Every year or so, there’s a new Hollywood tourist trap that guises itself as an “experience” that transports you to a certain era or scene from a beloved movie or TV show. At first glance, it seems ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. Walking up to the shop, find a Coffy sign hanging off the side of the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Hollywood legend Pam Grier looked back on the beginning of her decades-long career, during which she made a point of appearing nude on film. Sherri Shepherd spoke to the ...

The poster for Jack Hill’s 1973 blaxploitation classic, Coffy, promises “the baddest one-chick hit squad to ever hit town. She’ll cream you!” The hit squad in question was Pam Grier, the legendary ...

Somewhere between Wednesday, June 13, 1973 and Friday, June 15, 1973, the Pam Grier movie Coffy was released in theaters all around the country. In his Chicago Sun-Times pan, Roger Ebert opened up his ...

Andrew Dix does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

While many notable Black people were nominated for Oscars recently, it’s sometimes cool to remember and look back at the actors, actresses, and filmmakers who laid the groundwork so these talented ...

In early March 2025, jazz-funk legend Roy Ayers died at the age of 84. The veteran vibraphonist is known as one of the original progenitors of acid-jazz and neo-soul, twinkling the keys on such ...