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12 Black Rom-Coms to Watch, From ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ to ‘Hitch’ (Photos)
“Deliver Us From Eva” and “She’s Gotta Have It” are among the hits that prove that movies, especially romantic comedies, can be colorblind
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Cicely Tyson, Iconic ‘Sounder’ and ‘The Help’ Actress, Dies at 96
The incomparable actress vowed only to portray strong, positive and realistic images of Black women
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TikTok Creators in Crisis: Is the Culture of the ‘Perfect App’ About to Disappear?
“TikTok is evolving into a platform where people of all races and genders and backgrounds can simply be themselves,” eMarketer analyst Debra Williamson says
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‘MLK/FBI’ Director Risked Helping the FBI Tarnish Dr King’s Legacy Because Story Was That Important (Video)
TIFF 2020: Sam Pollard’s documentary is a densely-packed story about how King was constantly harassed and surveilled by the FBI
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Universal Moves ‘F9’ Back 2 Months to Memorial Day 2021
“Fast & Furious” sequel had previously been set for April 2 release
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AMC Theatres Credit Rating Downgraded Again by S&P Global, With Default Imminent
“A liquidity crisis is all but inevitable even if the company were to fully re-open all of its theaters,” analysts say
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Regina King’s ‘One Night in Miami’ to Hit Theaters Christmas Day, Amazon Prime January 15
Amazon sees film as an awards contender, which could make King the first Black woman nominated for best director at the Oscars
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Why ‘A Suitable Boy’ Director Mira Nair Needed to Be the One to Adapt Novel: ‘It Is Us Who Need to Tell This Story’ (Video)
TIFF 2020: “Because it’s so much a portrait of our country and our culture and our people that it is us who need to tell this story”
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Amy Schumer Says Her Beyonce ‘Lemonade’ Backlash Led to Deeper Understanding of Black Pain (Video)
“It has to be about women of color first because they’ve had it the worst for hundreds of years,” Schumer says
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Borat’ Sequel Acquired by Amazon Studios
Film will hit Amazon Prime before Election Day
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Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow Get Together for Mini ‘Friends’ Reunion During 2020 Emmys
HBO Max delayed a “Friends” reunion special in April due to the coronavirus
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mourned by a Nation Expressing Grief, Panic: ‘Our Hearts Ache’
Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on Friday evening due to complications from metastatic pancreas cancer
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HBO to Debut 2000 Presidential Election Doc ‘537 Votes’ on Oct. 21
The film chronicles the political machinations that led to the unprecedented, contested outcome of the 2000 presidential election
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Premium VOD Is a Failed Experiment, Imax CEO Rich Gelfond Says
“Streaming, I think, is an alternative … but I think PVOD just doesn’t work,” Gelfond said on Wednesday
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Why ‘Ammonite’ Director Created a Same-Sex Love Affair for Kate Winslet’s 19th-Century Paleontologist (Video)
Film is based on the life of pioneering scientist Mary Anning
