As more companies are beginning to recognize Juneteenth, Netflix is reportedly in talks with Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams about making a feature-length musical about Juneteenth. According to Deadline, the streaming company, Barris and Williams are in the early stages of working up a plan for the project, and it will be separate from the […]
Twice a week, dynamic duo Desus & Mero have been filming show episodes from their homes in quarantine, providing the much-needed content we need in our lives right now. In true bodega spirit, the boys are inviting special guests to join via live stream to keep the good times rolling. The legendary Rashida Jones checked […]
The acting bug has a firm grip on Kid Cudi, and it doesn’t seem like it’ll be going away anytime soon. Not only has the Cleveland-bred rap star announced that a new album is on the way, he’s also already given the project a name and confirmed that a companion TV show in partnership with […]
Netflix has ordered Black Excellence, their first series project with Kenya Barris with Barris and Rashida Jones set to star. Friday’s announcement described the upcoming show this way: “Inspired by Barris’ irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting, relationships, race, and culture, ‘Black Excellence’ looks to pull the curtain back and reboot the ‘family […]
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is making his exit from ABC Studios
Pharrell Williams and Kenya Barris are teaming up for a stage musical in honor of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. The idea stemmed from a Black-ish episode back in 2017 where The Roots gave viewers a history lesson on slavery. Although the storyline details are scarce, it is confirmed that Barris will […]
In life, you never forget when someone or a company does you wrong. When ABC sacked a Black-ish episode surrounding the Colin Kaepernick‘s NFL protests, it created a riff in what was a prosperous and groundbreaking relationship between the major TV network, the show and African-American storyteller Kenya Barris, who is considered one of the […]
Kenya Barris is once again bringing the funny to ABC. The Black-ish creator has partnered up with Alec Baldwin and Julie Bean for a straight to order comedy series with the mouse house. The yet-titled sitcom centers on an opinionated, stuck in his ways television star whose career has started to dwindle. According to Variety, […]
Words by Jillian Bowe Black-ish showrunner Kenya Barris is once again bringing the funny to ABC. Barris is partnering with three of his writers from the upcoming Grown-ish spinoff for a new ABC comedy, Bright Futures. According to Deadline, Barris along with Hale Rothstein, Danny Segal, and Isaac Schamis, will pen the series, which centers […]
On closing night of the American Black Film Festival actor Tracee Ellis Ross and Kenya Barris, writer and creator of Black-ish engaged in candid panel discussion about the first season and what’s next for this groundbreaking show.
