Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has many of us wondering about her next major film role after “12 Years A Slave.” But, the star may have her sights on a starring role in a film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel “Americanah,” which snagged the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction this month. MUST READ: This Is What Beyonce’s […]
Black actors don’t get loads of movie offers after they are nominated (or win) Academy Awards, it just doesn’t work that way… “Captain Phillips” actor Barkhad Abdi, who was nominated for “Best Supporting Actor” at the 2014 Academy Awards (he lost to Jared Leto), is allegedly broke…which comes as no surprise to industry insiders. The […]
The 2014 Academy Awards aired (March 2) last night and newcomer Lupita Nyong’o took home their first Oscar nominations in her short career. But, it is also was a big first for Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African-American and third woman to hold the President position in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It […]
