After much speculation and long-winded anguish – fans of HBO’s wondrous hit – Game of Thrones were finally allowed to exhale with glee at the re-emergence of one of the most beloved TV characters in recent memory.
Kit Harington who plays Jon Snow – the unfortunate warrior that met his very bloody end last season – was brought back to life by the sorceress Melisandre this past Sunday – and his return inspired an avalanche of pure joy on social media as the mighty word spread like an uncontrollable virus.
Oprah Winfrey is sinking deeper into her acting roots as evident in her recent projects for OWN and now for HBO.
Winfrey is attached to star in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – a film that has taken almost five years to come to fruition.
After holding the world hostage over the weekend and being the dominant subject of conversation all week along – as a result of staging her most ambitious and personal project to date – Beyonce is now immersed in the first leg of her Formation World Tour that began Wednesday evening in Miami.
By now, the web is still stirring up reactions and analytical summations after Beyonce dropped her latest and perhaps greatest piece of work – thus far.
After a week of high anticipation – HBO played host to Lemonade – a sweeping epic that was championed through strikingly primal visuals and the heavy-laden words of Somali poet Warsan Shire.
John Ridley is continuing his quest to energize the landscape of television with socially relevant stories that don’t sugarcoat the consequences that erupt from careless negligence.
The American Crime creator is collaborating with Golden Globe winner Idris Elba on a limited series – Guerrilla – that will air on Showtime in the U.S. and on Sky Atlantic in the U.K.
If anyone knows how to captivate the world’s attention it has to be Queen Bey. The doting mother of Blue Ivy – natural curls and all – has been plotting her latest and greatest and as always – the big reveal is supported by drippings of achingly torturous clues to keep fans salivating and panting for more.
Selma director Ava DuVernay, has been keeping busy filling up her slate with ambitious projects – including this latest addition for HBO that is also seeped in historical significance.
Ava DuVernay
Ellen DeGeneres decided to start off the week fully clothed and humbled – a far cry from the way most of us began the previous week – thanks to the Queen of nude selfies.
Actress Kerry Washington looks like she could give Olivia Pope a run for her money as she graces the cover of the April issue of Elle magazine that hits newsstands on March 22.
The tragic murder of Emmett Till, the young African-American boy who was accused of openly flirting with a white woman has remained one of the most starkly brutal racially-charged crime of our time.