Culture
Tyler Perry inks first-look TV deal with Netflix. By The Grio Staff
Beyoncé’s new country songs salute the genre’s Black cultural roots. By Janay Kingsberry / Wash Post
Usher’s Halftime Show Could Be the Best in History. By Emily Ferguson / Dallas Observer
Watch: The first ‘Negro Kiss’ on film and its impact in ‘Keeping Black History Alive.’ By The Grio Staff
Usher Drops New Album 48 Hours Before Super Bowl, Says His Halftime Show Is “My Residency on Steroids.” By Kia D. Goosby / Vanity Fair
Jay-Z’s Grammys speech and Beyonce’s snubs call out a deeper problem. By Li Zhou / Vox
From rebel to retail − inside Bob Marley’s posthumous musical and merchandising empire. By Mike Alleyne / The Conversation
Netflix’s Big New War Movie Is Doing Something The Genre Almost Always Overlooks. By Kate Bove / Screen Rant
George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race and the fraught notion of America’s melting pot. By Ryan Raul Bañagale / The Conversation
How Usher’s Enduring Charm Led Him to 2024 Halftime Show. By Cady Lang / Time
‘Genius: MLK/X’ review: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are examined in a split-screen miniseries. By Brian Lowry / CNN
Issa Rae and Hollywood’s Unkept Promises. By Andrew R. Chow / Time
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates 65 years of legacy and art. By Nicolle Majette and Maya Eaglin / NBC News
How ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Presses Up Against the Limits of Empathy. By Maggie Blackhawk / NYT
Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” synthesizes a massive human injustice in something personal. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Snoop Dogg’s film ‘The Underdoggs’ brings his Los Angeles youth football story to life. By Clinton Yates / Andscape
The American Society Of Magical Negroes Star Defends Screenplay Amid Passionate Audience Response. By Tatiana Hullender / Screenrant
Colman Domingo, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét and Usher Lead NAACP Image Award nominations. By Variety
Kwame Onwuachi to honor Benjamin Banneker in his new D.C. restaurant. By Zoe Glasser / Wash Post
Black Projects 2024 Sundance: Luther Vandross, Magical Negroes. By Shanelle Genai / The Root
Ava DuVernay Wants to Build a New System. By David Remnick / The New Yorker
David Oyelowo on bringing the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River to life. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Podcast
Video artwork captures the sweep of Frederick Douglass’s oratory. By Mark Jenkins / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: When tapping feet make magical music, Part 1.
“Luther: Never Too Much” documentary to premiere at Sundance Film Festival. By Christopher A. Daniel / NBC News
Quinta Brunson is first Black woman to win best comedic actress Emmy in over 40 years. By Alli Rosenbloom / CNN
