Diana Ross

The five-year gap between “Despicable Me 3” and the latest film in the franchise — “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” released July 1— meant that audiences young and old were shaking in anticipation of the cinematic evil to come.

Fashion is a part of our everyday lives, and it’s time to look at Black fashion icons who changed the fashion landscape as we know it. 

Although many aspects of the night fell flat, the sentiments behind some of the ceremony’s live performances were successful in comparison — the keywords, of course, being “in comparison.”

Written by Marcus Gardley and directed by Eric Ting, “black odyssey” is a modern twist on the epic poem by Homer that features an all-Black cast. The framing of this narrative is multitiered.

Whose weight is Remy crumbling under? Is it the pressure of history, femininity or environmental neglect? Or maybe it’s the fury of all injustice. After all, she sings: “As if you couldn’t tell, I’m mad as hell.”