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Whether you’re waiting in a four-hour Hall H line, debuting an elaborate cosplay, or racing across the convention center to make your next panel, Comic-Con is a marathon and not a sprint. Between the summer heat, long days on your feet, and thousands of fellow fans, your beauty routine needs to work overtime. The goal isn’t perfection, you just need to stay refreshed. Here’s how to prep your…

BGN interviews the cast of Descendants: Wicked Wonderland Featured in the interviews are: Kylie Cantrall (“Red”), Malia Baker (“Chloe”), Liamani Segura (“Pink”), Alexandro Byrd (“Luis”) and Kiara Romero (“Hazel Hook”). Now that the Queen of Hearts is nice and Cinderella is safe, things seem perfect for Red and Chloe. But little do they know that changing the past created a new villain – Maddox…

For more than a decade, Laverne Cox has been one of the most recognizable transgender women in the United States. Yet despite her public visibility today, the Orange Is the New Black star spent most of her childhood in Mobile, Alabama, trying to hide who she was. In her new memoir Transcendent, Cox, now 54, reflects on her upbringing with her mother and twin brother, Lamar, describing a home…

Love, immigration, financial hardship, and second chances collide in I Love This Arrangement, the latest romantic comedy from director Jacquin Deleon, which is set to premiere at the 2026 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) on August 9. Produced by Shawdog Entertainment in collaboration with Hidden Root Productions, the film has already begun building momentum on the…

In this week’s episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we interview co-director John Dierre of the film Meta Take One. The film follows an obsessive young director and his crew over one frantic night as they try to finish a movie, even as the process becomes morally and emotionally destructive. Music by: Sammus Host: Jamie Edited by: Jamie Broadnax

We’re bringing it back, y’all! Black Girl Nerds is hosting another meetup during San Diego Comic-Con 2026, and it’s going to be a cataclysmic comic crossover! This year, we’re teaming up with pop culture outlet Nerd Initiative and welcoming our special guests from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for the 2026 Black Girl Nerds Initiative Meetup. If you’ve attended one of our meetups before,…

The stakes are raised this week as Lord Ormund Hightower (James Norton) takes control of Tumbleton. His army has infiltrated the streets, raided homes, and occupied the small market town. As frightened townspeople attempt to reason with Ormund, one man gets a little too close, prompting Ormund to recoil at his unpleasant scent. When Ormund demands to know why they continue to pledge fealty to…

BGN interviews the cast of the Prime Video series Ride or Die. Featuring interviews with Octavia Spencer (“Debbie Claybourne,” Executive Producer), Hannah Waddingham (“Judith Burton,” Executive Producer),Tessa Coates (Creator, Executive Producer) and Matt Miller (Showrunner, Executive Producer). From Paramount Television Studios, Ride or Die will debut all eight episodes globally on July 15,…

BGN interviews the cast and director of the film They Fight which made its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Featured in the interviews are: Andre Holland, Wendell Pierce and director Sheldon Candis. Based on the 2018 documentary of the same name, They Fight is a boxing drama about Walt Manigan (Andre Holland), a reformed ex-con determined to reintegrate into society so he can be with the…

Earlier this year, Warner Bros. Games released its fourth LEGO Batman title, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Black Girl Nerds sat down with voice actress Clara Emanuel, who brings Selina Kyle/Catwoman to life in the game, to discuss her experience, preparing for the iconic role, and what makes this latest adventure stand out. BGN: What do you like about this game compared to the previous…

After months of uncertainty, leaks, and one of the strangest release rollouts in recent animation history, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender has finally received an official trailer. While fans can finally celebrate seeing Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, and the rest of the Gaang back in animated form, it’s difficult to ignore the frustrating road that brought us here. Based on the beloved animated…

Man’s desire to fly led them to invent the airplane. When people in the U.S. first took the skies, men were the only ones allowed to soar amongst the clouds. When the first pilot’s license was issued to a white man in 1911, it would be nearly 10 years before a Black woman could receive a pilot’s license. Due to the heroic efforts of certain Black women, the aviation space is no longer limited to…

I remember the moment I decided to use Just Dance for fitness. I was already several years into my mental health journey and had hit (yet another) wall. I decided I didn’t like my life’s direction and thought long and hard about how I could inspire positive change in my life. I was determined to exercise more, build confidence, and be a more disciplined person but in a way that was fun and…

There has been a myriad of nostalgic reboots and remakes that have either exceeded the mark, such as 2020’s remake of 1933’s The Invisible Man, 2021’s remake of Dune, and Mortal Kombat. However, there were also those releases that have fallen flat, both critically and commercially, including Robert Downey Jr‘s 2020 Dolittle movie, Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan, and 2020’s The Witches.…

Now that Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) has reclaimed the Iron Throne, the game has truly changed in Westeros. The episode opens with Lord Ormund Hightower (James Norton) arriving on horseback to meet Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith). Daemon informs him that Aegon has fled, Rhaenyra now sits the Iron Throne, and the war has shifted in her favor. Though Ormund initially doubts Daemon’s claims,…

Online fandoms are good fun when you’re discussing, anticipating, and celebrating movies, TV shows, comics, games, books, and creators. You connect with people who share the same interests, discover new points of view, and engage in conversations that keep the excitement of the content going long after the credits. But fandoms pose a few challenges: privacy concerns, harassment, scams, and data…