Lakeith Stanfield has been nominated
for best supporting actor for his performance in Warner Bros’ “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Stanfield portrays William Oneil the FBI informant that betrays the trust of his friend Fred Hampton, who is played by ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2021 at 5:21PM
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Leslie Odum Jr earned dual Oscar nominations for his portrayal of Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami and for co-writing the original song “Speak Now,” Odom makes history as the first male performer to be nominated in both acting and songwriting categori ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2021 at 5:00PM
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Actress Angela Lewis of the FX hit show Snowfall sits down with multi award entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss race, politics, and playing "Aunt Louie" for four season on Snowfall.
Los Angeles 1983. A storm is coming a ...
Posted Tuesday, March 30th 2021 at 7:24PM
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T-mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced their latest move to take on the Cableopoly with TVision. As the landscape changes, TVision is changing too – and our customers are the winners. As you know, TVision is all about helping people cut the cord, givi ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2021 at 5:26PM
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(LOS ANGELES) - March 29, 2021 - Following the week-long virtual experience, tonight the NAACP celebrated the stellar achievements of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards winners during a special LIVE broadcast on BET and simulcast across ViacomCBS networks i ...
Posted Monday, March 29th 2021 at 2:28PM
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Actor Isaiah John of the FX hit show "Snowfall" sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss his journey as an actor and the legacy of the late Oscar nominated director John Singleton the show's creator ...
Posted Tuesday, March 23rd 2021 at 6:08PM
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Awards season is in full swing and the top of this year's oscar nominations is Judas and the Black Messiah. Directed by Shaka King, who was one of the four writers recognized for the film's script, Judas stars Daniel Kaluuya as Black Panther leader F ...
Posted Monday, March 22nd 2021 at 11:08AM
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Actor Greg "Klarity" Davis sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss his latest project " Joy and Jim" which premiered at this year's SXSW film festival.
Greg play Jimmy, a struggling young artist ...
Posted Friday, March 19th 2021 at 6:21PM
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Alfred Enoch best known for How to Get Away with Murder sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss his latest role in "Executive Order" which premiered at SXSW FILM FESTIVAL.
In a dystopian nea ...
Posted Friday, March 19th 2021 at 6:08PM
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Academy award winning actor Jamie Foxx returns to the small screen in a brand new series "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me" set to air on Netflix on April 15, 2021.
Brian Dixon (Jamie Foxx), successful business owner and bachelor, just unexpectedly be ...
Posted Friday, March 19th 2021 at 5:24PM
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Ford Motor Company Fund announces its third annual HBC-You Mobility Challenge. Ford is inviting students, alumni, faculty and staff at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to submit innovative proposals on smart mobility for a chance ...
Posted Thursday, March 18th 2021 at 8:09PM
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Academy Award winning Steve McQueen sits down with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant to discuss his "Cinema Unbound" recognition and to discuss his latest project "Small Axe."
https://cinemaunbound.org/event-dire ...
Posted Wednesday, March 10th 2021 at 9:19PM
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The nation's first, private HBCU introduces Dr. Nedra Allen, the university's new Dean of General and Foundational Studies and the Center for Academic Support.
General education is an area of academics that does not target one specific course of s ...
Posted Friday, March 5th 2021 at 5:39PM
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Javicia Leslie talks with multi award winning entertainment journalist Tanisha LaVerne Grant about her career journey and becoming television's first black batwoman. ...
Posted Thursday, March 4th 2021 at 6:42PM
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ASU seniors Rachel Williams and Hali Cameron are among 12 chosen nationally for this ambitious project.
Hearst Magazines has selected two Alabama State University students to be part of its ambitious new national project to report on the lifelon ...
Posted Wednesday, March 3rd 2021 at 11:35PM
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Last night Andra Day made history with her Golden Globe win for best actress in a motion picture (drama), for her indelible performance in the Hulu film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Day is only the second Black woman ever to win this awar ...
Posted Monday, March 1st 2021 at 10:50AM
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Legendary costume designer Ruth Carter made history two years ago when she took home the academy award for best costume designer for her work on Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" starring the late Chadwick Boseman. In a conversation with multi award win ...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th 2021 at 5:46PM
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This is not your grandfather’s Jackson State football team. But new Tigers head football coach Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders wishes it were.
Those were the days when the best NFL prospects came from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU ...
Posted Friday, February 19th 2021 at 12:29PM
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The NBA officially announced Thursday that it will be holding the All-Star Game on March 7 in Atlanta and will partner with the NBPA to give more than $2.5 million to HBCUs as well as to support awareness around equity and access to COVID-19 care, re ...
Posted Thursday, February 18th 2021 at 3:13PM
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AMERICAN SKIN weaves a layered story in the tradition of Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, that follows a Black Iraqi War Vet, who after being denied a fair trial following the shooting death of his teenage son (and only child ...
Posted Thursday, February 18th 2021 at 12:44AM
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