April 30 was a "great day" to be Jocelyn Bioh, playwright of the hit Broadway show "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." Bioh was up to watch the Tony Awards nominations " "Me, my husband and my 1…
Tony and Emmy winner Judith Light will be honored with the Shakespeare Theatre Company's lifetime achievement award in honor of her storied stage and screen career. Light made her Broadway d…
The cast of Universal's live-action "How to Train Your Dragon" movie is shaping up with the additions of Julian Dennison (A24's "Y2K," "Deadpool 2," "Hunt for the Wilderpeople"), Gabriel How…
Emmy and Tony Award nominee Corey Hawkins has signed with CAA for representation. Hawkins is best known for his recent performances in "The Tragedy of Macbeth," "In the Heights," "Topdog/Und…
The all-star cast for Netflix's adaptation of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" has been revealed. Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington will star in the feature film, re…
Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winner and Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined the producing team of "Fat Ham" as the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy heads to Broadway. "Fat Ham" will begin performan…
It's Cynthia Erivo's first time in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. It's a remarkably short trip " about 48-hours, not including flying time, as she takes a quick break from f…
In June 2020, Tony-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and her fellow award-winning artists Amber Iman and Jocelyn Bioh launched the Instagram account "Black Women on Broadway," a platform to ce…
Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson celebrated the Broadway opening of "Take Me Out" on Monday evening in New York at Second Stage's Hayes Theater. A revival of the 2003 Tony-winning bes…
Today, Feb. 14, 2022, I make Broadway history as the first Black woman and woman of color to play the title role of Glinda in the Broadway production of "Wicked." It is one of the greatest h…
Among this year's class of Oscars first-timers is "West Side Story" star Ariana DeBose, whose show-stopping portrayal of Anita in the movie musical earned her a best supporting actress Oscar…
Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Gandolfini, Josh Hamilton & Brooklyn Mackenzie have joined the cast of Cory Finley's "Landscape With Invisible Hand." The quartet join previously announced s…
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you have watched Apple and A24's "The Tragedy of Macbeth," which is now playing in select theaters and streaming on Apple TV Plus. In "The Tragedy of Macbet…
"Belfast" stars CaitrÃona Balfe and Jamie Dornan will be among the awards season frontrunners honored with the Virtuosos Award at the 37th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival…
Forget "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," because on June 11 and 12, audiences at the San Francisco Giants' Oracle Park will be singing a different tune, as the Frameline Film Fest takes over t…
Oscar nominee and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. is the latest A-lister to join star Daniel Craig in "Knives Out 2," the star-studded sequel to Rian Johnson's 2019 hit whodunnit. In what has qu…
United Talent Agency has promoted more than 100 employees across 30 departments, marking its largest-ever class of promotions. The promotions " which encompass employees at all levels of the…
As the 2021 Oscars prepare to go hostless for the third year in a row, Whoopi Goldberg shares what it takes to emcee the biggest night in movies. The 1991 best supporting actress Oscar winne…
It could be said that Suzan-Lori Parks was destined to tell the story of Aretha Franklin. Not just because the "Genius: Aretha" showrunner is a celebrated playwright who won the MacArthur "G…
L. Scott Caldwell will star in Blumhouse and Amazon's "Bingo," the latest thriller on the "Welcome to the Blumhouse" slate. The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Rose in "Lost…
Oscar winner Viola Davis will receive the Icon Award from the African American Film Critics Assn. during the 12th annual AAFCA awards on April 7. Previous recipients of AAFCA's Icon Award ar…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) addressed their controversial diversity issue, namely the fact that the organization currently has no Black members, during Sunday night's broa…
Netflix unveiled its first comprehensive study of diversity and inclusion in its film and series programming, from Dr. Stacy Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative research team. M…
With her critically acclaimed performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," Viola Davis is primed to become the most nominated Black actress in Oscars history. Though Davis' name (and her rousi…
Last week, Disney Plus announced that 1997's "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," starring Brandy and Whitney Houston, would begin streaming Feb. 12. The movie's streaming debut has bee…