January 2021

Regina King Will Make her SNL Hosting Debut February 13.

We’re excited to announce that Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Regina King will make her SNL hosting debut on February 13. See press release submitted below: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’ RETURNS LIVE COAST-TO-COAST WITH FIVE CONSECUTIVE SHOWS BEGINNING JAN. 30 Jan. 30 – John Krasinski / Machine Gun Kelly  Feb. 6 – Dan Levy / Phoebe Bridgers […]

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Poetic Voices: Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” Poem Transcript

Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem had many of us moved to tears. Below is a transcript of the 22-year-old poet that wowed the crowd with her reading during Joe Biden’s swearing-in. Here’s the transcript of her text: Dr. Biden, Madam Vice President, Mr. Emhoff, Americans, and the world. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can

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Democracy Unchained

Give me liberty or give me death; Trump’s votes were organized transitioned in Georgia with no sustainability. Stacy Abrams votes were monopolized in Georgia with white privilege.  Standards of operation of equal justice torments constituents of rhetoric.  Unhinged with white democracy their follicle of reasoning is canvasing the ocean floor of their thoughts.  Their narrative of

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“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Writer Launches Comedy Series: “Grand Crew,” “American Auto,” and “La Brea”

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Writer Phil Augusta Jackson Launches His Own Series While “Superstore” Creator Justin Spitzer Shifts from Big Box Retail to Cars UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – Jan. 14, 2020 – NBC is revving up its scripted programming output with three series orders from Universal Television – comedies “Grand Crew” and “American Auto,” and drama “La

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NAACP Image Awards Has Been Rescheduled to Air LIVE on BET March 27th

The following is a joint statement from Karen Boykin-Towns, Vice-Chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors and Chairman of the NAACP Image Awards Committee; Connie Orlando, EVP of Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy, BET; Executive Producers Reggie Hudlin and Phil Gurin; Co-Executive Producer Byron Phillips; and Producer Robin Reinhardt. “After careful consideration and guidance from health experts and state and local government,

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty: Stunning Photo Collage in Essence Mag

ESSENCE magazine, the leading media, technology and commerce company serving Black women, kicks off 2021 with a stunning January + February cover art issue. Legendary artist Lorna Simpson collaborates with global fashion and beauty founder Robyn Rihanna Fenty (who recently launched Fenty Skin globally in stores in the U.S. and the U.K.) to reinterpret the narrative of modern-day beauty

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Shawna Thomas, has been named executive producer at CBS This Morning

Yesterday, ViacomCBS announced that award-winning producer and program executive Shawna Thomas, has been named executive producer at CBS This Morning. Thomas is slated to begin her new assignment at CBS News’ flagship morning news broadcast on Monday, February 1. “When CBS News decided to bring the news back to the mornings many years ago, I

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“All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, Presents Filmed Virtual Dramatic Reading

The Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC) powered by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, announced today the partnership with iN-Hale Entertainment and All Tea No, Shade Productions in support of the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7, 2021 with the theme of “Stigma Gotta Go.” “Stigma and shame are 2 parallel social ills that continue

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