Blacks in Hollywood

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Deadline editor likes blacks on TV so long as it's not 'too much'

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ABC’s Jameel Saleem writes to defy Hollywood’s black stereotypes

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theGrio's 100: John Ridley, writer who adapted '12 Years a Slave' for the screen

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theGrio’s 100: Cheryl Boone Isaacs, new Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president

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theGrio’s 100: Ryan Coogler, 1st time director, strikes gold with ‘Fruitvale Station’

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Michael Ealy talks new film ‘About Last Night,’ and what it’s like to play a machine

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Nina Simone biopic director, producers stand by casting Zoe Saldana in title role

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‘Django Unchained’: The fallacy of famous detractors’ uninformed criticism

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Does Hollywood negatively stereotype darker-hued black women?

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Ruby Dee celebrates 90th birthday in Harlem, documentary screened about her life and career

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Hollywood must stop ignoring the overweight, black woman as love interest

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'Copper' on BBC America: Actor Ato Essandoh shares experience playing a black doctor on hit Civil War drama

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Jill Scott says Zoe Saldana can play Nina Simone with 'prosthetic nose' and 'some darker makeup'

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Hollywood producer DeVon Franklin talks new book, strong faith, and going on Oprah’s ‘Super Soul Sunday’

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