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Daniel Kaluuya finds fame “disorienting.” The 30-year-old actor has quickly become one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood, following his performances in Get Out and Black Panther, but Kaluuya is still coming to terms with his own success and his newfound status. He explained to the Sunday Times newspaper: “It’s not what I got…

In the opening scene of Jordan Peele’s Us, a vintage TV set displays a commercial of the 1986 Hands Across America campaign. The obnoxiously weird campaign attempts to fight homelessness by encouraging millions of Americans to hold hands to form a human chain across the nation. Next to the vintage TV, VHS tapes of 1980s…

Lupita Nyong’o opened up about her role in the new horror film Us. The 36-year-old actress admits she felt “pressure” starring in Us. She was nervous about starring in the Jordan Peele directed horror film, which follows the story of a family faced with its worst nightmare when they return to the mother’s childhood home. She told Vogue.co.uk, “Of…

Jordan Peele revealed the budget for his latest horror film, Us, in comparison to his first project, Get Out. The 40-year-old comedian turned filmmaker, says that although his hit 2017 satirical horror Get Out was made with $5 million, he thought it was “key” to have a bigger budget for his upcoming psychological fright fest Us — which was made…

Before viewers could experience the horror that was a sleepy Super Bowl LIII, director Jordan Peele provided a different type of scare with the debut of a new trailer for his highly anticipated horror film, Us. The film (which Peele provided a first look for on Christmas Day) follows the Wilson family — Adelaide (Lupita…

Get Out director Jordan Peele is part of a new documentary that investigates how horror storylines have been used as societal commentaries on race issues. Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror explores the work of Black filmmakers and characters in the genre. The 39-year-old star is one of the interviewees in the doc, which is based on a…

Jordan Peele will co-write the new Candyman horror film. The 39-year-old filmmaker — who made his directorial debut with the acclaimed 2017 psychological scare fest Get Out — is bringing back the cult horror franchise, which began in 1992 and starred Tony Todd as a hook-wielding supernatural killer who appears after his name is said five times in…

“Robbin’ Season” is the theme for season two of “Atlanta.” True to form, each episode features a form of robbery, or someone taking from another person through force or coercion. In episode one, the Mrs. Winner’s was robbed by gunmen looking to steal marijuana and money; episode two began with Paperboi being robbed by the guy…

The Academy Awards have been around for 90 years, but they just awarded the Best Original Screenplay award to a Black person for the first time. Jordan Peele became the first Black person to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his work on Get Out. Before Peele, only three Black people had been…

Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the most profitable film of 2017. The genre-bending film used entertainment to highlight the horrors of everyday racism. The critically acclaimed film has received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. However, the film may not get an equal chance at the Academy Awards…

The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is an annual event that is dedicated to showcasing film and television content by people of African descent. “It has allowed me to show my love of ‘all things Black,’ by curating experiences that promote our culture and support young creative people who are now changing the world,” says…

Jordan Peele’s Get Out was the big winner at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards, taking home the Original Screenplay prize, and Call Me By Your Name took the gong for Adapted Screenplay. The Writers Guild Awards were simultaneously held in New York City and Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. Peele said in his acceptance…

Get Out writer and director Jordan Peele is looking to dominate at the 2018 Academy Awards.

Jordan Peele talks racism and new movie Get Out at Morehouse College. Edit: Asia Comans

On Tuesday, Jan. 23, Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) and Andy Serkis (Planet of the Apes franchise) co-hosted a live announcement of The 90th Academy Awards® nominations in all 24 Oscar® categories fromthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Best Picture Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady…

Live from the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the nominees for the the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on NBC’s “Today” show. These nominations are significant as we critique the snubs, surprises and stars in Hollywood. There are smiles on the faces for quite a few Black actors who received a nod for…

Jordan Peele’s racially charged thriller Get Out was a big winner at the 27th annual IFP Gotham Awards on Monday night, November 27. The film opens with Childish Gambino’s “Redbone,” which is like an anthem for the #StayWoke movement. In an interview with HipHopDX, Peele says, “I love the ‘stay woke.’ That’s what this movie’s about,” in…

The Golden Globes believes that racism is funny. The annual award ceremony announced submissions and decided to categorize Jordan Peele’s racially-charged thriller Get Out as a comedy. While actor Lil Rel brings a bit of comic relief to the film, Get Out is a psychological thriller/horror that serves as an allegory of how Blacks are…

Jordan Peele, the rising Hollywood star after directing the box office blockbuster film Get Out, is hoping to repeat that success when he and iconic film director Spike Lee collaborate on the thriller Black Klansman. The thriller is based on the true story of Ron Stallworth, a detective in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who answered an ad in the…