Month: September 2015

Articles

Tituss Burgess Talks Diversity On TV: ‘People Are Hungry For People Who Look Like Them’

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Click here to read at Whosay.com.

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Articles, Videos

This Year, One Third of “Genius Grants” Recipients Are People Of Color

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Click here to see the complete list of fellows at the MacArthur Foundation website.

Joining a class of folks that includes the late Octavia Butler, Ta-Nehisi Coates is only one of the many people of color recently awarded a coveted MacArthur Foundation grant. (Awardees include everyone from a puppetry director to an inorganic chemist.)

But here’s a video:

Articles

The Love Between a Girl & Her Manga

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LINK: Manga, the Cyborg Girl, and Me: A Love Story

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Asking Why Black Fans Avoid Black Creators At Comic Cons

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LINK: The Pros Speak: B. Alex Thompson ‏@ApproBAT

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Articles, Videos

Watch the First Trailer for China’s ‘Little Door Gods’

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Read more about it at Cartoon Brew.

Articles, News

Luju Ojha: Nepalese-American Death Metal guitarist Finds Water on Mars

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LINK: Grad student, guitarist and scientific jack-of-all-trades…

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Articles

Would Darryl McDaniels Play Himself In The Movie Of His Run-DMC Superhero Comic?

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LINK: MCDANIELS IN TALKS WITH TRISTAR

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Larry Stroman On When Black Fans Avoid Black Creators At Comic Con

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Click here to read at Bleeding Cool.

Larry Stroman is co-creator of “Tribe” and is known for his work on “Darkstars” and “X-Factor.”

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News

First Lady Michelle Obama To Appear on Disney’s “Doc McStuffins”

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Read all about it at Newsone.com.

Here’s some Doc McStuffins for ya.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor On The Cause in Africa That’s Near And Dear To His Heart

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Click to read Brennan Williams’s article at The Huffington Post – Black Voices.

Known best for his role in 12 Years A Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor has also appeared in genre films The Martian and Z For Zachariah. Ejiofor will also be in Doctor Strange, which is in pre-production.

"The Martian" World PremierePhoto source: Wikimedia Commons