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As I come up on a year since my father died of cancer last August, I have been reflecting on what this past year...
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As I come up on a year since my father died of cancer last August, I have been reflecting on what this past year...
I’ve spent four years writing about life as a black nerd and analyzing pop culture through that lens, and now the moment of truth...
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In comedy, sometimes you can get a lot about a character...
The Last Man on Earth currently is one of my favorite shows on TV. Ice-T likes it too, as he said on his podcast,...
By Erin Maxwell Back in 1968, Warner Bros. took 11 of their cartoons off the air. The infamous “Censored Eleven” were pulled from syndication,...
Recently, I took a break from my genre reading and started reading a book I should have read years ago: Black Like Me. I...
Y’all know me at this point. Big fan of diversity in pretty much anything. And these days, I’m all about TV. Here’s a sample:...
The all-white 2015 Oscars has thrust into debate the lack of racial diversity in film and TV. While I expect that Hollywood will to...
First things first, with regard to the giant elephant in the room: Everybody doubtlessly has something to say about the whole twenty all-white actor...
Money, power, glory, sex, sin, family, secrets, intrigue, melodrama and music. Mix them together, with a dash of messy black realness, and Empire has...
NOTE: On November 12, 2014, Paper magazine released a photo of professional celebrity Kim Kardashian, stripping out of a dress with her bare, famously...
It’s been quite a run for superhero movie geeks in this past month, as DC and Marvel have set up some 40-odd films in...
Back in the ’90s, he was on a very famous TV show. And now he’s back, trying to recount his life, revive his career,...
It’s been a sad roller coaster these past few weeks in Blerd Vision-ville. My father suddenly died Aug. 5 after a battle with cancer....
I recently met up with a friend of mine to see Snowpiercer, the fancifully dystopian mindjob of a movie about the last of humanity...
I can’t get that dang Iggy Azalea song out of my head. You know the one – “Fancy” – in which I-G-G-Y tells how,...
When the news first broke that Stephen Colbert would replace David Letterman on The Late Show, I had two basic thoughts on the matter....
It’s hard not to love Lupita Nyong’o. The newest winner of the best supporting actress Oscar for her work in 12 Years A Slave,...
I admit that I’m an unlikely fan of Downton Abbey. Period costume dramas involving storylines about unrequited love are not usually my thing. But...
I saw the outstanding film 12 Years A Slave the other night, after weeks and weeks of delay. While long days at work and...
Wednesday last week, I felt a great disturbance in the Blerd Force, as if millions of black nerds suddenly cried out in terror and...
Earlier this month Kerry Washington’s appearance on Saturday Night Live kicked off yet another brouhaha about TV being too white — a controversy as...
Kenan, Kenan, Kenan. What hast thou wrought? In case you missed it, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson stepped into the issue of...
There was this provocative song that debuted over the summer. It’s full of booty bass and slithery swagger, rude boasts and sexual bravado. Dripping...