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THE BUZZ! ‘Good Times’ Sets Ranada Shepard As Showrunner; JB Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown & Jay Pharoah To Star In Netflix’s Animated Reboot Next, Television’s first African American two-parent family sitcom. Good Times is getting a reboot, an animated one. Netflix announced the star studded voice cast which includes, JB Smoove Yvette Nicole Brown Jay Pharoah will […]

THE BUZZ! Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations Now you can Netflix and chill outside of your home. That’s because Netflix is planning on opening  two physical stores in the US in 2025. The stores will be like mini theme parks, with food, drinks, merchandise, and immersive installations based on Netflix’s hit shows like […]

THE BUZZ! Netflix And Shondaland Acquire Rights To ‘Black Barbie’ Documentary Next, This year has seen the rise of Barbie mania. After the blockbuster movie earned over $1.4 billion, there has been a visible increase in the Barbie brand. But did you know there are three influential black women behind the scenes at Mattel that had a lot […]

THE BUZZ!   Chris Rock to address Will Smith slap in live Netflix special material First up, It’s been almost a year to the date of “The Slap” with Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars. During that time we heard an apology from Will Smith but we never really got a response from Chris […]

THE BUZZ! Sharing your Netflix, Prime Video or Disney Plus password could make you a criminal So we might all be guilty of this. Sharing the password to one or more of our streaming services. If it’s not yours you are more than likely using a family member or friends. Because of this many streaming […]

THE BUZZ! Kenya Barris to write, direct modern re-imagining of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ The Wizard of Oz a  musical classic is getting a remix. Kenya Barris, an Emmy award winning writer and producer was chosen by Warner Bros. to write and direct a re-imagining of the hit musical. Deadline reports Kenya Barris, the creator […]

THE BUZZ! U.S. marshal from Maryland accused in multi-million dollar romance scam A Maryland man who is a special deputy U.S. marshal and Justice Department contractor is facing federal charges. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office he is charged with conspiring to commit money laundering related to numerous online romance scams. prosecutors said his victims […]

The Buzz! Sho’ You Right: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English is On The Way A new dictionary is on the way. One that will have words created by African American culture. Words like crib, finna, bae, side hustle, and more will have a home. The Oxford University Press and Harvard University are collaborating […]

Netflix settles with Mo’Nique over discrimination, retaliation lawsuit So Monique has been in the headlines a lot lately. Most recently because of her contract dispute with DL Hughley that turned into a lot more. Well now she is back in the news for another dispute but this time its all about settling it. She previously […]

WHO to rename monkeypox after scientists complain label ‘stigmatizing’ Recently we have been hearing more about the virus Monkey Pox spreading across the globe even here in the U.S. But there is something else that is keeping this disease in the headlines and that is its name. Example recently, the Foreign Press Association, Africa issued […]