BGN NYCC 2018: ‘Titans’ Anna Diop Talks about Starfire’s Journey and Her Own
BGN sat down with Anna Diop and the cast of Titans during NYCC. Diop looked radiant as ever as she gushed about the season and what fans can expect from her already controversial character Starfire. Diop even addressed the dust-up earlier this year over photos of her in full makeup that leaked from the...
BGN NYCC 2018: Rosa Salazar Dishes on Her Fateful Audition for ‘Alita: Battle Angel’
BGN found out that Rosa Salazar is a born storyteller when we sat down with her in a roundtable for the upcoming film, Alita: Battle Angel. She spoke about filming, her character, and her eventful audition for the film in front of director Rober Rodriguez. In fact, she has proof of the very moment she...
Netflix Gives Us Plenty of #StrongBlackLeads to Watch In October
We know how hard it is to find a new show to watch on Netflix, so BGN has come to the rescue. It's October - the weather is cooling down, the night is falling earlier than usual, and pumpkin making a seasonal combat. Nothing's better than sitting back with a warm cup of hot...
BGN TV Review: ‘A Million Little Things’
I've seen A Million Little Things called the This is Us lookalike, a "copycat drama," and worse. None of these nicknames are correct, or they miss an important point about the show. That it intricately weaves into its dramatic framework suicide and depression in their real, raw, and honest forms.
Depressed Boys Should Cry
So, I may...
BGN TV: What Neil Gaiman’s New Amazon Deal Means for ‘American Gods’
On the second day of the month that's practically made for horror/ fantasy writer Neil Gaiman, it was announced that he had signed an "overall" deal with Amazon Studios.
What Happened with Amazon?
Amazon is home to Gaiman's upcoming miniseries Good Omens, an adaptation of his popular 1990 novel co-written with the late Terry Pratchett. It's about...
BGN Film Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’
Before I can talk about Steven Loveridge's new documentary Matangi/Maya/M.I.A., we need to talk about the Sri Lankan civil war.
Warring, Bloody, Roots
From 1983 to 2009, the island nation of Sri Lanka was embroiled in a horrific ethnic and civil war between the country’s Sinhala majority and its Tamil minority. The post-British colonial conflict was infamous...
BGN Interview: Rocky Speaks Out on the Legacy in ‘Creed II’
The new trailer for Creed II dropped this week, giving us all a better look at the lives of our favorite characters from the first film. In addition to a new baby, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) is in that trailer struggling to get into shape and may just be having some trouble reconciling his...
BGN Interview: The Cast of ‘Monsters and Men’
Reinaldo Marcus Green makes a strong directorial debut with his film Monsters and Men. It’s not that we have not seen this story before, but rather it is the transparent and gritty manner in which the narrative seamlessly depicts the reality of many disenfranchised and marginalized people who are a part of the fabric of America....
BGN Talks to ‘NCIS: New Orleans’ Writer, Talicia Raggs
It was a photo that fellow Gary, IN native, Talicia Raggs posted on Facebook that prompted me to message her. She, and actor, Geoffrey Owens, smiling broadly on the set of CBS’s hit series, NCIS: New Orleans.
Geoffrey Owens has been the target of controversy as a photo surfaced of him online working at...
BGN Interview: Shaun Robinson’s Path From The Red Carpet To Philanthropy
By Diedre Johnson @diedremichelle
Shaun Robinson was a fixture on the red carpet for Access Hollywood and one of the few on-air (yep, so retro now) faces of color in the early aughts in Los Angeles. After years of couture gowns at award shows and chatting with A-listers such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Tom...
