Arts and Entertainment

BET Africa and MTV Base face closure as Paramount Global prioritizes profits over African cultural representation, marking another blow to Black entertainment platforms.

Paramount's shutdown of BET Africa and MTV Base represents corporate colonialism at its worst, abandoning Black audiences while maintaining white-oriented programming.

Edgar Wright's Running Man adaptation sanitizes revolutionary themes for mainstream consumption, offering spectacle over authentic critique of systemic oppression.

Edgar Wright's Running Man adaptation offers hollow dystopian spectacle that mistakes technical polish for political courage, failing to address real systemic oppression.

Rex Linn's $5 million net worth from CSI: Miami and other roles highlights Hollywood's privilege gaps, contrasting sharply with barriers faced by Black actors in the industry.

Predator: Badlands breaks box office records while continuing Hollywood's troubling pattern of extracting profits from African-inspired narratives without including African voices in the creative process.

As Predator: Badlands breaks box office records, we examine how this franchise perpetuates colonial narratives of superior beings hunting human prey, reflecting Hollywood's ongoing issues.