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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News is planning a wide array of special coverage in February devoted to Black History Month, including two primetime specials and bespoke segments across the news division’s various programs.“While we remain dedicated to telling the impactful and important stories around the Black community all year long, ABC News will provide special coverage throughout February to salute Black excellence,” said Kim Godwin, president of ABC News, in a prepared statement. “We will celebrate and honor Black culture across all programs and platforms, taking an in-depth look at issues past and present while spotlighting those who have overcome significant obstacles and paved the way for a better future.”The ABC News series “Soul of a Nation” will present “Screen Queens Rising” on Thursday, February 3 at 8 p.m..

Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction, the guild announced Wednesday. The Award will be presented at the 74th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, March 12, 2022. Lee, 64, is the director of more than 30 film and TV projects in a variety of genres, many of which challenge and subvert notions of politics, race, war, masculinity, music and culture.

Spike Lee will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Motion Picture Direction at this year’s DGA Awards, Directors Guild of America President Lesli Linka Glatter announced today.

New Release WallOne of the most extraordinary directorial debuts in recent years is Regina Hall’s “One Night in Miami” (The Criterion Collection), based on the play by Kemp Powers (“Soul”).

Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of late civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead in her Brooklyn home, just days after the two men convicted for her father’s assassination were exonerated. She was 56.

CBS New York reports that her daughter found her unconscious at about 5 p.m., according to police. Shabazz, 56, was the one of twins who was born to Betty Shabazz after Malcolm X was killed, Bernice King tweeted late Monday. King is the youngest child of slain civil rights icon Dr.

Authorities told ABC News that her death did not appear to be suspicious. Her body was discovered by her daughter.Malikah Shabazz was born in 1965, just months after her father’s assassination at age 39.

Malcolm X's daughter Malikah Shabazz has been found dead just days after two men were exonerated for his murder after spending decades in prison.

 Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be cleared Thursday after insisting on their innocence since the 1965 killing of one of the United States’ most formidable fighters for civil rights, their lawyers and Manhattan’s top prosecutor said Wednesday.

New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will move to vacate the convictions of two men for the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, his office said on Wednesday.

RZA has revealed that he thinks 2Pac was a more “dangerous” rapper than The Notorious B.I.G., comparing the late icon to Malcolm X in terms of his worldview.The Wu-Tang Clan rapper was recently interviewed by hip-hop platform The Art Of Dialogue, where he made some rare comments about the age-old question: Biggie or 2Pac?“You go to Pac, once again, immaculate voice, but what Pac had, I think, was a way of touching us in all of our emotions,” said RZA.

NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Opera will present its second work by a Black composer, Anthony Davis’ “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” just two years after its first.The company said Thursday that “X” will open on Nov. 3, 2023, in a staging by Robert O’Hara that will be conducted by Kazem Abdullah.Baritone Will Liverman will sing the title role and soprano Leah Hawkins will sing in the staging, a co-production of the Met, Michigan, Opera Omaha and the Seattle Opera.

Lisa Kennedy “Blood Brothers” floats on perceptive interviews, rich archival photos and pointed newsreel footage. It stings, too, with its exploration of two iconic, uncompromising figures who were friends for (the film persuasively argues) too short a spell.

notable films coming out this fall:Sept. 9“Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali” (Netflix): A documentary chronicling the friendship between the boxing legend and the civil rights leader.Sept.

There’s nothing that brings people together like fighting for a good cause.

The documentary features interviews with those closest to both men, including Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz — who is currently developing a series following her father's childhood and activist career — Ali's brother, Rahman, and his daughters, Maryum and Hana. Cultural luminaries such as Cornel West and Al Sharpton will also make appearances.

provides a deeper understanding into what made these two men tick, the intense role faith played in their bond and ultimately how their budding friendship came to an abrupt end,” Clarke said in a statement.

Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, is bringing her father's story to the small screen. The series is currently in development and will be adapted from the novels  and  both of which were co-written by Shabazz alongside Kekla Magoon and Tiffany D. Jackson, respectively.  broke the news, revealing that Sony Pictures Television's TriStar will release the series with Shabazz executive producing.

