The Academy Awards have no problem honoring historical dramas, period pieces or scripts “based on a true story,” but has such admiration for these themes…

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Jeff Johnson and Raynard Jackson, guests on the “NewsOne Now” panel, joined Roland Martin Monday to discuss diversity at the 2014 Oscars and the future…

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It was a tight race, but “12 Years A Slave” ended up with the highest honor with the Best Picture win at tonight’s Oscars ceremony.…

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Oleebo, the bootleg warrior, is reviewing award-winning film “12 Years A Slave.” Listen to the audio player to hear Oleebo’s review and why he says it’s…

A Facebook post supporting Black films and artists, and calling out the racism embedded into the Academy Award nomination process, was removed by the social…

The D.L. Hughley Show

D.L. Hughley went to go see “12 Years A Slave” and said it was worse than “Roots”! Now anyone who has seen “Roots” knows that…

TV One recently announced plans to premiere “12 Years A Slave: A TV One Special with Cathy Hughes,” a one hour program featuring an hour-long discussion with director Steve McQueen and cast members Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong’o and Alfre Woodard. The special will air Saturday, November 9, at 7 PM/ET exclusively on TV One. ”12 Years […]

Two days after seeing “12 Years a Slave,” scenes from the movie still play over and over in my mind. I’m not entirely sure that…