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As reported by BET.com: In a salary leak more revealing than one of Kim Kardashian‘s selfies, new details shed light on just how little Black and Latino actors are being paid compared to their white counterparts, regardless of how popular their shows are. The stars of the most popular primetime shows on television — How […]

This Mahershala Ali is about to brighten your day with vivid style and LOTS of sexy melanin.

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Sidney Poitier celebrated his 90th birthday last Monday, February 20th, making him the oldest-living winner of the Best Actor Oscar Award. Now retired from acting, Poitier has earned a number of honors and accolades over the course of his praise-worthy career. Born in 1927, Poitier’s farmer parents lived in the Bahamas but traveled to Miami […]

If you’re already looking ahead to Power’s next season, even though it doesn’t return until June, at least the casting announcements are interesting so far. It’s just been announced that both Charlie Murphy and Larenz Tate have been added to the Season 4 cast, along with Hamilton actor Brandon Victor Dixon (who you may remember […]

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Nelson Mandela has been cemented in the annals of history by way of his rise to power from an anti-apartheid activist to becoming South Africa’s first Black president. The universally known tale of the late global icon will get a fresh look with BET’s airing of a three-part mini-series titled after Mandela’s tribal name, Madiba. […]

Looks like they’ve come to the end of the road. Cuba Gooding, Jr. and his wife, Sara Kapfer, have been legally separated since 1994, but apparently, any hopes for reconciliation are over, as Gooding, Jr. has filed for divorce. People.com reports: The filing comes nearly three years after Kapfer filed for legal separation from Gooding Jr. […]

If you follow Nick Cannon on social media, you may want to send him some encouraging messages. Cannon is spending the holidays in a California hospital after a lupus flareup. People.com reports:  “For all who have been trying to contact me the last few days this is where I’ve been,” he wrote to his fans. […]

So Beautiful

Bae-dris, I mean, Idris Elba, looks so fine in these black-and-white editorial images.

Gerald Slink Johnson is getting his Jesus on as the title character in Adult Swim’s Black Jesus which airs Friday nights at 11 p.m. Created by…

Omar Epps, actor and poet, is shining a bright light on a critical issue that he believes is responsible for increased child poverty and high…

Ahead of his starring role in Creed, the seventh sequel in the Rocky series rebooted for the next generation, its star, Michael B. Jordan, is facing…

This week, two actors who rose to stardom in the ’90s return to the small screen. Morris Chestnut and Wesley Snipes both have shows debuting…