Mahogany Cafe is a tribute to black actresses in film and television. ... Berry Widens Window For Black Actresses

He also played a part in the all black performance of "Hello "Dolly" on Broadway. Many of his films won awards such as the Best Actors Award.

HBO; The Secret Life of Bees; Check cable listings for air times. A runaway girl (Dakota Fanning) and her friend (Jennifer Hudson) learn Stars: Queen Latifah. ... Podcasts Highlighting Musicians,

Yesterday's post was supposed to be similar to this one. ... The idea with this post was to make a list of ten black actresses and ten of their white counterparts -- and compare their accolades.*

To commemorate MLK Jr. Day, and because it's an excuse to write about beautiful women, I made a list of the 11 black actresses who make me sit up and take notice when they're on screen. ... 11. Vivica Fox

The site did an exhaustive search of popular black actresses, and rated them in A-D listed categories determined by the look of their official web destinations and the number of fan sites dedicated...

A reader sent me this interesting snippet of Essence's December feature on Hollywood's black actresses and their unique career issues.

Black Entertainment News Blog: BV Newswire ... Black Movies Blog: It's All Reel ... Black 2 Broadway; Big name celebrities on The Great White Way.

There's something strange going on in such films as the recent Will Smith blockbuster "Hitch": these days African American leading men tend to be cast opposite Latinas instead of black actresses,

Black actresses have come a long way since the day when Hattie McDaniel won that Oscar: