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Ever since she stepped into the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama has emerged as a fashion icon. Although she’s surrounded by stylish celebrities at star-studded…

Ava DuVernay, director of the seminal film, “Selma” (which will be distributed to every single high school in the country) and the first African American…

Mattel has turned Ava DuVernay into a Barbie doll. According to reports, Barbie revealed that they’re honoring six “Sheroes–” women who inspire girls by “breaking…

Goodness gracious, would you just look at them?! Essence’s May cover features all of our faves at once: Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Mara Brock Akil,…

  Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay recently interviewed with Revolt and talk about the women who inspired her. On that list of inspirational women was Oprah Winfrey. Oprah was the executive producer of DuVernay’s award winning MLK biopic, selma. Ava DuVernay Speaks on Oprah: “One thing [Oprah] said to me that really sunk in deep and […]

Source: Heather Kennedy/Getty Images / Getty Selma director Ava DuVernay delivered a keynote speech at the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival, where she discussed her Oscar…

Black Women are taking over… Anika Noni Rose has been tapped as the lead in the new CBS legal drama “For Justice” and if that…

Movie directors rarely make red carpet best-dressed lists but Ava Duvernay is a glowing exception. The “Selma” director has cemented her status as an emerging…

Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new…

    After being honored for her contributions to television by BET, Phylicia Rashad is still working planning to return to the little screens. The name of the new CBS drama show is called “For Justice” and Rashad will be playing a gay woman named Georgia Howe. The show will be directed by Selma’s Ava DuVernay and […]

After failing to bring home any best picture wins at the Golden Globe Awards or the Critics Choice Awards, Selma did not win an Academy…