It’s a great time in television for black women. Kerry Washington stars in the highly-successful ABC series “Scandal,” Meagan Good played the lead in the now-cancelled NBC drama “Deception,” Taraji P. Henson appears in CBS’s “Person of Interest,” and the list goes on. Gabrielle Union joins the crop of dynamic black actresses on television in…
Nicki Minaj’s music may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the rapper has certainly proven she’s marketable. Her lipstick for MAC is reportedly the best-selling of all time, she has settled into her role as a judge on “American Idol,” and now, the Young Money artist is hitting the silver screen. Nicki has been…
After the premiere of Tyler Perry’s latest movie, “Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor,” the discussion about the film revolved around the rape scene and his use of HIV seemingly as a punishment for adultery. Before the movie aired, however, the controversy surrounded his choice to cast Kim Kardashian as part of the…
As an acclaimed black woman in film, Viola Davis is saying no more to playing an oppressed black soul! I hear that! Last year, the actress received a lot of backlash from her depiction in the film, The Help. Undeniably a great read and even greater film, Davis played a character of a black maid…
