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Hollywood’s Book Adaptation Boom Has a Black Author ProblemCapitalBNews.org

Tyra Banks’ Netflix Lawsuit Has a Point‍ ‍Bloomberg

Funny Side Up‍ ‍The Hollywood Reporter

How World War II Inspired ‘Lord of the Flies’‍ ‍History.com

So, We’re Not Allowed to Criticize the Michael Jackson Biopic?‍ ‍Bloomberg

Graffiti's Origins and Radical Role Across Millennia‍ ‍Bloomberg

Zendaya’s Race Isn’t a Factor in ‘The Drama.’ That’s the Problem‍ ‍Bloomberg

The Moonwalk’s Roots in Black Artistic Resistance‍ ‍History.com

Chef JJ Johnson Saw Hungry New Yorkers Passing His Restaurant. So He Fed ThemTIME

'Are We Creating Critical Thinkers?' Historians Say Smithsonian Review Reflects Today's Anti-Intellectualism‍ ‍Contrabandcamp.com

MTV’s Ananda Lewis Brought Journalism to a New Generation‍ ‍Bloomberg

Mara Brock Akil Grew Up With Judy Blume’s Very White Characters. In Forever, She Made Them Black‍ ‍Refinery29

‘Magazine Dreams’: Should Jonathan Majors’ Movie Have Been Buried for Good? The Daily Beast

What Apple Cider Vinegar Misses When It Comes to the World of Health Influencers‍ ‍Time

Trump's Edict of Diversity in the Arts Hits Differently for Black Organizations‍ ‍ContrabandCamp.com

The 1 Person Not Hyped About This Weekend's Super Bowl Halftime Show‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Sundance, 'The Brutalist' And The Rollback Of AI Resistance‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Truth About Black Responsibility In Hollywood‍ ‍HuffPost.com

When The Celebrity Is Too Big For The Performance‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Future Of 'Sesame Street' Hangs In The Balance. Its Core Audience Might Not Care.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Celebrity PR Is Not Looking Great In The Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Case‍ ‍HuffPost.com

A Tale Of 2 Black Films‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Wicked' Marketing Has Felt Eternal. It Also Raises Uncomfortable Questions.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best Broadway Shows of 2024‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Reckoning And Short-Lived Glory Of The '90s Black Horror Movie‍ ‍HuffPost.com

What We Lose With The End Of 'Somebody Somewhere'‍ ‍HuffPost.com

A New Film Further Incriminates Sean Combs. It Also Paints A Complicated Portrait Of Shyne. HuffPost.com

When Sean Combs' Case Demanded A Nuanced Report, Cheyenne Roundtree Stepped Up‍ ‍HuffPost.com

BET+ Was A Streaming Underdog. Diarra Kilpatrick Changed That. HuffPost.com

The Menendez Brothers, Privilege, And The Issue With True Crime And Celebrity Advocacy‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Understanding Who Is An Enabler In The Sean Combs Case — And Who Is Not HuffPost.com

Pharrell Williams Deserves A Nuanced Film About Him. 'Piece By Piece' Isn't It. HuffPost.com

A Movie About The Things We Don't Talk About In The Black Community‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Maybe No One Wants To See 'The Apprentice,' Actually‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Brother From Another Planet,' Kamala Harris And The Fallacy Of Post-Racialism‍ ‍HuffPost.com

‘What Do We Do With An Icon?’‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Dirty Pop: Boy Band Scam' Awkwardly Curates The Facts‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'MaXXXine' Is Cheap-Chic Horror At Its Finest‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Tina Mabry Longs For The '90s Black Film Era. She Hopes to Reignite It With Her New Movie.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Brat Pack,' 'Nepo Baby' And How Celebs Continue To Miss The Point Of Media Labels‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Before Spotify And Netflix, A Black Man Was The King Of Access. He Went To Federal Prison.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Black Barbie' Proves That Representation Is Relative — And Sometimes Unproductive‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Investigation Discovery Has Helped Usher In A Questionable New Era Of Tabloid TV‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Big Cigar' Is Captivating — But Struggles To Reconcile Man And Legend‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Shannyn Sossamon Likes To DisappearHuffPost.com

'Civil War' Isn't Worth The Discourse Huffpost.com

'Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead' Didn't Need A Remake — With Black PeopleHuffPost.com

What 'Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes' Understands About White WomanhoodHuffPost.com

What 'Ripley' Understands About Infiltrating The RichHuffPost.com

We've Finally Got A New Brown Action Star In Hollywood HuffPost.com

'Shirley' Underscores The Problem With The Great Black Historical Figure TropeHuffPost.com

'Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV' Covers A Lot. And It's Still Not Enough.HuffPost.com

Freaknik And The Question Of Black Female Sexual Liberation In The '90sHuffPost.com

'Boarders' Has The Potential To Become Tubi's First Original Hit Series — If People Watch It‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Recent Parental Guidance Suggestions Seem Hopeless In A World With Book Bans‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Interrogating The Black Female Image In AI‍ ‍HuffPost.com

There Is No Shortage Of Great Female-Directed Films‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Issa López Went To A Dark Place To Helm 'True Detective' — With The Support Of Native People‍ ‍HuffPost.com‍ ‍

18 Movies We're Looking Forward To In 2024‍ ‍HuffPost.com

TV Shows We’re Looking Forward To In 2024‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Compromises Of 'The Color Purple'‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best TV Of 2023‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best Broadway Shows Of 2023‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best Films Of 2023‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Poor Things' And The Odyssey Of A So-Called 'Difficult' Woman‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Origin' Is Barely A Movie‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Saltburn' Isn't An Eat-The-Rich Movie. It's Also Not Great.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'May December' Deftly Portrays The Weaponization Of White Female Sexuality‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Thanksgiving' Helps Bring The Jump Scare Back To The Box Office‍ ‍HuffPost.com

