I’ve mourned many of my heroes. It never gets easier. — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. “Chadwick Boseman died,” I said. I kept it simple and direct. I didn’t know how else to deliver the news to my sons, ages 12 and 14. …

After years of feeling excluded by the megastar’s music, I finally converted to the Beyhive — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. In a Brooklyn bar one night, a bestselling author called me a Beytheist. A Beyoncé atheist, a nonbeliever. The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour had touched down at the Barclays Center…

The veteran actor opens up about about his roles in ‘All Day and a Night’ and ‘Westworld’ — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. Of all Black actors of his generation, Jeffrey Wright is far and away the most likely to receive one of those honorary Oscars for a career of overlooked excellence. Run back…

Why the big fuss over quarantine? — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. Cardi B nailed it: Shit is getting real with coronavirus. As the pandemic has caused American public schools to shut down, triggered nationwide anxiety, and made toilet paper scarce (?!) …

As Willona Woods, DuBois became the glue of ‘Good Times,’ her confidence setting the tone for everyone around her — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. As a lifelong (and aging) Good Times fan, I’ll be first to admit that growing up has given me added perspective on that classic ’70s sitcom. At six years old, I…

A superfan travels to Galaxy’s Edge theme park seeking the thrill he got when he saw ‘Star Wars’ for the first time in the BX — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. May 25, 1977. I was six years old. I saw it at a duplex theater in the Bronx. My imagination has been in hyperdrive ever since. That day, I got the…

Miles Morales breathed new life into the stale Peter Parker coming-of-age story. Children who look like him can now strongly identify — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. “You’ll believe a man can fly,” promised the movie poster. Back when Richard Pryor was the funniest black man in America and “Le Freak” by Chic topped the pop chart, a…