As Viola Davis’ ‘How To Get Away with Murder’ continues to impress viewers every Thursday night, Steve McQueen has called on her to star in his new movie ‘The Heist.’

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Jesse Williams has urged his fans to cast their vote in the 2016 Presidential Election after learning that a number of them planned to stay home on voting day.

This is not about the White House. This is about your house. If you’re not registered to vote, you can’t sit on a jury. You can’t choose your mayor. You can’t choose your city council. You can’t even choose your district attorney. You can’t decide which measures will help your family and community, and which will put them at risk.

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For many in the black community mental illness remains a taboo topic.

Keen to change is this the British creative Keith Dube who teamed up with the British Broadcasting Channel to create the deeply emotive ‘Being Black, Going Crazy?.’

In it, he explores the community’s painful and complex relationship with the matter and seeks answers to the problems those who struggle with mental health within the community face in wider society.

It really is a must-see.

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As thespians go, few come as seasoned or respected as Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.

This Holiday, the powerful pair team up for ‘Fences’ – a flick many industry commentators have already tipped for Oscar success.

The film – a re-telling of the Tony winning play – is set in the 1950s and shares the story of a once-promising baseball player (Washington) who now drives a trash truck and must deal with raising his family.

Thematically, the movie strikes a number of emotional chords; a point its titillating points to in earnest.

Newly unwrapped, the first look preview awaits below…

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Hours ago saw Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump come face to face for a 90-minute Presidential debate they each hope will see them come out on top when voting begins on November 8th 2016.

NBC’s Lester Holt was the night’s moderator once things kicked off at New York’s Hofstra University.

There, they discussed race relations, job creation, police brutality and the war on terror.

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Hillary Clinton’s political campaign has found a friend in Alicia Machado, a woman who claims her life was ruined by Donald J. Trump.

Now 39, Machado won Trump’s Miss Universe competition in 1996 when she was aged 19.

Little did she know that her win was to turn her universe upside down.

For, shortly after she claimed the crown the intense schedule her win came packaged with saw her gain weight much to the horror of Mr. Trump who allegedly ruined her life with racially-charged bullying.

Last night, Clinton threw her support behind her political rival’s alleged victim during the first 2016 Presidential Debate.

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Actress.

Activist.

Rapper?

Fans of Lupita Nyong’o discovered that her talents reach above and beyond the silver screen this week when she surprised them with a Hip-Hop freestyle hours ago.

Currently riding high on the ‘Queen of Katwe‘s critical wave, the entertainer introduced the world to her alter-ego Trouble Maker in a short clip which sees her celebrate her career’s highs with sass and song.

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Vivica Fox has weighed in on 50 Cent’s ongoing feud with the cast of the hit series ‘Empire.‘

Fuelled by the ratings rivalry the show is engaged in with 50’s critically acclaimed series ‘Power‘, his war of words with the cast reached new lows (or highs) when mocked ‘Empire’s viewing figures during a spat with its leading lady Taraji P. Henson.

Of course, the aforementioned Fox (who once dated the rapper) wasn’t pleased about 50’s undying attacks on the series in which she now stars.

How she’s responded to him?

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Lights, camera, action!

Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, and Meagan Good looked all sorts of lush as they posed it up on the set of their new movie ‘The 10th Date.’

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The entrepreneur NeNe Leakes has learned that she has been recognised by President Obama’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture.

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As their time in the White House comes to an end, President Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama continue to sprinkle greatness onto their legacy with the opening of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.

Standing as the 19th Smithsonian museum, the museum seeks to reintroduce the world to the African-American story and shed light on aspects of it that are often omitted from the education system.

Joining the couple to celebrate its opening was George W. Bush, Will Smith and Oprah Winfrey.

Keen to ensure you remain up to date, we’ve secured footage from the latter’s fun-filled and educational appearance at the ceremony as it takes place.

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature launched to celebrate TV and Film’s groundbreaking past.

Today, as she continues to push political conversation on ABC’s ‘The View‘, we take a journey to Whoopi Goldberg‘s past to revisit her game-changing performance in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation.’

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