Movies about slaves and domestics usually inspire collective eye rolls in the African-American community.  After the controversy revolving around last year’s “Django Unchained” and…

It’s a brand new day for Viola Davis.  The Oscar-nominated actress gives good face on the cover of this week’s L.A. Times Magazine–with a fierce ‘fro!  In the interview Davis discusses her long climb to fame and success: “That really is our plight, especially as women of color,” she says. “You can have all the […]

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The Help” kicked azzzz at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. The girls took home 3 of the nights top honors : best picture, best actress for Viola Davis (beating Meryl Streep) and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer. Davis also spoke about following a dream. “What is there but a dream? You […]

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MJB took to her Twitter account to vent her frustrations over being overlooked for an Academy Award nomination for her song from the movie “The Help.”

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At a Rutgers University’s Actor’s Spotlight this past February, Idris Elba bluntly articulated Black Hollywood’s sentiment: “The Oscars aren’t designed for us.” Elba was responding to this year’s Academy Awards, where not a single black person in the industry made the ballot.  No matter; while the media and Hollywood insiders were in a tizzy about  […]

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Mary J. Blige is now nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her contribution to "The Help," and there was one scene in particular that made her cry.

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Professor Melissa Harris-Perry gives her honest opinion about the new film, “The Help,” which is a story about black maids working for white women in the Jim Crow South. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Mary J. Blige takes a classic approach in the official video for new ballad, “The Living Proof.” The touching theme song from motion picture The Help.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago — before his first run for office — with a longtime member of their household staff. The Former Governor Said: “After leaving the governor’s office I told my wife about this event, which occurred […]