2014  is proving to be a strong year for Black actors as the nominees for the 66th Annual Primetime Emmys were announced earlier this morning. …

Our Moments

Before there was Basketball Wives, Love In Hip-Hop, Flavor of Love and the rest of those reality TV joints, we had shows like Living Single,…

News & Gossip

Pregnant mother-to-be Tia Mowry and her twin sister Tamera Mowry recently dropped some hints as to what Tia and husband Cory Hardict’s baby’s name will be. The YBF caught up with the ladies at Essence’s Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon and here’s what they had to say: Tamera: I found out one of the names. […]

National

Sure you probably know which African-Americans won themselves an Oscar but do you know how many Black people were nominated for an Academy Award? African-Americans have increasingly been nominated more and more over the years. Do you recall these names and faces on the big screen? What special moments featuring Black Hollywood’s best and brightest […]

Black History Month

African American Actors In The Running For Oscars Via: WCBD News CH.2 This morning, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Lee Daniels (the stars and director of Precious, respectively) and the legendary Morgan Freeman (who embodied Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus) were all recognized for their acclaimed work in film with Academy Award nominations. By most accounts […]

National

VIA: CNN.com (CNN) — The recent passing of actress Brittany Murphy adds another high-profile name to the list of those who have died in 2009. The year seems to have been filled with an inordinate amount of high-profile deaths — some even on the same day. Among those who passed: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Natasha […]