Day: November 24, 2013

‘BLACK NATIVITY’ CAST TALK TO THE BREAKFAST CLUB

The Breakfast Club team interview some of the cast from the up and coming film ‘Black Nativity’. I doubt this film will see a release date here in UK cinemas because the cast is black and the dreaded word ‘BLACK’ is in the title. Ha! In a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes’ celebrated play, the holiday musical drama BLACK NATIVITY follows Langston(Jacob Latimore), a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the []

SENIOR BBC BLACK EXECUTIVE PAT YOUNGE TALKS LACK OF DIVERSITY ON BRITISH TELEVISION / DOTUN ADEBAYO NOT IMPRESSED

In July Pat Younge resigned from his post as  chief creative officer of BBC Productions and will say goodbye to the corporation at the end of this year. But before leaving Pat has decided to speak out about the lack of diversity on British television. In a recent interview with Radio 5 Live breakfast he said: “I have lived in both [the US and the UK]. I would rather personally live in Britain as a culture, as a society, in terms of how different races []

BRITISH ACTOR IDRIS ELBA MISTAKEN FOR ACTRESS ALFRE WOODARD

Apologies for the late posting of this madness. After black Twitter users spotted this mistake and then accused Armani of racism, the Italian fashion house swiftly removed the post, but a few websites managed to screen shot the post before it disappeared. Last week Giorgio Armani posted a photograph on their Instagram page of American actress Alfre Woodard along with the caption: “Idris Elba posing in a gorgeous Giorgio @armani dress at the 5th Annual Governors Awards.” Hahahahahahahaha. Okay, so there are some []