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‘K-Pops’: Anderson .Paak’s Feel-Good Family Music Comedy Gets Rousing Response At TIFF

Entertainment, Film / blackinvestmentgroup

Saturday afternoon at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the packed house warmly received Anderson .Paak’s feature directorial debut, K-Pops. The feel-good family music comedy film received a ecstatic standing ovation from the big crowd that attended the premiere screening. .Paak plays BJ, a talented yet washed-up musician who is chasing stardom while still getting […]

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Angela Bassett Wins First Emmy Award After 9 Nominations: ‘Feels Really Good To Hold This In My Hands’

Entertainment, Television / blackinvestmentgroup

Angela Bassett has secured her first Emmy, earning the recognition for Outstanding Narrator for the National Geographic docuseries, “Queens.” Bassett, who earned the award on Saturday, showed gratitude to the entire staff on her special night. “We don’t work for these, but we receive them for all the hard work that we do,” Bassett said

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Jermaine Fowler Joins Tracy Morgan In ‘The Neighborhood’ Spinoff ‘Crutch’ At Paramount+

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Jermaine Fowler has joined the cast of Crutch, Paramount+’s spinoff of the CBS comedy The Neighborhood. He joins the previously cast Tracy Morgan. Here’s the series logline for Crutch: Francois “Frank” Crutchfield, who goes by “Crutch,” is a brash, yet beloved Harlem shop owner whose world is turned upside down when his highbrow son

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‘Martin,’ ‘Good Times’ and Other Black Artists, Series Snubbed by the Emmys

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The 75th Primetime Emmys were a celebration of TV history. With so much groundbreaking television showcased, it was amazing to see Black winners take center stage. However, that hasn’t always been the case. More often than not, series and artists that we consider influential, essential parts of the culture fail to… Read more…

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Black and White Celebrity Lookalikes Who’ll Make You Do a Double Take

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It’s said that we all have at least one doppelgänger somewhere in the world. Although the chances of us running into our own lookalikes are highly improbable, for these celebrities, their fame has unveiled a ton of interesting twins. Read more…

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Brandy And Kathryn Hunter On The Eggers Brothers’ Direction In ‘The Front Room’

Entertainment, Film, Interviews / blackinvestmentgroup

Brandy and Kathryn Hunter praise directors Max Eggers and Sam Eggers for giving them the courage to go all the way in new A24 horror film The Front Room. While talking to Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum, Brandy said that her horror past of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer wasn’t

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