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Dream Hampton, the executive producer of Lifetime’s record-breaking documentary Surviving R. Kelly, has been attached to direct and executive produce a Cineflix Productions mini-series on the Tulsa race massacre. Working titled Black Wall Street, the series will examine Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum’s controversial attempts to locate the mass graves of 300 African Americans who were […]

Production resuming on the Avatar sequels moved a step closer after director James Cameron and producer Jon Landau touched down in New Zealand on Sunday. Landau revealed the news in an Instagram post of the pair sporting coronavirus protective masks and visors. He noted that they will now need to observe a 14-day isolation period […]

The weekend’s images of protests of the death of George Floyd also saw widespread reports of members of the media being attacked, harassed, injured and arrested as they covered everything from peaceful marches to looting and unrest. A spokesperson for the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, run by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said that […]

Women In Film Los Angeles released a statement in regards to the recent protests and demonstrations in L.A. and around the world against unjust violence against the Black community which include the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. “Violence against Black Americans must end,” they posted on their official Twitter account. “Now […]

Considering all the brutal events in the past week, John Oliver had a lot to unpack Last Week Tonight. First, he talked about the protests in the wake of the horrific death of George Floyd. He said how it was a response to the legacy of police misconduct in Minnesota and all over the nation. […]

Filmmaker Spike Lee on Sunday debuted a new short film, 3 Brothers – Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd, a compilation of the scene from his 1989 film Do The Right Thing featuring the death of Radio Raheem (played by the late Bill Nunn) and video of the deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the series finale of Vida on Starz. “I hope that Vida gives permission and is a marker in this timeline of us,” says Tanya Saracho of the Starz series that came to an end tonight after three seasons. “Us meaning Latinx in this industry,” the seasoned playwright and […]

WGA West president David A. Goodman said tonight that the guild “stands with those who peacefully protest the racist, extrajudicial murders of George Floyd and other Black people.” Noting that “police fired rubber bullets at peaceful demonstrators” yesterday near the guild’s offices in Los Angeles “while the U.S. President tweeted anger and outrage at his […]

UPDATE 5:25 PM: Los Angeles County has moved up Sunday’s countywide curfew from 8 PM to 6 PM. The county-wide curfew expands what previously had been confined to the bigger cities in the county and comes as the surrounding areas have experienced a fifth night of street protests, with some looting, vandalism and fires also […]

Sports legend and basketball icon Michael Jordan has joined prominent names in the Black community in regards to the murder of George Floyd. Jordan’s manager and spokeswoman, Estee Portnoy released his statement via social media: “I am deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry. I see and feel everyone’s pain, outrage and frustration. I stand […]

British actor Michael Angelis, whose soothing voice graced more than two decades of the children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. He was 76 and passed at home with his wife present. The Liverpool native took over the voicing duties from Ringo Starr as the narrator of the UK version of Thomas the Tank […]

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 25 new deaths as well as 1,379 new cases of the coronavirus. Of those who have died, 15 were over the age of 65 years old while eight were between the ages of 41-65 years old and one was between 18-40 years old. 22 had […]