Tag: A Different World

  • 10 Most Iconic Characters Voiced by Cree Summer

    10 Most Iconic Characters Voiced by Cree Summer

    Cree Summer was born in Los Angeles in 1967, grew up in Canada, and now has dual citizenship. Being the daughter of voice actor and musician Don Francks, it’s little surprise that she sought a career in the arts as well. Though she has had some successful live-action credits, like The Cosby Show’s spinoff, A…

  • How ‘Love & Basketball’ Allowed Issa Rae to Dream

    How ‘Love & Basketball’ Allowed Issa Rae to Dream

    Issa Rae says she had every reason to think she could be a filmmaker when she was growing up.“The ’90s had lots of black television and film … a lot of the shows were helmed by black people,” she recalls. “That’s what inspired me to at least try it.”She may have only been 5 years…

  • Influencers: Ruth E. Carter Is Preserving Black History Through Fashion

    Influencers: Ruth E. Carter Is Preserving Black History Through Fashion

    Backstage at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, after she received the Oscar for costume design for “Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter talked about the significance of her win for other costume designers of color coming behind her. “Finally the door is wide open and I’ve been struggling and digging deep and mentoring and doing whatever…

  • Lisa Bonet Speaks Out About Her TV Father, Bill Cosby – Claims “Sinister, Shadow Energy”

    Lisa Bonet Speaks Out About Her TV Father, Bill Cosby – Claims “Sinister, Shadow Energy”

    Lisa Bonet has commented for the first time on her television father, Bill Cosby, with whom she appeared in two of the most popular shows in the world. Playing Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show at age 16, then joining its spinoff A Different World, Bonet told the Net-a-Porter website that she had no knowledge…