The late 1980s and early 1990s were when Black filmmakers and actors finally started getting the recognition they richly ...

In 2024, the entertainment industry continued to showcase the immense talent and earning power of Black actors, with several dominating Forbes’ annual list of the highest-paid actors. Dwayne ...

Texas-born actor Marsai Martin is only 19 years old but is already one of the most successful Black TV actors. Her breakthrough role was Diane Johnson on “Black-ish” from 2014-2022.

The veteran actor, who also served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild from 1952 to 1971 (only the third Black person to do so), was interviewed about his life and career just ...

In the movie Shaft, Richard Roundtree gave life to an alchemy of arrogance and attitude, confidence and charisma, swagger and sexuality never-before-seen on screen in a dark-skinned African ...

Nussbaum, reputed as the oldest professional actor in America with a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black,” died at his Chicago home on ...

A new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts is highlighting old-school African American films. Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 will open at the DIA on February 4, exploring work by African ...

(Image credit: MGM) Cabin In the Sky (1943) It was exceedingly rare for a big studio movie in the 1940s to have an all-Black cast, but Cabin In The Sky is the exception. Starring Lena Horne, Eddie ...