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EXCLUSIVE: Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act banner and Adam Scott’s Gettin' Rad Productions have joined forces to tell the tale of the 2010 arrest of a dozen Black politicians and operatives in Georgia over alleged voter fraud, and the fallout that followed. Based on Jon Ward’s 2019 article “How a Criminal Investigation…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director Lisa Cortés has signed a new first-look deal with Blue Ant Studios. Running over two years with an option for more, the multiyear agreement will see the All In: The Fight For Democracy filmmaker collaborate with the Laura Michalchyshyn-led production company on a variety…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of today’s Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 finale Stacey Abrams may be running again to be Governor of Georgia, but the avowed Star Trek fan makes a pretty good President of United Earth in the 32nd century, as was proven in the Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 finale that launched…

Stacey Abrams is waging another run for governor of Georgia. She posted her announcement on Twitter, in which she said, “My job has been to put my head down and keep working toward one Georgia.” I'm running for Governor because opportunity in our state shouldn't be determined by zip code, background or access to…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put drama Never Tell back in development with a new writer, Madam Secretary creator Barbara Hall. Based on the book by Selena Montgomery (nom de plume for Stacey Abrams), the project is from Abrams; Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi's PatMa Productions; and CBS Studios, where the company is based. It o…

Stacey Abrams hinted at future political office (no surprise) defended a compromise on the voting rights bill "because we need to make progress" and said of Juneteeth: "It's important that we remember that this isn't a celebration about the end of slavery alone, it is about justice delayed and nearly denied." "I say…

UPDATED, May 29: The canceled commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Black Wall Street Massacre boiled down to money demands by the living survivors, according to NBC News. A prior agreement between the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission and the three living survivors of the event was upended at the last…

Working Title Television has nabbed rights to Stacey Abrams' new novel While Justice Sleeps. The NBCUniversal-backed producer won the rights in a competitive battle and will adapt it as a television series. The legal thriller, which is being published today by Penguin Random House, follows a Supreme Court justice…

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams received the NAACP’s first-ever Social Justice Impact award, which was presented by the former First Lady Michelle Obama at the 52nd annual Image Awards. She started off by acknowledging her parents for teaching her and her siblings “to see the challenges in our world as…

The pretenders and contenders are out of the way and the awards season main event is finally here with the 93rd Oscar  nominations unveiled this morning, for better or worse. Announced from the UK by a jovial Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas in the early West Coast hours, the likely semi-virtual April 25-set…

After dealing with a narcissist in the White House for four years, it may be difficult to imagine a politician who doesn't make everything about themself. But consider Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, who nearly won election in 2018 to become the country's first Black woman governor. After…

Stacey Abrams, Ziwe Fumudoh and Nicole Byer are among the cultural figures and notable creators set to appear in YouTube Originals’ Black History Month Celebration, Black Renaissance. Also joining the YouTube special are H.E.R., Anderson .Paak, Kelly Rowland, Bob the Drag Queen, Maurice Harris, Yung BBQ…