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Imani Pullum knew she wanted play Ella, the main character in Prime Video‘s newest coming-of-age drama, Classified. “When I got the breakdown of the show and the description of the character, I really liked Ella because she’s just so strong and so powerful and so outspoken, and that really drew me to her,” she said […]
9-1-1- Lone Star‘s Julian Works said playing real-life Latino golf pioneer Joe Treviño in SXSW favorite The Long Game was a job that had “a certain amount of pressure.” “[It’s a] responsibility that you have to carry because you don’t know if the family’s going to be watching and you [also] want to do the
There is so much more to becoming “unprisoned” than fighting the inequalities of the American judicial system. As Season 2 of Hulu’s Onyx Collective series UnPrisoned is underway, star Kerry Washington explores a world where people are healing their families through her character Paige, and a story “inspired by some truly crazy s**t.” “There’s so much awareness
Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie are unnerved by the power stardom and fame provides, themes that define their film, Blink Twice, directed by Zoë Kravitz. Ackie and Tatum talked with Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum about how power is dissected in the film, with Tatum saying that all of the characters in the
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Courtney B. Vance is no stranger to breathing life into the characters he portrays, and he has achieved this feat once more in his role on The CW’s legal drama 61st Street, which aired its first season on AMC back in 2022. He stars in the series opposite Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. As Franklin Roberts, an attorney
Stepping into the unknown can be powerful, and the latest cast of MTV’s The Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets is proof. For West Coast rapper O.T. Genasis, stepping outside his comfort zone improved his life. When joining the eighth season of the hit series, he intended to do something he’d never done before, and from the first
Alien: Romulus is here to bring the Alien franchise back to its horror roots, and director Fede Alvarez made it his mission to scare as many as people as possible. Alvarez spoke with Sharronda Williams for Blavity’s Shadow and Act, and he said that what helped make the film scary was increasing the screen time
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Y’lan Noel is exploring a place he’s never been before in Apple TV+’s Lady in the Lake. The former Insecure star is no stranger to capturing the hearts of audiences, having starred alongside fellow Insecure alum and creator Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield and Chanté Adams in The Photograph and alongside DeWanda Wise in Stella Meghie’s
Colman Domingo and wants everyone to gain from the work they put in on the film Sing Sing. Domingo spoke with Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum about the film’s unique model that allows everyone, from the stars to the personal assistants, to have financial and creative equity in the film. “When I first
It’s been 28 years since the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) was founded, and the league is finally getting its flowers. Past and current players are recognized for their talent, abilities, resilience and passions off the court. Documentarian and filmmaker Dawn Porter introduces these passions in the Prime Video film, Power of the Dream. The documentary,
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