Being Black, particularly dark skinned, in Hollywood is a battle that many actors/actresses are still trying to figure out how to conquer.

We love when fashion gets together for a good cause. Guess what fashion designer these beauties wore.

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This Zac Posen gown is stunning on the Broadway actress!

Television is entering a unique moment. There are more Black people on TV than ever before, according to Deadline, and the numbers continue to increase. For Black women, in particular, this means we get an array of characters we relate to. We no longer have to look to one Black female character to represent us […]

If there’s one thing we love most about Viola Davis, it’s her delightful and classy demeanor.

“I wish I had her legs.” Whenever I see or hear a woman making a statement like this in envy of another woman’s body, I cringe. When the “her” in question is a celebrity, I double-cringe. Ladies, we’ve got to stop comparing ourselves unfavorably to each other, and this is an especially fruitless endeavor with […]

Television

Halle Berry recently revealed that even though she’s an A-list, Oscar-winning actress, quality roles are still hard to come by. In an interview with The Guardian, she said that she was “disappointed” by the stats but “inspired” by the rise of Black actresses and actors in influential roles since. Berry told The Guardian: “When I […]

Last year was supposed to be a banner film for Black filmmakers. Fruitvale Station, The Butler, and 12 Years a Slave were released and their…

Television

Sasheer Zamata is the newest cast member of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” She is the first black female cast member the sketch comedy show has had since 2007, and one of four since the show’s inception. Zamata, who trained with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York (one of the founder’s is “SNL” alum, […]