June 14, 2021
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"Star Trek: Discovery" Costume Designer Gersha Phillips on the Future of Fashion

...that’s what created those hex patterns, then our breakdown team did a great paint job on it, because it’s actually black leather they painted to be a copper color that was slightly...

June 21, 2021
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Featured image: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in 'Candyman.' Courtesy Universal Pictuers/MGM

"Candyman" Director Nia DaCosta's Stirring Juneteenth Message

...of the Black experience, and how it relates to America,” DaCosta says at the beginning of the video. “At once it’s this place of great hope, which I think is what Juneteenth...

September 8, 2021
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(from left) Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and Anne-Marie McCoy (Vanessa Williams) in Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta.

Twisting the Natural Hair of “Candyman” from Art Chic to Dark Terror

Can having great hair protect you from a monster in the mirror who cuts down his victims at the mention of his name a mere five times? There’s evidence in the new...

February 6, 2023
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Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in episode 4 of "The Last Of Us." Photograph by Liane Hentscher/HBO

"The Last of Us" Cinematographer Eben Bolter on Episode 4 & More

...it’s in The Last of Us world. We’re covering 20 years in 45 minutes. Do we change lenses? Do we change the camera? Do we make it black and white? Do we...

April 17, 2023
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A Legend Lives Again in Lisa Cortés’s Sparkling New Documentary “Little Richard: I Am Everything”

...Black artists in rock and roll. He’s also a big fan of Sister Rosette Tharp, so we had many things to explore in our conversation. The Rolling Stones opened for Little Richard...

October 14, 2019
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A History of the Motion Picture Association Building from 1790-2019

...a screening of her film “The Mirror Crack’d,” along with other Senate and Cabinet wives. In 1981, the Valenti’s hosted a reception in honor of student filmmakers, which was attended by multiple...