Roger Earl Mosley (/ˈmoʊzli/;[1] December 18, 1938 – August 7, 2022) was an American actor, director, and writer best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin in the CBS television series Magnum, P.I., which originally aired from 1980 until 1988. Mosley appeared in Magnum, P.I. from 1980 to 1988. He had a role as Tom Selleck's...
Director Michael Schultz shares behind-the-scenes stories about some of the many Broadway and Off-Broadway plays he has directed. Special Thanks Black Bottom Film Festival. ##### Reelblack's mission is to educate, elevate, entertain, enlighten, and empower through Black film. If there is content shared on this platform that you feel infringes on your intellectual property, please email me at Reelblack@mail.com and...
Watch th full interview at www.youtube.com/reelblacktwo Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89. Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed...
The true story of MC Breeze, aka Joey B. Ellis, who overcame childhood adversity to form his own record label in 1986. His single, "Discombobulatorbubulator," was the first rap record to be banned from radio. As a recording artist for MC Hammer he composed and performed the Theme Song for Rocky V (Go For It). After Hammer's legendary bankruptcy,...
Philadelphia’s First Black TV Reporter Trudy Haynes Passes Away At Age 95 Full Video interview at www.youtube.com/ReelblackTwo As of March 23, 2022, we will no longer receive ad revenue for any video on this channel, even though YouTube sells advertising on them. The reason, we have been told, is because we are a channel that presents historical content as opposed to original...
Is Kanye a Jeen-Yus or does he need to be canceled? In advance of the release of Donda 2 and the three-part Netflix documentary Jeen-Yuhs , Ye dropped a short video to twitter and made a surprise appearance at an advance screening to discuss Black Empowerment and his motivation behind declaring February #BlackFutureMonth while this story isn't getting as...
It's a promise, not a threat when comedian Dave Chappelle shows up at the Village Council Meeting to object to the construction of a Planned Unit Development in Yellow Springs, OH on February 7, 2022. The plan did not pass after the comedian called the Yellow Springs Village Council "clowns" and said a proposed restaurant and comedy club in...
Franklyn Leon Smith (January 29, 1940 – March 8, 2019) was an American funk musician and R&B/soul songwriter. He was best known for his 1981 hit single "Double Dutch Bus". Smith went to college in Tennessee for elementary education with a minor in music. He became a writer for funk and soul artists such as the O'Jays and The Spinners....
According to multiple sources, actress CAROL SPEED died on January 14, 2022 at the age of 76. Carolyn Ann Stewart (March 14, 1945 - January 14, 2022),[2][3] known professionally as Carol Speed was an American actress, singer and author. Speed is best known for her roles in films during the 1970s blaxploitation era, most notably starring as Abby Williams in...
WURD Radio host STEPHANIE RENÉE chats with the legendary musician/songwriter JAMES MTUME about his life and career. James Forman (January 3, 1946 – January 9, 2022), better known by his stage name James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working with Miles Davis between...
