Category: News

News about current and upcoming genre media projects that include people of color. Info about historical projects, as well.

News

Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda Wants to Play Carnage

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LINK: Will we see our Hip Hopera troubadour in the MCU?

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News

Black Panther: Angela Bassett to play T’Challa’s mother

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LINK: Also Starring Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B Jordan, and Forest Whitaker

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News, Videos

Critics Accuse Disney of ‘Culture Theft’ Ahead of ‘Moana’ Release

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LINK: Some Pacific Islanders are not excited

News, Videos

George Takei calls Muslim registry a ‘prelude to internment’

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LINK: Actor and activist George Takei strongly criticized the idea of a “Muslim registry”

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News

Bannon wants to deport Asian-born tech CEOs

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LINK: To preserve “civil society”

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News

‘The Crow’ Reboot May Lose Jason Momoa and Director

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LINK: ‘The Crow’ Flies Away From Relativity

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News

The 2017 #DwayneMcDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics

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LINK: The deadline for submissions is Dec 31st!

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News, Obits

Veteran Journalist Gwen Ifill Dies At Age 61

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LINK: A Role Model To Many

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News

Hayao Miyazaki is Stepping Out of Retirement

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LINK: For One Final Film

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News, Obits

Mexican-American Actor Lupita Tovar Dies at 106

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LINK: Star of Spanish-Language ‘Dracula’

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