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Black List 2018: Matt Drudge, Kobe Bryant Movies Top List of Best Unproduced Scripts
The Black List 2018 is here — a survey of the best screenplays that have not yet gone into production. This year, the 73 films included films about Serena and Venus Williams’ hard-driving father (Zach ...
West Des Moines business owner used slurs to disparage black workers, agency says
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is taking legal action to enforce a $14,700 judgment against a business owner accused of using racial slurs to belittle black employees, court records show. Bruce Smit...
Why Barbershops May Be Key to Improving Black Men's Health
Despite everything we know about how important it is to get regular health checkups, not many people like going to the doctor — so some physicians are coming up with creative ways to bring ...
Black List 2018 Includes Scripts About Snapchat Founder, Matt Drudge and Williams Sisters’ Dad
Elissa Karasik’s Snapchat drama “Frat Boy Genius” and scripts about Matt Drudge and the father of the Williams sisters are at the top of the 2018 version of the Black List. The list is an ...
Family: Alabama tries to shield officer who killed black man
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Relatives of a black man shot to death by an Alabama police officer who apparently mistook him for a shooting suspect are complaining about the state's decision to take over th...
Russian Trolls and the Trump Campaign Both Tried to Depress Black Turnout
Perhaps the most striking takeaway from a pair of new reports released by the Senate Intelligence Committee is the consistency and persistence with which Russian trolls sought to depress the black vot...
The Black List 2018 Features More Screenplays by and About Women Than Ever
The 13th edition of the Black List has been unveiled, and it might include a future Best Picture winner: Four of the 10 most recent winners of the Academy’s biggest prize were featured on the list, as ...
Black conservatives to GOP: Reach out to black voters
As a candidate in 2016, Donald Trump said Republicans must do better and would do better to reach members of the African-American community. In another 2016 campaign speech, Trump boldly pledged ...
Elizabeth Warren, Speaking to Black Graduates, Warns ‘the Rules Are Rigged’
BALTIMORE — Senator Elizabeth Warren, in a commencement speech Friday at historically black Morgan State University, mixed her trademark language denouncng economic inequality with more explicit indic...
The Quiet Crisis Killing Black Women
The piece of paper, edged in gold like a diploma, was proof that her boyfriend had completed an anger management program. For Delashon, 20, it was more than that. It was a promise that her boyfriend w...
'Orange Is the New Black' star Yael Stone accuses Geoffrey Rush of sexual harassment
Actress Yael Stone is making explosive claims about veteran actor Geoffrey Rush. In an interview with the Australian news outlet 7.30, the "Orange Is the New Black" star alleges Rush sent her sexually ...
Geoffrey Rush accused of misconduct by 'Orange is the New Black' actress Yael Stone
SYDNEY — A female star of hit television show Orange is the New Black leveled misconduct allegations against actor Geoffrey Rush, the second Australian actress to accuse the Oscar winner of behaving i...
