A couple of years ago, a good friend of mine convinced me to stop using the n-word. “The word has such an ugly history,” he said. “There’s no way that it can come out of your mouth and not cause harm to your own psyche and others around you.” When…

This is a story about stories. Stories are essential to how we make sense of the world that we live in; how we view ourselves as well as others. We are completely surrounded by stories: TV Shows, Movies, Books, The News, Politics, Religion, Conversations, Sports, Memories, Fantasies, Worries, Anxieties You…

Really good art is like a mirror. It allows you or sometimes even forces you to see yourself in people, places and things that often look nothing like you or your circumstances. The problem for me with some art, especially films about black life, is that I sometimes find it…

Season 4 of the CBS All Access drama The Good Fight premiered last week on the app. The show which is a spinoff of the CBS hit series The Good Wife was one of the first original programs that premiered on the networks new OTT offering. Last season, The Good…

I finally got around to watching Parasite last night during my coronatine (coronavirus quarantine). One thing that really stuck out to me was the role of technology in the film, not only as a plot device but also as a thematic device. …

The Grammys were held last night in Los Angeles. The producers of the show had to scramble to put in some content that would acknowledge the untimely death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash just hours before the telecast. …

Dwyane Wade hooked his boy Derrick Jones, Jr. up in the dunk contest and will forever now be known as the Russian Judge…

Back in 2000 when I first moved to New York City to work at Jazz at Lincoln Center, I had the pleasure of meeting Milt Grayson. Mr. Grayson occasionally sang with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra — now know as the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. …

The only thing that Spike Lee is known for more than his filmography — and his infamous dolly shots — is for being a fixture at New York Knick games. Lee is a walking mascot for the New York Knicks and the franchise’s most famous and visible fan. For almost…