This Michael K.Williams video on type casting in roles as posed to 
himself is brilliant. Take a look 



Source: The Atlantic 
 

Just as the highly anticipated movie Hidden Figures, the story of three African-American women who were crucial in the launch of the first American into orbit, got released in theaters, more news of black female achievement in STEM (science, technology…

Check out this great conversation on creativity in music, movies, TV,  theater, writing
and more with Issa Rae, Donald Glover, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Damien Chazelle and
Jon Favreau. It should be a weekly program. 



Source: The Hollywood Reporter

In small studies around the country, a handful of researchers have been investigating how MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can help heal the psychological and emotional damage caused by sexual assault, war, violent crime, and other traumas. Now, federal regulators have approved the…

With her new movie, Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time" starring Oprah Winfrey, director Ava DuVernay is now the the first black woman to direct a $100 million-budgeted live-action movie.  The milestone became public when the film, which is a fantasy…

Michael Vick has been through it all. The dual-threat playmaker was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft, set numerous quarterback rushing records, made four Pro Bowls and amassed a fortune playing football. Then it all disappeared…

A Nigerian DJ has broken the world record for the longest ever DJ set. Earlier this month, DJ Obi completed a 240-hour marathon on the decks at a Lagos cafe, smashing the previous record of 200 hours set in Dublin…

As the country holds its breath in anticipation of who will take Barack Obama’s chair in the Oval Office, the president is considering how to get his résumé into the right hands after his eight-year lease on the White House…

The Other Festival is bringing major girl power to New York. Billed as the “first all-female festival,” the one-day event is loaded with panels from female entrepreneurs followed by a concert series of all female acts. 
  
The festival’s founder, Dee…

Nas may not have been putting out a lot of music lately but he's been making his rounds as an investor and now as Executive producer on the IFC film "The Land." 

Here's the synopsis and watch the trailer below:

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The NBA will begin selling jersey sponsorships in 2017-18, becoming the first major North American sports league to put partners' logos on players' uniforms. The three-year trial was approved April 15 by NBA owners and will take effect when the…