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Since the dash cam footage release of Sandra Bland’s arrest in Waller County, Texas on Tuesday, many are questioning whether the video was edited due to the appearance of strange loops and inconsistencies throughout, the New York Daily News reports. Bland’s traffic stop by Texas trooper Brian Encinia, who pulled her over on July 10 for failure to signal, began with Encinia demanding the 28-year-old […]

Ava DuVernay is on her way to making history once again. According to The Wrap, the Selma director is the number one choice to direct one of Marvel’s new diverse superhero films. The franchise is in talks with DuVernay to helm either Black Panther or Captain Marvel. She will more than likely be tapped for Black Panther, which is slated for an earlier July […]

Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, Debbie Allen, Mara Brock Akil and Issa Rae all grace the cover of the May edition of Essence Magazine for their “Game Changers” issue. Jamsin Simpkins and HipHollywood bring you this exclusive behind the scenes look at the women’s magazine photoshoot and their individual interviews talking about how they have changed the face of Hollywood, […]

Ever since she stepped into the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama has emerged as a fashion icon. Although she’s surrounded by stylish celebrities at star-studded White House events, she always manages to be the center of attention. At the 2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, FLOTUS donned a custom beaded gown by designer Zac Posen and […]

Ava DuVernay, director of the seminal film, “Selma” (which will be distributed to every single high school in the country) and the first African American woman at the helm of a Best Picture nomination at the  2014 Academy Awards, has yet another accolade deservedly laid at her feet. The director was recently selected as one […]

Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new petition has circulated to rename the historic bridge in Selma, Alabama. In an interview with Huff Post Live, Brandi Hatter, outreach coordinator for Students UNITE, spoke about the group’s decision to […]

Ava Duvernay, whom many feel was snubbed for a Best Director nomination at this year’s Academy Awards, said that she would like to stop discussing the lack of diversity of this year’s Oscars. SEE ALSO: Ava Duvernay Will Direct And Produce CBS Pilot The director of “Selma,” which received a Best Picture nod, told The New […]

Alfre Woodard hosted her annual pre-Oscar party to celebrate African American women in film in the penthouse of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. HipHollywood was on hand to bring you an exclusive look at the festivities. This year guests included: Ava DuVernay, Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Aisha Tyler, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana and Kerry Washington. Washington told HipHollywood, “This event […]

Oprah Opens Up About Selma And Why She Had To Get Involved With The Film  Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now,” caught up with Oprah Winfrey, one of the producers of the MLK biopic “Selma,” during a red carpet event for the film. “Selma,” which opened in a limited release on Christmas day, opens nationwide on […]

Fresh off of her success from ‘Selma,’ director Ava DuVernay is on to her next project. It’s reported that the Los Angeles-bred director will direct and executive produce a drama pilot called “For Justice” for CBS. The pilot will be centered on a woman who is an FBI agent working in the Criminal Section of the […]

“Selma” director Ava DuVernay addressed attendees of the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards with a heartfelt and passionate message about #BlackLivesMatter. During her speech she reminded us that African Americans are now not the only ones who are committed to the movement sweeping the nation. She said, “It was 60 years ago that Emmett Till was […]

One of the Civil Rights Movement‘s most notable figures has come forward blasting recent claims that then-President Lyndon B. Johnson spearheaded the idea behind the marches in Selma. In fact, SNCC co-founder Diane Nash suggests that LBJ’s signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was nothing more than a delayed reaction to the deaths of […]