Then and Now: How Black Hollywood Has Used Its Platforms for Social Change

It’s no surprise that so many people are already calling Beyoncé’s Black Is King “iconic.” Ever since the singer’s visual album (a companion to the music of The Lion King: The Gift)premiered on Disney+ last Friday, the Beyhive has been raving over the project, with celebrities like Kerry Washington, Adele and Keke Palmer taking to social media to praise the visuals, costumes, cinematography and more.

Beyoncé's «iconic.» Ever since the singer's visual album (a companion to the music of Lion King: The Gift)premiered on Disney+ last Friday, the Beyhive has been raving over the project, with celebrities like Kerry Washington, Adele and Keke Palmer taking to social media to praise the visuals, costumes, cinematography and more.Now, in an exclusive new interview with ET, co-director Kwasi Fordjour is spilling all the details on how came to be and what it was like traveling all over the world

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBill Maher returned to original episodes for the first time in a month, still resigned to taping HBO’s Real Time at his own house.He came back with a bang though, with a strong guest list that included Kerry Washington discussing her ACLU documentary The Fight, Jim Carrey on his new bestselling novel, and a spirited discussion with now-ex-New York Times opinion writer Bari Weiss and New York Times Magazine and Harper’s Magazine contributor Thomas Chatterton

Working on The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been a well-respected opportunity in Hollywood for years, but it seems clear that those days are long over.

Beyonce has shared her new visual album Black Is King.

‘You’ star Jenna Ortega talks to HOLA! USA about charming Penn Badgley and making Jennifer Garner cry“I could not be more ecstatic. I say it over and over, but it really is such a surreal feeling, especially with such an iconic brand, that I have looked up to for such a long time.

Three of Neil Young’s songs were used at Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore event and Young is not okay with it.

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorMRC Film has created a new label devoted to female comedies, which will be led by Becky Sloviter, the producer of Palm Springs, which sold to NEON in a record deal at Sundance for $17.5M.Already, the unnamed division has two projects in development: Let’s Have Kids!, which will serve as the directorial debut of Black Adam and Due Date screenwriter Adam Sztykiel and The Inheritance from Emmy winning Full Frontal With Samantha Bee and A

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVerizon has assembled a lineup of celebs and activists for its inaugural Citizen Verizon Assembly next week, tapping Yara Shahidi, Karamo Brown, Andrew Yang, Ben & Jerry’s CEO Matthew McCarthy and more for a livestreaming event discussing strategies for driving social change.The July 28 event is part of the telco’s corporate-responsibility initiative committing to a carbon-neutral footprint by 2035, a new job-skills training program and a digital-inclusion

Angelique Jackson As Hollywood commits to featuring more Black actors on camera, another question arises: What is being done about the support staff around them — and particularly in the hair and makeup trailers?When “The Bold Type” star Aisha Dee posted a letter on Instagram on July 15 detailing her experience as a biracial woman in Hollywood — using the moment to “demand better and more authentic representation both in-front-of and behind the camera” — she joined a chorus of voices speaking

Also Read: Beyonce's 'Black Is King' Reimagines 'The Lion King' in New Trailer (Video)Included are shots of guest stars like Jay-Z and Lupita Nyong’o, as well as audio clips of lines from “The Lion King” remake, including John Kani as Rafiki asking Simba “Who Are You?” Kelly Rowland, Naomi Campbell, Tina Knowles-Lawson and Pharrell Williams are also among the stars who will appear in the film.According to a press release, “Black Is King” was filmed across locations in New York, Los Angeles,

Yara Shahidi discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, the “double-edge sword” of people speaking up and more in a new interview with Elle magazine.

Rihanna, Jay-Z, Pharrell and more stars are calling for authorities to reopen an investigation into the tragic death of Pace University student Danroy “DJ” Henry.

Okay, now things are getting REALLY messy. 

Kerry Washington displayed images of teenager Trayvon Martin, 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and other black men and women killed by police backstage during her run in Broadway’s American Son.The actress, who starred in the New York production as a woman grieving the loss of her son at the hands of law enforcement officers in 2018, reveals she put the images up in her dressing room as a reminder of the unsettling true stories that inspired the play.

Joe Utichi Editor, AwardsLineIt has been a busy 12 months for Kerry Washington, with a key part in Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, a directorial stint on HBO’s Insecure, and a exec producer role on Sundance doc The Fight occupying her time.