8 Excellent Movies From Black Filmmakers to Watch on Netflix

James Blake has said the lyrics to Nirvana classic ‘Come As You Are’ are “potent” in the current climate, suggesting that he chose to cover the song to reflect the times.The musician provided his own rendition of the US band’s hit 1991 single last month as part of a fundraiser for The Loveland Foundation.Now, Blake has spoken to Zane Lowe on Apple Music about his decision to cover that song in particular.

Editors Note: Deadline’s Reopening Hollywood series focuses on the complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerEveryone’s favorite coach on The Voice will be bringing his own music to drive-in theaters this summer.Blake Shelton will have main squeeze Gwen Stefani and Trace Adkins on board for the July 25 concert series debut, location TBD.

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani will get the concert experience from the comfort of their vehicles. Shelton, with the help of Stefani and Trace Adkins, will be showing performances at drive-ins and outdoor theaters across the United States and Canada this summer. The concerts are filmed exclusively for each one-night-only event, and will include interviews with the musicians.“This is such a great way to enjoy music with your family and friends and stay safe,” said Shelton.

Blake Shelton will kick off a recorded summer concert series set to air at drive-in theaters across the United States and Canda. For the series, musicians' performances will be filmed for exclusive one-night-only events, which will include "cinematic interviews and storytelling," according to a press release.

J. Kim Murphy editorThis Independence Day weekend sees the fittingly timed release of “Hamilton,” with the hit Broadway show about the United States’ founding fathers making the jump to living rooms on Disney Plus.

Hello Upper East Siders, let's travel back in time to 2007 when Gossip Girl stars Penn Badgley and Blake Lively were in a relationship. Yes, we are aware that the two stars have moved on.

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1. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Movie Directed by Wedding Crashers’ David Dobkin, this laugher finds Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams starring as two small-town singers who get a chance to fulfil their dream of competing in the world’s biggest song contest.When: Friday on Netflix

Brenton Thwaites and Skylar Astin are playing World War II soldiers in the new movie Ghosts of War, which is now available to watch for DIRECTV subscribers.

Juneteenth may be enjoying its most high-profile year ever. Observed on June 19, Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that Union soldiers announced to enslaved African American people in Galveston, Texas that they'd been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

Miss Juneteenth, the stunning SXSW award-winning debut of writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples that's out now. But the pageant culture that is the focus of her movie gives Black girls a hint of the American dream—a shiny spectacle, prohibitively expensive to enter, and life-changing for just a few winners, the Miss Juneteenth pageant offers a patina of respectability at a high cost.

Juneteenth may be enjoying its most high-profile year ever. Observed on June 19th, Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that Union soldiers announced to enslaved African American people in Galveston, Texas that they'd been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

Kelly Clarkson is weathering the often treacherous waters of divorce and has been looking to close friends for support amid her public split from husband Brandon Blackstock, according to a new report. “Blake [Shelton] has been supportive and the friend she has needed, as always,” a source close to the “American Idol” alum told Us Weekly on Wednesday.

Kelly Clarkson has been leaning on her loved ones since filing for divorce from Brandon Blackstock earlier this month. And among those helping her through this tough time is her Voice costar, Blake Shelton, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.“Blake has been supportive and the friend she has needed, as always,” says the source.

, which has been for perpetuating white savior tropes. (It's also directed by a white man and based on a book by a white woman.)Don't watch The Help.

reading fiction builds empathy. I don't know if watching movies works in the same way, but I think it's fair to assume that it doesn't make you less empathetic.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix is promoting a new “Black Lives Matter” collection to U.S.

This historical film is another one of DuVernay’s projects, and it’s a powerful depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 marches from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital in Montgomery.