HBO's Lucinda Martinez talks about Solange and Janelle Monae's surprise music tour and why we're celebrating Bessie Smith's work today.

Mark those calendars for Sunday, May 16, because you’re going to want to witness why Queen Latifah just might score an Emmy nod for her…

Kerry Washington will be taking on a scandal from the other side in her upcoming movie role for HBO. There isn’t a problem that Kerry…

DL Hughley Show

Jerrod Carmichael stars in a new movie “Neighbors, ” but he started out as a stand up comedian. He talks to “The D.L. Hughley Show”…

Beyonce has an upcoming HBO special airing February 16th. Take a look.

Beyoncé is preparing to take 2013 by storm! First the dancing diva announced she’ll perform at the Super Bowl, now she’s set to direct and produce a “revealing” documentary for HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO purchased the rights to the documentary and is scheduled to air it on February 16. The film promises […]

Viola Davis came off acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Doubt and immediately went back to work in theatre and in small supporting roles in film and television. One of her theatre choices, last year’s Fences, won her a Tony award. With “The Help” currently in theaters generating critical acclaim and Oscar buzz, star […]

BALTIMORE-The creator of “The Wire,” David Simon has written a piece in Slate Magazine about the recent arrest of Felicia “Snoop Pearson.” RELATED: Black Presidents in the movie theaters First of all, Felicia’s entitled to the presumption of innocence. And I would note that a previous, but recent drug arrest that targeted her was later […]

A South African ballet dancer from a poor township outside Cape Town has been given the chance to train in the United States — all because of a documentary film, and an email from a caring viewer. “Ghetto Ballet” is a documentary that chronicles the lives of four young ballet dancers living in one of […]