A documentary about the relationship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali from Kenya Barris has been set at Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA television series based on the life of Malcolm X is in the works at Sony Pictures Television’s TriStar, Variety has learned exclusively.The series will be based on the novels “X: A Novel” and “The Awakening of Malcolm X,” both of which were co-written by Malcolm’s daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz. “X: A Novel” was also co-written by Kekla Magoon while “The Awakening of Malcolm X” was also co-written by Tiffany D.

Bumpy Johnson’s wild ride through New York’s criminal underworld continues on August 8, when Godfather of Harlem returns for the back half of its second season.

NEW YORK -- The Latest on the 2021 Pulitzer Prizes:NEW YORK — One of the country’s most esteemed novelists, Louise Erdrich, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “The Night Watchman.” Other winners for books include the late Les Payne and daughter Tamara Payne for their Malcolm X biography “The Dead Are Arising.”Marcia Chatelain’s “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America” won for history.

coronavirus pandemic, the racial reckoning after the police killing of George Floyd and the U.S. presidential election.Erdrich has drawn on her Native American background for such acclaimed novels as “The Round House” and “The Plague of Doves.” In “The Night Watchman,” she looks back to her grandfather, a night watchman whose reservation in rural North Dakota is threatened in the 1950s by congressional legislation.

Also Read: The Evolution of Denzel Washington, From 'Malcolm X' to 'The Little Things' (Photos)John Burnham Schwartz and Virgil Williams wrote the screenplay based on Canedy’s article and memoir from 2008. The film’s producers are Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Aaron L.

The Casting Society of America is handing out its 36th annual Artios Awards in a virtual ceremony tonight, and Deadline is updating the winners as they are announced. Check out the list below.

Robi Reed wants to help tell stories that represent what the world truly looks like. And with more than 30 years and 70 films as a casting director, that’s what she’s dedicated her career to.

When it premiered last September at the Venice Film Festival, Regina King’s directorial debut One Night In Miami was an early frontrunner for awards.

Lisa Kennedy At the start of “The Inheritance” — an experimental film about the formation of a Black collective, set in the early ’90s — Julian (Eric Lockley) rummages through a wooden crate of books he found in the West Philadelphia row house his grandmother left him.

starring Andra Day as the jazz singer, was named best picture, while the Korean American family drama “Minari” got best intergenerational film. Spike Lee’s Vietnam-themed “Da 5 Bloods” picked up best buddy picture and Regina King’s “One Night in Miami…,” about the fictional meeting of Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown, got best ensemble.“We focus on films made by and for grownups,” said Tim Appelo, the film and television critic for AARP.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMakeup head and prosthetics designer Scott Wheeler put four distinct transformations into Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.”Wheeler, who is on the Academy shortlist for makeup and hairstyling, was tasked with re-creating four icons for the film: Cassius Clay, played by Eli Goree; Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge); Malcolm X, played by Kingsley Ben-Adir and Sam Cooke, played by Leslie Odom Jr.Wheeler and his team had four actors with different preferences about makeup and

NEW YORK -- “Caste,” Isabel Wilkerson's exploration of racism in the United States, and “The Dead are Arising,” an acclaimed biography of Malcolm X, are among this year's nominees for awards presented by the J.

Here's what we know happened Feb. 25, 1964: 22-year-old Cassius Clay (soon to become Muhammad Ali) became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world by defeating Sonny Liston.

One Night in Miami,” Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” serve as a triptych of the Black experience, inviting viewers inside the great debates that accompanied an earlier generation’s fight for equality.

The New Hollywood Podcast loves celebrating people of color and other underrepresented voices with every episode so it would be remiss if we didn’t celebrate Black History Month — and we’re doing exactly that with this week’s episode featuring Kingsley Ben-Adir.

Jeremy Helligar The crux of Regina King’s critically acclaimed new film “One Night in Miami” is the friendship between civil-rights activist Malcolm X and legendary crooner Sam Cooke, and that friendship is tested by a series of explosive – and fictional – verbal throwdowns.

taking a shot at anti-police protesters.The 66-year-old “Malcolm X” actor said he’s had a first-hand look at the value of police work, after playing law enforcement in several roles throughout his career.“I have the utmost respect for what they do, for what our soldiers do, (people) that sacrifice their lives.