‘2 Preachers On A Mission’ Premiere Gets Eye-opening Welcome
JaroGO Packs Atlanta for ‘2 Preachers’ Premiere Faith, comedy, and community came together as 2 Preachers On A Mission filled Look Dine-In Cinema ahead of its exclusive JaroGO streaming launch. JaroGO Media turned a midweek movie...
Jimi Hendrix Honored With NY Street After Five-Decade Fight
Jimi Hendrix in 1970 (Getty Images) New York City’s W. 8th Street has a new name in honor of one of the city’s myriad musical luminaries: Jimi Hendrix Way. An unveiling ceremony was held, June 10. The newly minted street is located in Greenwich...
Porsha Olayiwola’s Transparent Poetry About Blackness, Sexual Identity, And Body Image Deserves Your Attention
Boston’s newly appointed poet laureate, Porsha Olayiwola, has had quite the journey as a Black queer poet. In an interview with Essence, the 30-year-old recalled how she used a particularly disheartening and insensitive comment at her first poetry...
BET Orders Comedy Series ‘Twenties’ From Lena Waithe
Shortly following the second season pickup of Lena Waithe’s Boomerang reboot, BET has ordered yet another series, Twenties, from the Award-winning screenwriter. Waithe, who said she wants to change the face of BET “by being phenomenal,” is...