Last year it was revealed that Janet will finally be inducted after receiving her third nomination and becoming eligible for a nomination since 2007. Each of the inductees for this year’s class is being recognized for contributing to music for more than 25 years. Just announced that Janelle Monae will be one of many presenters […]

Singer Janelle Monae is set to appear in Amazon produced anthology series called, Electric Dreams. The series is based on the writing of author Philip K. Dick. The sci-fi feature will air ten episodes, including one tiled Autofac, which will star Janelle as Alexis. View the official trailer for Electric Dreams below to see a […]

Julia Roberts was named People magazine’s “most beautiful woman in the world” and the Internet simply wasn’t here for it. No shade to Ms. Roberts but it seems that the legendary mag would rather recycle stars like her and Jennifer Aniston before they let a new woman, especially a woman of color, grace the cover. Check […]

Janelle Monae thinks women should stop sleeping with men until they are doing everything in their power to push for equal rights for women. The Electric Lady looked stunning on the cover of Marie Claire‘s Fresh Faces Issue, but it’s her words that are really grabbing everyone’s attention. Janelle told the magazine that women shouldn’t […]

Margot Lee Shetterly is about to uncover some more hidden figures as part of a new book deal. We’re so ready for this! We loved watching Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae bring us the story of three Black women who helped us win the Space Race in Hidden Figures. We were astonished […]

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While The Academy Awards of recent years have noticeably been lacking in melanin, but the 89th Annual Academy Awards sought to correct #OscarsSoWhite in one night. It’s hard to argue that it was one of the Blackest Oscars in recent memory, if not ever. Just before the red carpet got underway, the night began on social media […]

From Kerry Washington to Taraji, these women killed the red carpet.

The historical drama, Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae beat out Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to win the week’s box office with $22.8 million to Rogue One’s $22.1 million.