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Ava DuVernay is a celebrated director, but also an absolute style icon.

Spike Lee and Colin Kaepernick are teaming up with ESPN to tackle the life and career of the activist and former NFL player.

One of Hollywood’s most powerful and prestigious law firms is expanding its rooster and name.

Jamie Lang “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral” director Mike Newell and actor Jason Wong (“The Gentlemen,” “Dungeons & Dragons”) are launching the Kingston International Film Festival (KIFF) to support independent film makers in a post-pandemic world. Taking place June 24-26, the festival is a 50:50 partnership between Blue Elephant Films and Rose Theatre which aims to address a decline in the independent film industry by establishing a new platform for emerging talent and creating opportunities which will link new filmmakers and industry experts.

NEW YORK -- Steve Schapiro, a prize-winning photographer whose indelible images ranged from the March on Washington to the set of “The Godfather” and other films, has died at age 87.Schapiro died Saturday at his home in Chicago, according to spokesperson Heidi Schaeffer. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.A New York City native who studied under the World War II photographer W.

EXCLUSIVE: Roxane Gay, the author of Bad Feminist, is back with a new podcast.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefI remember the day so vividly. It was Jan.

The story of the Bordelon family is coming to an end. On Tuesday,  creator Ava DuVernay revealed that the upcoming seventh season will be the show's last. The director broke the news during a conversation with  ahead of the show's season 6 finale.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Queen Sugar” has been renewed for Season 7 at OWN, with that season set to be the show’s last. Writing on the new season has begun, with production set to begin in early 2022.“To everything, there is a season,” said series creator Ava DuVernay.

Will Smith leads the final list of honorees for the Critics Choice Association’s  Fourth Annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television.  Smith, who is winning widespread acclaim for his role in Warner Bros. upcoming King Richard as the domineering father of Serena and Venus Williams and their tennis dynasty, has been chosen to receive the Actor award.

The stars are stepping out for the 2021 LACMA Gala!

“Eternals” isn’t the only god-like beings creation that famed artist/creator Jack Kirby brought to the comic book world, as he made also created the similar deities “New Gods” for DC Comics. A feature film had been in the works at Warner Bros.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorJaden Michael was well aware of Colin Kaepernick before he ever auditioned to play him in “Colin in Black & White.” The actor, perhaps best known for his lead role in 2020’s “Vampires vs. the Bronx,” respected Kaepernick not only as an athlete but also for his advocacy.

Ava DuVernay has a special way of telling people's unique and intimate stories on the screen.The acclaimed director returns with, a six-episode limited series about Colin Kaepernick's life.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds just cannot help but constantly troll each other — and we love it!

Meet the newest DC superhero, “Naomi”.

How will you become a hero? Naomi McDuffie is learning about her own heroism in the series “Naomi.” Ava DuVernay leads the project, another DC property under her ARRAY Filmworks banner. The multi-hyphenate partners with Jill Blankenship to create the series.

Netflix Unveils Trailer For 'Colin in Black & White' Ava DuVernay's Next TV Series Is Inspired By This Twitter Account Colin Kaepernick Teams With Ava DuVernay for Netflix Show on His Life

Ava DuVernay has put her stamp on a new reality TV project, The Oscar-nominated director executive produces the series, which sees 18 families from all different cultural backgrounds swapping houses to see how others live. As DuVernay told ET's Kevin Frazier, she created in hopes to show how we just might be more alike than we imagined.«The core of is curiosity,» DuVernay explained.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAva DuVernay doesn’t consider herself a “Kumbaya girl,” but when she set out to create her first-ever unscripted series, NBC’s “Home Sweet Home,” she wanted it to be one that connected people rather than focusing on the conflicts between them.“We are in the most polarized time.

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick, . The six-episode limited series features Jaden Michael as a young Colin before he becomes the cultural icon and activist known to the world today. The streaming site describes the show as a coming-of-age story that follows the former NFL player during his youth as he tackles the obstacles of race, class and culture as a Black adopted child of a white family. «Life puts us on a path, sometimes winding.

For many people, when they hear the name Colin Kaepernick, they’re familiar with his most recent work as an outspoken activist, who was seemingly blacklisted by the NFL after kneeling during the National Anthem. But as seen in the upcoming series, “Colin in Black and White,” Kaepernick has been dealing with race, class, and culture issues since he was a child.

Array, the independent distributor and production company founded by Ava DuVernay, has added six executives to its ranks, president Tilane Jones announced Thursday.Netflix original series exec Anne-Marie McGintee will join as vice president of scripted programming, and Blumhouse’s MJ Caballero will serve as her counterpart in physical production.

Netflix and a retrospective series at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures beginning Oct. 2.And neither might have happened were it not for Ava DuVernay.

After several delays to the grand opening of Los Angeles’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Hollywood’s best and brightest finally took to the green carpet last night to celebrate the landmark structure opening its doors.

Jennifer Hudson and Regina King are enjoying a very stylish night out!

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade hold hands as they arrive at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala held on Saturday evening (September 25) at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

Olivia Rodrigo is wearing a jaw-dropping outfit to The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala!

The ladies of Big Little Lies are stepping out for The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala!

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom make one hot couple!

As you probably already know, it was announced yesterday that the influential filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles, passed away. And as with the passing of any sort of filmmaking royalty, folks from the industry went to social media to share kind words.

Refresh for updates… Hollywood paid fast and heartfelt tribute to director Melvin Van Peebles today, with news of his death eliciting words of praise for the filmmaker from such industry figures as actor David Alan Grier and directors Barry Jenkins, Ava DuVernay, and Spike Lee, along with notable musicians and music execs.

Spike Lee credited Van Peebles as a “big supporter” of Lee’s own film career (and shared a signed poster of the older auteur’s breakout hit “Sweet Sweetback’s Badassssss Song”). “I Am So Saddened By The Loss Of My Brother Melvin Van Pebbles Who Brought Independent Black Cinema To The Forefront,” Lee wrote.

Refresh for updates… Hollywood paid fast and heartfelt tribute to director Melvin Van Peebles today, with news of his death eliciting words of praise for the filmmaker from such industry figures as actor David Alan Grier and directors Barry Jenkins and Ava DuVernay, along with notable musicians and music execs.

Angelique Jackson The Urbanworld Film Festival is set to mark its 25th anniversary with a star-studded hybrid event featuring Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay; “Wu-Tang: An American Saga’s” RZA and Shameik Moore; “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green and star Aunjanue Ellis; “Power Book III: Raising Kanan’s” Patina Miller; “Sankofa” filmmaker Haile Gerima and more.The 2021 edition of the film festival will be presented virtually with on urbanworld.org, running

Debbie Allen gave a moving speech on Sunday night as she graciously accepted the Governors Award at the 2021 Primetime Emmy AwardsFollowing a video introduction by Gayle King, who called Allen the «ultimately multihyphenate» and a «creative supernova,» the award itself was presented in appropriately dramatic fashion by Jada Pinkett Smith, Ava DuVernay, Ellen Pompeo and Michael Douglas.