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I Don't Think We Talk Enough About Paul Robeson (And What He Brought To The Film Industry)
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoPaul Robeson in Show Boat. Everybody talks about Sidney Poitier’s movies, and for good reason. Mr....
7 Famous Black Figures That Are Long Overdue For Their Own Biopic
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoOprah Winfrey speaks with Amanda Gorman in “The Oprah Conversation,” now streaming on Apple TV+. We...
NYPD Cold Case Squad looks at 1980 Manhattan murder of voice coach for Maya Angelou, Roberta Flack,...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoWhat he found in a Manhattan apartment the morning of April 5, 1980, has stayed to this day with Carlos Gueits-Bonilla, a former opera singer. His voice teacher and friend, Frederick Wilkerson ...
Bill Cobbs Remembered: Fellow Actors Pay Tribute to an Indelible Figure of Cinema and Television
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 1 week agoBill Cobbs put in the time and the work. He was 90 years old when he passed away June 25 at his home...
Photos show 13 iconic landmarks as they were being constructed
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoMount Rushmore under construction.Bettman/Getty Images Building landmarks like the Statue of Liberty...
Schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions.
Washington Post via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoNearly 40 percent of schools in the United States were built before the 1970s, when temperatures...
US singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte dies aged 96
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoHarry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly...
Twyla Tharp dance will open 700-seat amphitheater at New York's Little Island park in June
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe 700-seat amphitheater at Little Island, a park in Manhattan built above the Hudson River on a...
‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review: Elvis Mitchell Investigates Onscreen Black Representation
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoWhen discussing representation, we emphasize the necessity of Black people living in this moment and...
OPINION - Ian McKellen's thrilling new show is just the kind of innovation the Evening Standard...
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAstonishing Ian McKellen news this week, as it was announced that the knight of the realm and...