A years-long dispute is finally over—and it didn’t even have to go through the court trial process!

I’m salty. As The Root’s Staff entertainment writer, one of the most exciting aspects of my job is being able to…

Marion Ramsey, who co-starred in the 1980s Police Academy franchise, has died at the age of 73. As Variety reports,…

Many people have been hoping that 2021 will be a reset from the dumpster fire that was 2020 (turns out, it’s kicking…

Wednesday happened. January 6, 2021, happened. That really happened, y’all.

Jesus Is King and He saves...but will he save Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s marriage?

The hip-hop industry experienced quite the scare on Tuesday, but it looks like everyone can breathe a sigh of relief…

The live-action world of The Little Mermaid just got a little bit bigger. Noma Dumezweni (The Undoing) has been cast…

If you have “Jan. 31” marked on your calendar (as I do, since it’s like, my job), then scratch it off. A rep has conf…

It’s 2021, and we kicked off the first full week on Monday night by getting to know the first-ever Black Bachelor.…

February will mark exactly 4 years since the theatrical release of Get Out, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut, which…

It’s 2021 and love is fizzling out of the new year’s air so far—at least for one celebrity couple.

New year, new Netflix Strong Black Lead content.

Since this is yet another short work week for the staff at The Root due to the holiday, I’ll keep this introduction…

Joe Louis Clark, the no-nonsense disciplinary high school principal who inspired the classic 1989 film Lean On Me,…

Far too often, Black and other Film/TV crew members of color often hear a variation on trite excuse, “We keep hiring…

The year 2020 was quite an eventful one for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

I’m sure you’re sitting at the tail end of 2020 right now thinking, “What do you mean ‘look forward to’?! I did that…

We’ve all lovingly referred to Mariah Carey as “The Queen of Christmas,” but Billboard has made it official...when…

Robert “R.” Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago now has an official start date.