Congratulations are in order!! Ava DuVernay awakened the world with her masterfully done NETFLIX docu-series ‘When They See Us’, the story of 5 young men that were wrongfully convicted for the brutal rape of a Central Park jogger. The media painted them the Central Park Five but God made them The Exonerated Five. And for a […]
This year’s Emmy nominations took Hollywood by storm with ten black actresses up for awards and two making Emmy history. Taraji P. Henson (Empire) and…
After winning a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress on Sunday night, Taraji P. Henson has her sights set on an Emmy. The actress is having quite…
Viola Davis’ performance on the critically acclaimed ABC drama How To Get Away With Murder won over fans, especially after the powerful scene featuring her character…
Actress Gail Fisher and her onscreen accomplishments have been largely forgotten, but she blazed a trail as the first Black actress to win an Emmy Award…
“The Emmys are so white-washed[.] It’s sad that in 2011 and with a BLACK president, you don’t see any blacks represented in acting categories or on these award shows. SMH. We need more QUALITY black programs created,” TyPierce posted on the blog TheYBF.com in response to red carpet photos. Unfortunately TyPierce’s observations are nothing new. […]
GETTY IMAGES Why do they call the Emmy Award “Emmy”? “It’s a feminization of ‘Immy,’ which is short for the image orthicon tube,” explains John Leverence, senior vice president of awards for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The image orthicon, which revolutionized TV, was originally built to guide flying explosive weapons in World […]