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    Dear Academy: Was ‘Harriet’ Really the Best of Black Cinema Last Year? (Guest Blog)

    By Jeremy Helligar | January 14, 2020 @ 7:27 AM

    When it comes to black actors and Oscar nominations, the Academy seems to prefer black characters in chains or bursting out of them

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    Will a Black ‘Little Mermaid’ Flip the Script on White Actresses in Hollywood? (Guest Blog)

    By Jeremy Helligar | July 9, 2019 @ 5:44 PM

    If a British prince can marry a biracial American divorcee and maybe live happily ever after, there’s no reason why a black mermaid can’t have her own dreams come true

  • Jordan Peele photographed by Corina Marie for TheWrap

    There’s Nothing Wrong With Jordan Peele Not Wanting to Cast White Male Leads (Guest Blog)

    By Jeremy Helligar | March 30, 2019 @ 9:00 AM

    “Looking at the highest-profile Hollywood films with prominent black characters, one might think we exist only in relation to white people,” Jeremy Helligar writes

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    Why Will Smith Is Black Enough to Play Richard Williams (Guest Column)

    By Jeremy Helligar | March 7, 2019 @ 9:19 AM

    Smith’s casting probably has more to do with his bankability and box office potential than fear of a too-black actor, Jeremy Helligar writes

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Jeremy Helligar

Jeremy Helligar is a journalist, blogger, pop culturist and world traveler whose work has appeared in various publications and on various websites -- including Entertainment Weekly, HuffPost and The Root -- on six continents. In November 2013, after extended stints in Buenos Aires, Bangkok, Cape Town, and Australia, he published his first book, "Is It True What They Say About Black Men?" Since June 2017, he's been working his way around Asia and Europe, but he still hasn't been able to top the time he interviewed David Bowie. The Taj Mahal came close.
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