steve mcqueen
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Star Saves an Iconic New Orleans Pastry
Baker-turned-actor Dwight Henry is known for his breakout lead role in the Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild. I recently spoke with the New Orleanian about why he continues to straddle both worlds and how he saved the buttermilk drop.
Things Spike Lee Hates: Racists, Guns, and Racists with Guns
With 12 Years a Slave and Lee Daniels' The Butler projected to be major players at the 2013 Academy Awards, there's been a lot of talk about this year being a turning point for black filmmakers. Spike Lee, about to release his remake of...
Fassy B. Heats Up 'Twelve Years a Slave'
Twelve Years a Slave is a real account, written in 1853, by a man named Solomon Northup, a freeborn black man from New York who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The book and the movie detail many of slavery’s horrors, as experienced by...
De Nimes
Before we had low-rise, straight-leg, skinny, selvage, stretchy, resin-coated, lotion-infused, or mom jeans, there was simply jean—the fabric. The name likely originated from gênes, referring to Genoa, Italy, where sailors wore a twill blend of cotton...
