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As two new comedies fail to feature Black female leads, Isabella Silvers asks why this pattern persists, and who is ...
*Marianne Jean-Baptiste appears to be on track to join a group of iconic Black actresses with multiple Oscar nominations through her new film “Hard Truths.” Directed by Mike Leigh, the film ...
And slowly I got to hear about auditions from other Black actresses – the generosity of allowing me to go up for the same audition that they were going for was amazing. After a year of cleaning ...
Kate Beckinsale is suing the producers of her 2024 action film Canary Black, alleging that unsafe and dangerous conditions on set led to her suffering “severe and debilitating injuries, including ...
Cleo Sylvestre, a trailblazing actress who broke barriers as the first black actress to take on leading roles at the National Theatre and in the UK soap opera Crossroads, has died at 79.
Black women are commanding screens like never before, both in front of and behind the camera. They lead stories reflecting depth, complexity, and power from network television to streaming ...
Of 15 Black women who have been up for a Leading Actress Oscar, only two have been nominated more than once for the award—Cynthia Erivo for “Wicked” and Viola Davis for “Harriet.” ...