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Black Panther 2's Winston Duke spoke about a funny story about blowing it the first time he met Rihanna, and how his buddy roasted him after their interaction.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Winston Duke has shared some new images from the upcoming MCU sequel, spotlighting M'Baku, Nakia, and Riri Williams, amongst others.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Winston Duke is looking extra impressive.

The upcoming Spotify podcast from David S. Goyer, called Batman Unburied, casts Black Panther’s Winston Duke to voice Bruce Wayne/Batman.

One of my favorite movies at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Nine Days. Written and directed by Edson Oda, Nine Days is a completely original film that hit me like a ton of bricks. Without giving too much away, the film takes place in a reality between life and death where Winston Duke’s (who gives a career best performance) character is responsible for deciding who will replace a person on Earth after they have died. Once the dying soul has passed, five people emerge in this in-between reality, and Duke’s character has nine days to …

He could have had a lot more screen time.

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Namor? Achebe? Killmonger?

Netflix releases a trailer for Peter Berg's Spenser Confidential, starring Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke as roommates taking down corruption.

Us star Winston Duke is set to play the lead in Apple's basketball-themed drama series Swagger, which hails from NBA superstar Kevin Durant, the streamer announced Tuesday. Inspired by Durant’s own experiences, Swagger explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, as well as opportunism and corruption. Duke will play a former star player who finds a second act as a youth basketball coach -- a role he seems well-suited for. I'm just hoping that his character, Ike, is more Charles Barkley …

Us star Winston Duke is set to play the lead in Apple's basketball-themed drama series Swagger, which hails from NBA superstar Kevin Durant, the streamer announced Tuesday. Inspired by Durant’s own experiences, Swagger explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, as well as opportunism and corruption. Duke will play a former star player who finds a second act as a youth basketball coach -- a role he seems well-suited for. I'm just hoping that his character, Ike, is more Charles Barkley …

One of the laudable ways social media has had real-world consequences is in how the #OscarsSoWhite provided a wake-up call that an Academy membership that was older, white, and male had failed to adequately recognize diverse movies. In response, the Academy worked hard to expand the number of women and people of color in their ranks, and slowly but surely, they’re making progress. In 2015, women only made up a quarter of the Academy. Half of the new members of 2019 are women. In 2015, a shocking 8% of the Academy was people of color. Now 29% …

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He makes a very good point.

Black Panther opened a ton of doors for Winston Duke, but it nearly shut the one that led to Us.