The Most American Pop Culture Phenomenon Of Them All
“American Idol” was “born” exactly nine months after 9/11. The timing was significant, because since its premiere on June 11,...
Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism
If you’re not a comics fan, you may have been surprised at the extent of the heartfelt grief expressed following...
One Of Hip-Hop’s Finest Painters Walks Us Through A Gallery Of His Life
Traditionally, the “king’s disease” refers to gout, a form of inflammatory arthritis commonly associated with excessive consumption of rich foods...
Stream Tyler Perry’s Sistas
Four single girlfriends have all reached that milestone that separates young adulthood from being fully grown. Set in present-day Atlanta,...
Daryl Davis The Black Musician Unraveling Generations of Hate
By addressing prejudices head-on with an open mind, blues musician Daryl Davis has succeeded in convincing over 200 KKK members...
Black Lives Matter movement and the K-pop Industry Rethinking the silence
As nationwide protests against police violence and racial inequality continue in the U.S., K-pop fans, famous for their social media...
How Little Richard helped launch the Beatles
“The Girl Can’t Help It” is a 1956 film by Frank Tashlin about a young woman, played by Jayne Mansfield,...
Inside the Beatles’ messy breakup, 50 years ago
Fifty years ago, when Paul McCartney announced he had left the Beatles, the news dashed the hopes of millions of...
Lena Waithe’s First Feature-Length Film
It begins, as so many relationships do these days, on Tinder. Queen & Slim, screenwriter Lena Waithe’s first feature-length film,...
Why aren’t Hollywood films more diverse? The international box office might be to blame
In 2014, a hacker group leaked confidential information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, including a controversial email written by an unnamed...