We Didn't Need The Evil White Guy Origin Story For 'Hunger Games'‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Rules Of Redemption Apply Differently To White People Than Everyone Else‍ ‍HuffPost.com

People Deserve Space To Evolve — But Cancel Culture Doesn't Allow For It‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Art Versus The Artist Is A Personal Choice — And It’s Worth Reexamining‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'What Happens Later' Is A Sad Little Movie — And Not The Good Kind‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Where We Lost The Thread On Cancel Culture‍ ‍HuffPost.com

In 1990, Milli Vanilli Was Canceled — And No One Cared About The Whole Truth‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Creator' Is The Pro-AI Movie We Don’t Need Right Now‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Horror Comes For The Opioid Empire — But Does Little Else‍ ‍HuffPost.com

These New Films About Iconic Black Models Fight For Their Relevance‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Woman Of The Hour' Actually Does Dramatize Violence — But That's Not Its Problem‍ ‍HuffPost.com

9 Of The Best Movies At The Toronto International Film Festival‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Issues Of Race At The Core Of 'American Fiction' Are Significant. The Film Is Not.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

‘The Other Black Girl’ Has Its Flaws — But It Does Fix 1 Thing From The Novel‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'We Grown Now' Shows The Humanity Of The Cabrini-Green Projects — And Black Wonder‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Speculative Horror Series 'The Changeling' Challenges You In The Best Way‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Barbie' Shows The Limitations Of Feminism — And The Brand-Inspired Movie‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Initial NC-17 Rating For ‘Passages’ Highlights A Rigid And Queerphobic Standard‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Justified: City Primeval' Puts Its White Marshal In Detroit — And Rightfully Challenges Him‍ ‍HuffPost.com

A Korean American Filmmaker Grapples With Anti-Blackness In Her Community‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One' Treats AI As The Threat That It Is‍ ‍HuffPost.com

How Re-releasing Classic Movies Fits Into The Current Remake Frenzy‍ ‍HuffPost.com

‘I'm A Virgo’ Has A Lot Of Big Ideas — But Only Some Of Them Work‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Other Two' Was Too Good To Last‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Black Mirror' Has Never Been About Bad Tech — It's About Us‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Some Like It Hot' Was Amber Ruffin's Chance To Bridge The Generation Gap‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Standouts At This Year's Tribeca Film Festival Were TV Shows, Actually‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Little Mermaid' Doesn't Make Its Point‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Other Two' Shows Life On The Other Side Of Standom‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'You Hurt My Feelings' Challenges What You Can And Can't Say In A Marriage‍ ‍HuffPost.com

At Its Height In The '90s, 'Jerry Springer' Exploited Black, Trans And Poor Experiences‍ ‍HuffPost.com

In 1993, Tupac Assaulted Allen Hughes. ‘Dear Mama’ Provides The Director Some Catharsis.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Novel ‘Saint X’ Was Hailed For Its Social Commentary. A New Hulu Series Lets It Down.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

With 'Beau Is Afraid,' Director Ari Aster Has The Same Problem As Jordan Peele‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Ben Affleck Gambles With An Air Jordan Movie That's Not About The Basketball Star‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Sick Of Myself' Bitingly (And Accurately) Portrays Our Need For Social Validation‍ ‍HuffPost.com

In 1997, 'Scream 2' Was Poised To Become Elise Neal's Calling Card. That Didn't Happen.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Problem With 'Yellowjackets' Is That It Needs More Cannibalism‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Creed III' Explores Complex Black Masculinity — And Makes Room For Women‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Nothing In 'Knock At The Cabin' Matches Any Actual Human Response‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Ellen Barkin Worked On A Number Of Toxic Sets. Then Came 'Poker Face.'‍ ‍HuffPost.com

What 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' Understands About The Erotic Fantasy‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Native Femicide Is A Prevalent Truth, And 2 Sundance Premieres Offer A Human Look At It‍ ‍HuffPost.com

With 'Freeridge,' Keyla Monterroso Mejia Found A Role That She Was Born To Play‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best Movies At The 2023 Sundance Film Festival‍ ‍HuffPost.com

New Documentaries On Nikki Giovanni And Judy Blume Prove That Good Art Is Timeless‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Sundance Goes Hard For Celebrity Documentaries This Year — With Mixed Results‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Hollywood Often Stereotypes Sex Workers. Two New Films Portray Them In Their Own Words.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best Broadway Shows of 2022‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Velma' Is A Smart, Pithy 'Scooby-Doo' Update — Except For One Thing‍ ‍HuffPost.com

In The '90s, A Black Psychic Friend Fooled White America. Then They Were Pissed.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best Movies Of 2022‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Little America' Continues to Expand The Immigrant Narrative On TV‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The Whale' Is As Unpleasant To Watch As It Is Remarkable‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'Welcome To Chippendales' Is A Disturbing Story Of Sex, Race And The American Dream‍ ‍HuffPost.com

The Best TV Shows Of 2022‍ ‍HuffPost.com

In 1992, Sophie B. Hawkins Gave Us A Queer Pop Hit. Then Came The Backlash.‍ ‍HuffPost.com

As Moving As 'Wakanda Forever' Is, It Also Suffers From Clunky Storytelling‍ ‍HuffPost.com

'The L Word: Generation Q' Bridges The Gap Between Millennials And Gen X‍ ‍HuffPost.com

Bokeem Woodbine Is One Of The Most Underrated Actors Of His Generation‍ ‍HuffPost.com

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