Culture
Ellen Holly, ‘One Life to Live’ star and the first Black actor to lead a daytime TV show, dies at 92. By Variety and NBC News
Sean Combs faces fourth sexual assault lawsuit in less than a month. By Anne Branigin / Wash Post
Budgets for ‘prestige’ films dried up. So Ava DuVernay found a new way. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Kabiosile (all hail) Chango! By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Is A Love Letter To The Beyhive. By Ruth Etiesit Samuel / HuffPost
‘Thriller 40’ revisits Michael Jackson’s magnum opus. By Mellissa Ruggleri / USA Today
She wasn’t the first, but Queen Latifah was special from the start. By Geoff Edgers / Wash Post
The Highly Anticipated “Book Of Clarence” Drops New Trailer. By Hollywood Unlocked
Can Dionne Warwick get an amen? Always. By Sonia Rao / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: ‘Simply the Best’: Remembering Tina Turner on her birthday. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Betye Saar Reassembles the Lives of Black Women. By Hilton Als / The New Yorker
Cassie’s Lawsuit Against Diddy, Explained. By Zane Guy / New York Magazine
Chick Webb, The King of Swing. By Alice Nicholas / AAIHS
For Usher, outdoing himself is the only way forward. By Chris Richards / Wash Post
Kerry James Marshall’s Prints Throw Blackness Into Relief. By Lauren Christensen / NYT
‘Rustin’ shines a long overdue spotlight on the architect of the March on Washington. By Max Gao / NBC News
Black Music Sunday: Prep your holiday meal with a side of ‘that sweet soul music.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Tupac Shakur could win his first Grammy almost 30 years after his death. By Lisa Respers France / CNN
