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How exactly did Ray Allen become Jesus Shuttlesworth in Spike Lee’s ‘He Got Game’?
Two decades ago in a wild casting that involved everyone from Kobe Bryant to Tracy McGrady to Coney Island’s own Stephon Marbury, a star was born
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Don Cheadle says the time for makers is now: ‘You gotta create that thing that you want‘
The actor/producer/writer also talks ‘Infinity War‘ fantasy football and high jinks with Captain America
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ goes back to Wakanda, the land where women fight to the finish
And the female characters strike as much fear into the enemy as male protagonists do — if not more
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Samira Wiley misses ‘Orange Is the New Black‘ and loves ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ — but also wants to have fun
The Maryland native has a penchant for characters who are right on time
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Robert Downey Jr. at ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ premiere: ‘Wakanda forever! I can say that as an honorary black man’
In a crowd including Chadwick Boseman, Zoe Saldana and even coach David Fizdale, Iron Man pledges allegiance to the ‘Black Panther’ phenomenon
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Lena Waithe: ‘Your art is stunted when you’re trying to pretend to be something you aren’t’
The actor/producer and Emmy-winning writer is in love, in ‘Ready Player One’ and in the business of kicking down doors
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John Boyega adores Lupita Nyong’o and is about ‘Ewoks all day. I hate porgs.’
The ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘Star Wars’ star likes his Jay-Z and Kanye — and his grime and afropop
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‘Black Panther’ dominance: ‘A movie can’t get to $1 billion globally without tapping into some universal truths’
The superhero epic bests even ‘The Dark Knight’
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Ava DuVernay on the importance of images, having a voice — and why she flipped the script in ‘A Wrinkle In Time’
‘There was no black woman I could call to say, “How does this go?” Because she doesn’t exist.’