When Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, the former vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, died by suicide on January 8, 2024, it was a major shock while also bringing attention to the obstacles many Black women in academia experience. Dr. Candia-Bailey had previously accused the school’s president, John Moseley, of harassment and discrimination and received a termination letter from the historically Black university on January 3. Moseley was reinstated to his position of university president in March, after an investigation found no evidence of bullying. This trag ..read more

Do you remember the viral question, “What if Harry Potter went to an HBCU in the South?” The hashtag #BlackHogwarts was born, and we allowed our imaginations to run wild. We had a time pouring hot sauce, swag, and invisibility Timbs all over a fantastical tale that we loved but that largely overlooked our community.  Unfortunately, we’re accustomed to that. Despite tropes like the magical negro, we are often ignored in storylines that are mythical. But while we had our fun, the idea was more than a fad for the man who started it all. LaDarrion Williams has labored for four years to bring ..read more

2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand might have introduced Juggernaut to the silver screen (Vinnie Jones) but it was 2018’s Deadpool that introduced moviegoers to a more canon version of the character. The latter is portrayed by David M. Leitch, an American filmmaker, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and actor, although the character was actually voiced by Ryan Reynolds himself. Comic book fans of X-Men have actually known Juggernaut for quite some time now, since the character first appeared in 1965’s The X-Men #12 as the human step-brother of Professor X, whose sibling is set to appear in Deadpoo ..read more

Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to realize she has to face the past head-on before she can rebuild. The series is based on the best-selling novel by Candice Carty-Williams.  Created by Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie is executive produced by Carty-Williams, who will also serve as showrunner. Non-writing executive producers are Further South’s Steve November and Sarah Conroy, w ..read more

 The 28th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) today announced the Retrospective: Celebrating the Legacy of Denzel Washington program which will take place on Saturday, June 15. This distinguished program is the first of its kind, celebrating the careers of extraordinary Black artists. This year’s festival, which takes place live in Miami Beach June 12-16, followed by an online segment June 17-24 on ABFF PLAY (https://abffplay.com/), spotlights incredible emerging creatives in the filmmaking space.  “We are thrilled and honored to present Denzel Washington with the ve ..read more

Today, Apple TV+ announced the premiere date for first installment of its highly anticipated animated adventure trilogy WondLa, hailing from Skydance Animation and based on the New York Times bestselling book series The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi. Showrun and executive produced by Bobs Gannaway, and featuring a star-studded voice cast, the seven-episode first season of WondLa will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, June 28.   WondLa centers around Eva, voiced by Jeanine Mason, a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art undergroun ..read more

For the first time in history, video game movie adaptations are actually worth their screen time in terms of quality. Many would point to the success of the recent Super Mario Bros Movie as proof, but Mario only cemented the idea that the next decade in Hollywood belongs to video game adaptations — since the previous belonged to comic book superheroes. If anyone would like to argue that statement, we can always point to the ratings garnered by the Last of Us and Fallout adaptations. We also shouldn’t forget tabletops; sure, video games might dominate the gaming market, but tabletops still make ..read more

Looking to celebrate their anniversary and break up the monotony of their very routine lives, Hope’s boyfriend, Jacob, convinces her to try out glamping and books a weekend getaway to an Away Pod. Jacob plans to propose to his girlfriend of two years, but the arrival of Hope’s obsessive ex-boyfriend, Derrick, and his girlfriend, Jada, at the getaway complicates things. Tensions and jealousy mount as Derrick becomes inappropriate with his flirtations. Things get even worse when the owners of the Away Pod go missing and Hope discovers Derrick has a dark secret he’s keeping from them all. Wanted ..read more

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2008 was a significant and historical moment for many African Americans, and it was viewed as a monumental step in the ongoing struggle for civil rights and racial equality. However, many of us can remember being told in winks that Obama actually wasn’t our first African-American President; rumor has floated for some time that Abraham Lincoln was of a much “ruddier” complexion than those of his time — which could be attributed to his growing up in a log cabin as an outdoorsman. However, those rumors could also be attributed to s ..read more

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is not playing with us, per usual. In February, the Queen Bey’s new hair care line Cécred was launched to the world. The lineup consists of eight cruelty-free products, rooted in the belief that hair is sacred and designed with all hair types and textures in mind. With shampoos to a hair treatment mask, prices range from $30 to $52. The brand also has a cosmetic bag, a ritual shaking vessel, and product kits and bundles. The packaging for Cécred is like sculptures, beautiful enough to display on your vanity. I saw a lot of people on social media hesitant to support the ..read more