It was glitz, glam, and Black girl greatness at its finest as the National Urban League hosted its 6th annual Women in Harmony Awards Luncheon on Saturday, July 5, one of Essence Festival weekend’s most exclusive and empowering events.
Karen Pittman’s character in Forever isn’t just a Type A Black mom. One writer feels she might be ADHD-coded. For many of us living with undiagnosed or masked ADHD, Dawn feels like a mirror we didn’t know we needed.
A reimagining of Judy Blume’s beloved 1975 novel, Forever, the latest Netflix craze is a product of Mara Brock Akil, the writer known for classics like Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, The Game, and other sitcoms that have tugged at the heartstrings of the culture since the 2000s. In addition to the characters of Akil’s latest masterpiece, the city of Los Angeles, her hometown, is as much of a character in the show as the people, and it’s evident in the fashion brought forth by costume designer and LA transplant Tanja Caldwell.
During a recent interview, Golden Brooks shared the ideas she had for the Girlfriends movie.
It was recently reported that Mara Brock Akil would be resurrecting her 2006 series The Game on its home network, the CW. But unfortunately, that reboot process isn’t going as smoothly as she and her co-creator Devon Greggory has hoped. For the second comeback, Akil and Greggory had a different vision for the series. They wanted […]
The end of 2018 brought out shocking news about Salim and Mara Akil, but a year later the husband and wife producer duo appears to still be going strong, despite accusations of physical and sexual abuse brought against Salim. On Christmas, the “Girlfriends” creator shared the first photo of her and her husband together since […]
Mara Brock Akil is working on a third iteration of her hit tv series, "The Game." Get the details about the revival inside.
"Sistas" exhibits the confidence we have in our cinema and how fearless and vulnerable we are in our art.
It's never too late to get comfortable in the skin you're in.
In a new interview, Amber Dixon Brenner says neither Salim Akil or Mara Brock Akil wanted to take accountability for the abuse she endured.
OWN has decided to cancel "Love Is ___" after Warner Bros began investigating co-creator Salim Akil for allegations of sexual abuse.
The struggle love narrative is so dusty, and I want creatives to stop feeding it to Black women. We know better, so it's time to do better.
