Style Aunjanue goes full Elphaba Last night was the Critics Choice Association’s 7th Annual Celebration of Black Cinema and Television, which brought out a cavalcade of stars, including honorees Regina King, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, John David Washington, Natasha Rothwell, Jharrel Jerome, Ryan Destiny, and Cynthia Erivo. You can see the full list of honorees here. By Sarah • Dec 10, 2024 12:24 pm
Award Season Campaigning Intro for January 17, 2024 Dear Gossips, Yesterday was the last day for Academy members to vote on who will be nominated for this year’s Oscars. The nominations will be announced next Tuesday 23 January. Over the last week or so, there’s been a big push in support of Ava DuVernay’s Origin. By Lainey • Jan 17, 2024 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Ava DuVernay’s Origin In Origin, Ava DuVernay faces an almost impossible task, to adapt not just a work of non-fiction, not just a prize-winning text, but an almost academic thematic exploration into the defining characteristic that links oppressive systems across time and continent into a feature film. Isabel Wilkerson’s book, Caste: The By Sarah • Sep 12, 2023 12:33 pm
TV Updates Boyd Holbrook is Justified’s new Boyd The Justified revival, City Primeval, starts filming in Chicago—WHERE I LIVE—next week. The book is set in Detroit, so I guess we’re doubling for Detroit, which I bet Detroit just LOVES. With production so close, the cast is rounding out with new additions Vondie Curtis-Hall, Oscar nominee By Sarah • May 06, 2022 02:50 pm
Music King Richard at the Luncheon…without Beyoncé As Sarah wrote in her post yesterday about this past weekend’s schedule of pre-Oscar events and awards ceremonies, King Richard is the industry editors’ choice for Best Picture this year which was a surprise because it was up against a film like Dune which, you would think, is the By Lainey • Mar 08, 2022 09:58 am
TV Updates The CSA Message Dress The Book Of Negroes is of the most important literary works to come out of Canada. It’s about a woman called Aminata, born in West Africa, kidnapped and sold to slavery in America – a difficult but necessary read. The story was turned into a miniseries airing in Canada on By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 09:51 am
