Max Beesley, Douglas Hodge, JJ Feild, and Betty Gabriel have joined the cast alongside John Krasinski in the new Jack Ryan ...

"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper ... was known for having coined the phrase “new jack swing” in a 1988 profile for “The Village ...

American screenwriter, journalist, and director Barry Michael Cooper breathed his ... During this time, he wrote his book Teddy Riley's New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius on the ...

As it turns out, the Michael Jackson estate made an agreement with the Chandler family to never “dramatize” those events. The Lionsgate film slated for release on October 3rd apparently does ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter ... in 1987, he coined the term “New Jack Swing” to refer to the then-nascent genre of R&B music fused with hip hop popularized by producer ...

The piece, titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius ... on the show and also wrote three episodes. Barry Michael Cooper wrote the ‘She’s Gotta Have It ...

Barry Michael Cooper revealed the surprising story behind Pookie’s casting in New Jack City – a tale of brilliant auditions, unexpected tragedy, and cinematic redemption. Since 1998 ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who ... While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius” in 1987 that coined ...