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[…] 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. *Janelle Monae round out the lead cast of Fox 2000’s NASA drama “ Hidden Figures,” joining Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer as the three African American women who were involved in NASA’s Friendship 7 mission, which resulted in astronaut John […]

*On Friday, January 13, co-host Tamera Mowry-Housley sits down with “ Hidden Figures” and “Empire” star,  Taraji P. Henson. The Oscar-nominated actress expands on the need for more diversity behind-the-scenes, reminisces about one of her first roles on “Sister, Sister” which co-starred Mowry-Housley and shares her hopes for her on-screen character Cookie Lyon. Plus, “The Real” wraps the week up […]

[…] is expected to rule the box office for the third weekend in a row. Meanwhile, audiences are showing interest in another space movie, the Oscar hopeful “ Hidden Figures” — but it’s unlikely the turn out will top the fanboy craze that makes the Star Wars franchise so successful. The real-life space-race drama centers on […]

*Singer/actress Janelle Monáe has two breakout roles in Golden Globe-nominated “Moonlight” and “ Hidden Figures,” and when she appeared at an AOL Build last recently, among other things, she opened up to host Ricky Camilleri about taking time off from music to make movies this year. “I knew both of these films were bigger than Janelle […]

[…] Taraji Henson at the Mandarin Hotel in NYC. (MMoore Photo) *Golden Globe nominee Octavia Spencer provided a free screening last Friday of her critically acclaimed film, “ Hidden Figures,” for low-income Los Angeles families. The actress bought out the 8 p.m. screening at a Baldwin Hills movie theater for the Martin Luther King Day weekend. […]

*Now looking to be released (in a limited form) on Christmas day (Dec. 25) instead of 01-06-17, to qualify as an Oscar hopeful, is “ Hidden Figures” from Fox starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae. And if you’re feenin’ to see the film on Christmas day, you’re probably interested in knowing what […]

[…] from being a part of La La Land, Britt got a call from renown composer Hans Zimmer to play solo trumpet for the soundtrack of the movie Hidden Figures; a film detailing the life of Katherine Johnson and her struggles as an African American woman working for NASA during the nascent stages of space exploration. […]

[…] in Washington, D.C. after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA and one of its black women mathematicians highlighted in the film “ Hidden Figures.” Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Jackson “was part of a group of very important women who helped NASA succeed in getting American […]

*NASA is honoring Hidden Figures heroine Katherine G. Johnson with her very own research building. Hidden Figures tells the true story of the female African-American mathematicians who made vital contributions to the US space program in the 60’s. The Nerdist reports that on September 22, NASA’s 37,000-square-foot, 23 million-dollar, state-of-the-art research facility in Hampton, Virginia was officially christened […]

Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer *Octavia Spencer has signed on to co-star opposite Taraji P. Henson in Fox 2000’s “ Hidden Figures.” The film is based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book “Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race,” published by HarperCollins. According to Variety, the story centers […]

*Director Theodore Melfi says he had to whitewash a couple of scenes in the Oscar-nominated movie “ Hidden Figures” because it’s not fair to depict ALL the white characters and the white establishment as wicked racist, even though history says otherwise. When interviewed by Vice, Melfi defended his decision to add a white savior into […]

Taraji P. Henson in a scene from 20th Century Fox’s “ Hidden Figures” *Taraji P. Henson is the focus of the latest clip from 20th Century Fox’s upcoming film “Hidden Figures.” The “Empire” star plays real life math genius Katherine Johnson in the true story that follows the team of African-American women who were instrumental […]

Tariq Nasheed’s Hidden History Museum *The Hidden History Museum of Black Culture, which celebrates current and past historical Black figures, had a glitzy opening in March at its location in Los Angeles’ historically Black Leimert Park neighborhood. Celebrities, including Vivica Fox, were among the hundreds who attended the grand opening. According to its founder, […]

[…] Stephanie Wilson and Bill Barry. (MMoore Photo) *In this climate of outrageous lies meant to brainwash feeble minded Americans—of which there are many—rest assured the film “ Hidden Figures” is the true story of black female mathematicians called “computers” working at NASA. Their invaluable contributions are key to America winning the space race with the […]

Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer in “ Hidden Figures” *The first trailer has surfaced for the upcoming film “Hidden Figures,” starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae in the true story of the brilliant African-American women who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch […]