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“Black Panther” Blows Away Box Office With $192M Weekend

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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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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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 […]

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