Black History Month: How It Began and How to Celebrate

Natalie Oganesyan editorLeading Black filmmakers, producers and writers opened up about what inspired them to enter cinema and the importance of capturing the Black diasporic experience on screen during a virtual panel co-hosted by the American Cinematheque and the African American Film Critics Association.In celebration of Black History Month, the “Black Identity Through Cinema” panel featured Cynthia Erivo, Philippe Lacôte, Franklin Leonard, Ekwa Msangi and Euzhan Palcy, as well as Shaka King

Train To Busan, the 2016 South Korean blockbuster, is set to get a remake from US studio New Line Cinema.The hit zombie-horror film released its highly-anticipated sequel, Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula, late last year.According to Deadline, Timo Tjahjanto is in talks to direct the film, which will be produced by James Wan and Michael Clear of Atomic Monster, alongside Gaumont’s Nicolas Atlan and Terry Kalagian.Train To Busan, created by director Yeon Sang-ho in 2016, was set almost entirely

Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd has picked up North American rights to buzzy Bosnian drama Quo Vadis, Aida?, which is on this year’s shortlist for the International Oscar.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have donated $1 million to food banks for a second time amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Feeding America and Food Banks Canada announced the generous contributions via their social media pages on Monday, with the latter playfully poking fun at Reynold's fake feud with Hugh Jackman.«When #COVID19 first hit in early 2020, @VanCityReynolds and @BlakeLively generously donated $500K (USD) to US sister organization @FeedingAmerica and to Food Banks Canada helping

Stacey Abrams, Ziwe Fumudoh and Nicole Byer are among the cultural figures and notable creators set to appear in YouTube Originals’ Black History Month Celebration, Black Renaissance. Also joining the YouTube special are H.E.R., Anderson .Paak, Kelly Rowland, Bob the Drag Queen, Maurice Harris, Yung BBQ, TwinsthenewTrend, Sherrie Silver, Oumi Janta, Donté Colley and Hollywood Movement.

Black History Month is a time to celebrate important Black figures, moments that pushed the movement forward, and causes that support and amplify Black voices.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story of Black musical genres through the lens of American history.The National Museum of African American Music, which opened with a virtual ribbon-cutting on Martin Luther King Jr.

Continuing its recent nominations rout at the Golden Globes and SAG nominations last week, Netflix starts this week in the same mode scoring 46 noms in the Critics Choice Awards, with David Fincher’s Mank landing in an impressive 12 categories to lead the field. A24’s tender drama of a Korean American family seeking a new beginning on an Arkansas farm, Minari was just behind with 10 nominations.

Naman Ramachandran “Nomadland” and “Saint Maud” took top honors at the 41st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with three wins each, while the late Chadwick Boseman won actor of the year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”American road movie “Nomadland” won film of the year, while lead Frances McDormand was named actress of the year, and writer-director Chloé Zhao won screenwriter of the year.British horror film “Saint Maud” won British/Irish film of the year, British/Irish actress of the year

Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham announced that they were engaged over the summer after just a few months of dating.

Black History Month. The month-long celebration is a chance to acknowledge the historic achievements of Black Americans and to highlight their undeniable impact on American history.

Brooklyn Beckham announced his engagement to US actress Nicola Peltz last year, nobody was more excited than his parents. David and Victoria were thrilled that, after a few rocky years, their eldest child was finally settling down and seemed to have found a purpose in life.

Bluto, the volcanic Samurai Futaba, “Joliet” Jake Blues, the Cheeseburger Man, a spasmodic Joe Cocker—the list of characters John Belushi brought to life in his all-too-brief but remarkable career only hints at his outsized role in American comedy.

Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.Lee was making an acceptance speech at the New York Film Critics Awards yesterday (24 January), with his message pre-recorded on January 6, the day a mob of pro-Trump supporters rioted at the US Capitol building.Winning an award for his 2020 short film New York New York, which was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, Lee reflected on the riot and said the country needed to come together at the “crossroads” they find themselves at.“It’s a very sad day in the

Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow, which won the New York Film Critics’ Association award for best picture of 2020, significantly centers on food and food preparation two centuries ago in the Pacific Northwest region we now call Oregon, four decades before the area became an American state.

Brooklyn Beckham, 21, is engaged to Nicola Peltz, 25. American actress Nicola is the youngest of eight children and her parents are Claudia Peltz and husband self-made billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, who is worth £1.3 billion.