As reported by Shadow and Act, 21-year-old actress Zendaya has just signed on to star and produce a new film titled A White Lie, about the life of Anita Hemmings who was the first black woman to graduate from Vassar College while passing as white. Via Shadow and Act: [Zendaya’s new film] ‘A White Lie’ […]
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If you don’t think it’s important for everyone to see images of themselves represented positively, you are dead wrong. Thanks to Mattel, little muslim girls who wear a hijab are seeing that Ibtihaj Muhammad, U.S. Olympian and 1st Muslim female medalist, now has a barbie. And, they’re probably saying, ‘she looks like me!’ In her
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Representative Maxine Waters poised and confidently reclaims her time on the cover the the latest Essence Magazine. In the issue she explains, “One of the things I discovered a long time ago was that I make people uncomfortable and that my advocacy goes beyond what politicians normally do,” she told ESSENCE. “I have a strong
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SAN FRANCISCO – November 11, 2017- Actor and Technology Entrepreneur, Jesse Williams, announced the release of his first mobile game app, BLeBRiTY. The announcement was made at Blavity’s AFROTECH Conference, the largest African-American tech conference in Silicon Valley. Comedy and color run deep in this exciting new game now available exclusively from the App
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Okay Black folks, now that the holiday season is near and most of us are planning family get togethers and game nights, it’s time to pull out Black Card Revoked. A hilarious game that tests knowledge on black pop-culture facts. With questions like, “How long does a Baptist church service last on Sunday?” the game
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Pictured: Anthony Anderson at Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas/Instagram The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and TV One, a television network dedicated to the best of black culture and entertainment, today announced that NAACP Image Awards winner, Emmy-award nominated actor and star of black-ish, Anthony Anderson will return as host
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VI LYLES HAS been elected as Charlotte’s next mayor, beating GOP candidate Kenny Smith and becoming the sixth consecutive Democrat to hold the office since 2009. Lyles is the city’s first African-American woman to hold the office. She is a city council member and mayor pro tem, a role elected by the council to preside
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The Bobby Brown Story will pick up where the The film left off, chronicling the talented but troubled singer’s exit from the popular ’80s boy band through his solo success, his affair with Janet Jackson and marriage to pop icon Whitney Houston, according to Deadline. Woody McClain will reprise his role as “The King of
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LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Studios revealed the main cast for its upcoming live-action and CG adaptation of its 1994 animated classic Wednesday, and it’s confirmed, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is joining the cast of “The Lion King,” as the voice of Nala. Some cast members had been previously announced for the film, including Donald Glover as Simba
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Credit: Instagram Our congrats to Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition and wife Shamari, on the birth of their twin boys. The couple showed off the two little cuties dressed in pumpkin costume. According to the pic on instagram @DeVoeTwins, the babies have two very different personalities, one up and ready to go, and the
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