In honor of Black Heritage Month, here are five rapturous films that center Black stories.  Love Jones (1997) Set in Chicago, Nina (Nia Long) and Darius (Larenz Tate) are two artists who meet at a club one night and decide to take a chance on each...

Editor’s Note: This review will contain spoilers, so read with caution or watch the film and come back later. Kenya Barris’ “You People,” which premiered on Netflix Jan. 27, provides laughs but contains very little depth, though not for lack...

Celebrate Black authors this month with these enchanting, thrill-seeking novels. A diversity baseline survey conducted by Lee & Low Books in 2019 showed that in the book publishing industry, only 5% of authors are Black and 76% of authors are white....

The influential songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach died Wednesday.  Bacharach began his long, fruitful career in the early 1950s, working as a pianist for popular artists such as Vic Damone and Steve Lawrence. He met lyricist Hal David in 1957...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” releases in theaters on Feb. 17, a date that Marvel fans already have marked in their calendars. The film explores Marvel’s quantum realm, a dimension parallel to...

The 65th Grammy awards show was a night full of showstopping performances, musical praise and record-breaking. Here’s what went down Sunday night. Performances  Comedian and former host of “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah hosted the Grammys for the...

College doesn’t last forever, but a memory sure can. Here are some unique ways to preserve your time at college. Your years at college are some of the best and some of the worst times of your life. Documenting the new experience is important because...

The first two episodes of the new comedy series “Shrinking” premiered on Apple TV+ on Jan. 27.  Created by Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs,” “Cougar Town” and “Ted Lasso”), Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”) and Jason Segel (“Forgetting Sarah...

As the year goes on, more and more content comes out. Here are a few pieces of media coming out next week that you should pay attention to.  “Victory City” by Salman Rushdie “Victory City” is the newest novel by Booker Prize winner and fatwā...

With the weekend coming up and the third week of school almost over. Take some time to watch something new, from cowboys to tennis to animated rats. “Yellowstone” (Hulu and Peacock) “Yellowstone” takes place in modern Montana on the Yellowstone...

So you’re looking for something to watch on Valentine’s Day that doesn’t star Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Maybe you’re tired of watching cliche, unimaginative love stories that you feel like you’ve seen hundreds of times before.  It can be difficult...

Fans of Chicago, The Doobie Brothers and Foreigner know the term “yacht rock,” but now, it's time to coin a new term: “Yachty rock.”  Soundcloud mumble rapper Lil Yachty of “Broccoli” and “iSpy” fame released his new album “Let’s...