Black Hollywood: the ebony Shangri-la of showbiz. In tinsel town, behind the flash bulbs of paparazzi snapshots, behind the casting cattle calls and behind a storyteller’s script is the film director. These hot-bloodied visionaries are the eyes and ears of the camera’s aperture. Visionaries like Hype Williams, Robert Townsend and Kennen Ivory Wayans have leaped into the limelight, looking to expose the grit of the world,... Read more..

Elon James White is back with This Week In Blackness.If you've ever wanted to scream at someone who wants you to "get over" racism and racists, this video is for you: Read more..

Superstardom is ultramodern. Define superstardom today and textbook examples would be long lost Motown songstress Alicia Keys, world pop phenomenon Beyoncé Knowles and post-Warhol shock art fashionista Lady Gaga. All of those women have changed views of feminism, sex appeal and physical lyricism in one way or another. Alicia Keys encourages women to be superwomen. Superwoman... Read more..

In 1975, Motown legend Smokey Robinson recorded his legendary third studio album, “A Quiet Storm.” What he wound up doing was creating an adult alternative format that would influence the sound of radio stations, especially black-owned companies. Classified as an R&B and smooth jazz lovechild, quiet storm would later influence 90s neo-soul artists and take the 80s by storm (pun intended). Here some of the gr... Read more..

R&B came to a tipping point. Auto-Tune madness is in full effect and with the new advancements in technology; the music industry supergiant has become a dinosaur lost in the rubble of passing comets. The clouds have lifted and there is no quiet storm. Slam poets no longer cling to the neo-soul hype. We’re in a recession, so we’ve lowered the volume on baby-making radio jams. But ever so often, there’s a voice that r... Read more..

After King of Pop megastar Michael Jackson re-invented, transcended and set the blueprint for the modern-day cinematic music video, it was hard to get back to basics. Recording artists influenced by the offbeat megastar gloved one, began to take art and the art of boogie-woogie and juxtapose the two on celluloid pictures. The consequence of his action, transformed the way we saw dance and performance art on screen. Dancers an... Read more..

The world is changing. In this tech-savvy world of ours where sexting is cool and Craigslist killing is in vogue, where online dating is becoming more popular than face-to-face interaction and employers use Skype™ for interviews, you can say we’re lost together. Gone are the simply days where you could simply run to the library or a local bookstore to read celebrated novels and novellas. Now, we have the Kindle as designe... Read more..

On August 11, Yahoo! Movies debuted the premier theatrical poster for the upcoming Julie Taymor film The Tempest, the latest reimagining of William Shakespeare.Taymor, who has directed visually stunning feature length films like Titus, Frida and most recently Across the Universe is also known for having exciting casts. The feminist re-visioning of Billy’s acclaimed play will fea... Read more..

White people saying "nigger." That’s always pleasant right? Saying "nigger" eleven times with head held high? Feels more like a massage. A really racist massage.In this week's episode, we journey into the twisted, entitled mind of America's favorite repressed, gay-bashing, antifeminist "radio therapist," Dr. Laura. And what we find is a disease I like to call E.W.P.S., or Edgy White Person Syndrome. And even though Dr. Laura is already sl... Read more..