NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of feverish anticipation, fawning critical acclaim and groundbreaking cultural meaning pushed “Black Panther” to a record-setting $192 million debut in U.S. and Canada theaters, firmly establishing the superhero sensation as a box-office landmark. The Marvel film from the Walt Disney Co. blew past expectations to become the fifth-highest-grossing debut […]
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Md. Professor, Author Pens Origin of the Nation’s Blackest Superhero, The Black Panther
In late 2016, Marvel Studios asked Jesse Holland to re-tell the story of one of our nation’s most recognizable Black superheroes, the Black Panther. He happily obliged, and now this Bowie resident is making a household name for himself and bringing a little Hollywood to the DMV area. Jesse Holland, author of “The Black Panther: […]
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“Black Panther” Poised for Heroic Opening Weekend
Opening weekend for Marvel’s “Black Panther” is here, and it’s clear that the movie is poised to both break the box office and become a huge influence on those who view it. With “Creed” and “Fruitvale Station” director Ryan Coogler behind the camera and an all-star cast including Chadwick Boseman, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong’o, and […]
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Stunt Woman Turned Actress Makes Feature Film Debut in ‘Black Panther’
It was, essentially, a small thing. A pebble upon which Janeshia Adams-Ginyard stumbled as she reached a fork in the road. “Girl, my hair was eighteen inches long. When I was first told, I was trying toget out of it,” she tells the AFRO. Janeshia Adams-Ginyard went from being a background extra to a foreground […]
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Review: ‘Black Panther’ is Dazzling Grand-Scale Filmmaking
NEW YORK (AP) — The supposedly cosmically vast Marvel Cinematic Universe, as it’s called, spans planets peppered throughout the galaxy, but Ryan Coogler’s Earth-bound “Black Panther,” glittering and galvanizing, stands worlds apart. For those of us who have sometimes felt pummeled by the parade of previous Marvel movies, the sheer richness of Coogler’s film is […]
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Florence Kasumba Shines as Part of Stellar Black Panther Cast
There is an admirable steadiness and assuredness about German actress Florence Kasumba that is hard not admire. Kasumba, of course, is one of the actors who will appear in what is shaping up to be the year’s most anticipated film, Marvel’s “Black Panther.” Though this will be her biggest role yet in a superhero film, […]
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Black Panther Movie Causing Excitement Around Country
There’s a Black Panther party going on all around the country. Superhero fans, movie fans and especially connoisseurs of Black culture — American and African — are all eagerly awaiting the debut of Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie starring comic book’s first Black superhero with an enthusiasm not often seen in American cinema. This image released […]