Kelley L. Carter

Los Angeles, United States

Senior Entertainment Reporter at Andscape

Senior Entertainment Reporter at ESPN

Emmy award-winning journalist; Sr. Entertainment Reporter for @ESPN's @Andscape and contributor for @abc. 💗💚

Articles

Ice Cube on the Big3, Kendrick Lamar, and still loving music

3 days ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Ice Cube has had a long love affair with sports. Pick a sport. Any sport. And if that sport is representing his beloved home of Los Angeles or, at the very least, the great state of California? Even better. But now, Cube — who together with his groundbreaking NWA rap collective made the all-black Raiders cap a hot-seller — isn’t just a fan. He’s an owner of a league.
In ‘Sinners,’ Ryan Coogler weaves a new but scarily familiar tale about America

1 week ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Sinners is the hardest movie Ryan Coogler has ever made. It’s also, coincidentally, his best-reviewed film ever (even Spike Lee agrees). And that’s saying a great deal.
In ‘Sinners,’ Ryan Coogler weaves a new but scarily familiar tale about America

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Kelley L. Carter

1 hour agoTwo brothers on the run from their dark past make their way south. They come to a rowdy bar in the middle of nowhere. Some rip-roaring music plays and people drink and dance and let loose for the night. Then everything goes straight to hell when an ancient evil rears its ugly head. Spoilers …
Actor Rome Flynn on being an all-star on the screen and the basketball court

1 week ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Ambition? Sure, Rome Flynn has heard that word before. Truth is the actor breathes that word. That word – actually – wholly defines Flynn’s journey so far. At 33, he’s already worked alongside Hollywood heavyweight Viola Davis (in ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder) and he’s currently starring alongside another Hollywood MVP in Forest Whitaker in MGM+’s magnificent drama, The Godfather of Harlem, a series about the last few years of the life of gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson.
Wendell Pierce on playing a villain on ‘Raising Kanan,’ a good guy on ‘The Wire’ and being a diehard Saints fan

4 weeks ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Wendell Pierce has shaped so much of our lives. Let’s face it, his credit list is basically a collection of culturally impactful films and TV series that have guided, informed and absolutely entertained us throughout the course of his four-decade career. On stage, he’s recited the words that so many of us couldn’t graduate high school without writing term papers on like Othello, and in film he has brought real-life heroes like Hosea Williams like in Selma to the 50-foot screen.
A decade after #OscarsSoWhite, Hollywood can still do better

1 month ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

This time a decade ago, we all gathered around our laptops or smartphones and cackled. Real hard. We shared the tweets that made us laugh the loudest in our group chats, and some of us tried to figure out how to join in on the fun. “#OscarsSoWhite they asked to touch my hair,” April Reign, the hashtag’s creator, tweeted in 2015. We laughed because it was funny. We laughed harder because it was true.
In ‘Running Point,’ Jay Ellis taps into his basketball jones

1 month ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Jay Ellis isn’t new to a basketball court. Before the actor became — well, an actor – he attended Concordia University in Oregon where he played basketball. And he was niiiiiiice. Let him tell it, he still is. Basketball is life and every week he’s on a court, smack talking and sinking baskets. And now he’s currently co-starring in Running Point with Kate Hudson on Netflix.
Captain America is Black. Here’s why it matters

2 months ago | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Anthony Mackie is Captain America. Undeniably Black. Undeniably serving his lines with a trace of that familiar New Orleans twang. Undeniably a hero. In Captain America: Brave New World, out now, Mackie plays a superhero draped in red, white and blue who is tasked with saving and representing the United States of America. A Black hero rocking the colors of this land and carrying the symbol of the promises afforded to those he serves and protects.
‘One of Them Days’ Is a Love Letter to Black LA

Jan 17, 2025 | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

Black writer. Black director. Black producers. Black talent. Black … neighborhood? That sums up the Issa Rae-produced, female-driven comedy One of Them Days. The movie, starring Keke Palmer and SZA, is a homage to the 1995 classic film Friday, led by director Ice Cube and star Chris Tucker. This time around, One of them Days, directed by Lawrence Lamont, is a twist on the day-in-a-life stoner comedy about two people trying to make it in South Los Angeles.
In ‘The Fire Inside’ Claressa Shields’ inspiring story comes to life, but it’s not done yet

Dec 24, 2024 | andscape.com | Kelley L. Carter

The truth is, the Claressa Shields story is ever-evolving. Yes, she’s already collected an impressive array of accolades, including being one of only four boxers in history — regardless of gender — to have four major world titles in two weight classes. Plus, she has a pair of Olympic Gold medals, and — quite frankly — she’s the undisputed pound-for-pound greatest female boxer in the world, and perhaps of all time.