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Chiwetel Ejiofor will play Doctor Strange's enemy, Baron Mordo.

It was reported that Chiwetel Ejiofor was cast in the big-screen adaptation of Doctor Strange, and it’s just been announced which character he’ll be playing. According to…

It was a huge night for Black film. Steve Mcqueen’s “12 Year’s A Slave” was bestowed the highest honor of the night , “Best Picture,”…

12 Years A Slave has done it again — this time, overseas! The awards season favorite took home the top prize at Sunday’s British Academy…

The celebration for Chiwetel Ejiofor’s first Oscar nomination is a family affair. The 12 Years A Slave star’s younger sister, CNN reporter Zain Asher, shared…

The nominations for the 2014 Academy Awards were announced this morning and none to our surprise, “12 Years A Slave” eclipsed the many other amazing…

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Even though 2013 was a landmark year for Black cinema, it clearly wasn’t reflected in this year’s Oscar nominations.  Steve McQueen’s “12 Years A Slave”…

In 1841, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, was kidnapped and sold into slavery. On January 3, 1853, he regained his…

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Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor celebrates the success of his film, “12 Years A Slave” with a cover of this month’s “Variety” magazine. Though Ejiofor has been…

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Black women across America will be glued to their screens this Sunday when Oprah Winfrey interviews three of Hollywood’s sexiest leading men on “Next Chapter.”…

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads all nominees for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, the Santa Monica beach-side ceremony held the day before…