/maxresdefault.jpg”] By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic What is the tolerance level for collateral damage during drone strikes? It’s been a topical...
