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[…] million, about half what she’d asked. These days, women of color filmmakers and television creators are more common: Issa Rae, Mindy Kaling, Shonda Rhimes, Chloé Zhao and Ava DuVernay are all well-known with varying degrees of acclaim. In the 1990s, though, the filmmaking landscape was still very male, very old school and very White, Seshagiri […]

[…] nomination though, it’s hard to get: trust me,” the past Oscar winner added. Spencer’s comments come amid a severe lashing the Academy took for not nominating “Selma” director Ava DuVernay for Best Director and actor David Oyelowo for Best Actor, despite the pair of nominations the film earned. As a result, many feel this year’s Oscars […]

[…] Miss Sharon Jones, Maya:  And Still I Rise, Olympic Pride:  American Prejudice, OJ:  Made In America, I Am Not Your Negro and the thought–provoking “13” directed by Ava DuVernay and the surprisingly emotional “Life, Animated” directed by previous Oscar winner Roger Rees focuses on a child who breaks out of his autistic prison through the […]

[…] have been largely egalitarian over the years, African American women are constantly bombarded with the exhortations of white feminists and their high-powered black pawns (ie Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, and others). This rhetoric will soon begin to permeate the impressionable minds of young black women, and they’ll view themselves as victims of a patriarchal society, despite […]

[…] “#ClubQuarantine” event on Instagram last month that was streamed by over 100,000 people — including several celebrities. Erykah Badu, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Michelle Obama, Missy Elliott, Ava DuVernay and Kelly Rowland, were among the A-listers who tuned in for his online DJing set, USA Today reported. “It was one of my favorite sets,” D-Nice […]

[…] in “Queen Sugar” season 2 The second season continues the creative initiative established in the show’s first season with another all-female directing team assembled by creator/executive producer  Ava DuVernay, including Kat Candler (“12 Monkeys”), DeMane Davis (“Lift”), Cheryl Dunye (“Stranger Inside”), Aurora Guerrero (“Mosquita y Mari,”) and Amanda Marsalis (“Echo Park”). Additional names will be […]

[…] in the mind-bending Lovecraft Country (Jordan Peele, J. J. Abrams, Mischa Greene); The Wonder Years (Saladin K. Patterson, Lee Daniels, Marc Valez, Fred Savage); Red Line ( Ava DuVernay); All Day and a Night (Joe Robert Cole, Jeffrey Wright, Ashton Sanders);  Blue Bloods (Tom Selleck); Black List; and Dig. Taylor is an Award-Winning Playwright and […]

[…] on IG clarifying her post and calling out those who had something to say about the “error” — see clip below.  OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Ava DuVernay No Longer Attached to Netflix’s Prince Documentary   View this post on Instagram   #TommieLee says she will not be returning the #LHHATL cast! ? A […]

[…] adaptation of The New York Times’ “1619 Project,” the current issue of O: The Oprah Magazine putting Breonna Taylor on the cover and interviewing Stacey Abrams and Ava DuVernay among others during a two-night special on her OWN network about how to address racism. Winfrey said she would’ve also marched in the streets alongside Black […]

[…] include Movie of the Year and Classic Television Award. Previous honorees and presenters include Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey, Jr. Regina King, Will Packer, Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Tiffany Haddish, Issa Rae, Viola Davis, Cicely Tyson, Octavia Spencer, Armie Hammer, the late Diahann Carroll and more. To learn more about ABFF Honors and to […]

[…] her upcoming 7-day event, “Belief,” which took three years and 32 countries to produce. She’s also working on a scripted series that she will star in for Ava Duvernay called “Queen Sugar,” based on the novel. The 61-year-old media mogul also describes how she found what she calls “real freedom” since her talk show ended […]

[…] the Queer Palm award, a recognition for LGBTQ-themed works. Cate Blanchett served as the president of this year’s Cannes jury, which included A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart, Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve, Spectre‘s Léa Seydoux, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘s Chang Chen, French filmmaker Robert Guédiguian, Burundian songwriter-composer Khadja Nin, and […]

[…] matter what color your skin is.” Back in July, Barbie announced that it was including the Gabby Barbie in its “Shero” line of dolls, which also features director Ava DuVernay, ballerina Misty Copeland, and “Shameless” actress Emmy Rossum. The Gabby doll was announced just before 2016’s Rio Olympics, where she went on to place third on […]

[…] More recently, Taylor was seen in the mind-bending Lovecraft Country (Jordan Peele, J. J. Abrams, Mischa Greene); The Wonder Years (Saladin K. Patterson, Lee Daniels, Marc Valez, Fred Savage); Red Line ( Ava DuVernay); All Day and a Night (Joe Robert Cole, Jeffrey Wright, Ashton Sanders); Blue Bloods (Tom Selleck); Black List; and Dig. In yet another tribute to the actress, the Dallas Independent School District […]