Black Entertainment

First Black Cinderella Cast In NC Theater Is Breaking Barriers

This is pure black girl magic.
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Young Celie, Desreta Jackson Says Colorism Made Her Leave Hollywood After ‘The Color Purple’

By Chris Witherspoon |, The Grio

Wesley Snipes Shares Advice For Darker-Skinned Actors

Don't forget to give your skin some TLC!
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Sanaa Lathan Leans On Fellow Black Actresses For Strength

The star of "The Perfect Guy" counts on her peers to help her through difficult days in the acting business.
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"War Room" Has The One Thing Many Christian Films Don't Have -- A Black Cast

“There is an element to the way we tell this story that has power and desperation that would be different if we tried to tell it any other way.”
By Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service

Leading Lady Linda Powell

According to Goldie Hawn, "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood -- Babe, District Attorney and Driving Miss Daisy". Beautiful, talented and smart actress Linda Powell is a babe who has played plenty of district attorneys.
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The (Forgotten) Black Walt Disney: Jim Simon

The man they once called "the Black Walt Disney" doesn't even have a Wikipedia page and the collected clips of his original work on YouTube don't even add up to seven full minutes, but the scant few items of substance that Google can come up with tell a fascinating story.
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Defining Black Cool: Author and Activist Rebecca Walker on Her New Edited Volume Black Cool.

It almost seems antithetical that Blackness and Coolness are as interwoven as they are given the short shrift Black life has always been given in this nation. In Rebecca Walker's most recent offering, Black Cool, she holds an open dialogue on the question: What is Black Cool?
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