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Sherring’s Goodreads: Nappily Ever After

01/21/2019 by Sherring D.

Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas My rating: 2 of 5 stars Nappily Ever After has been on my TBR list for over ten years, spanning back to my days of working at Borders Bookstore. There were talks of then “It Girl” Halle Berry adapting it into a film. For whatever reason, not only was the movie not produced, but I never got around to reading the novel. It faded from memory and sunk to oblivion in my TBR […]

Categories: Goodreads, Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: #BlackLove, book review, book-to-movie, Goodreads, Nappily Ever After, Read Soul Lit, reading, Soul Lit

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Sherring’s Goodwatch: Coco

11/03/2018 by Sherring D.

I did it. I finally did it. Why did I do it to myself? Possibly because Halloween was this week. I watched Coco. Last night, after a perfectly fine Friday, and good week for that matter, I scrolled through Netflix and chose Coco. I wanted to end the day by watching a movie, not a DVR’d show. I had worked from home and didn’t feel motivated to get dressed and leave my apartment to go to the theater. Last weekend, […]

Categories: Goodwatch, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: Bohemian Rhapsody, Coco, Dia de los Muertos, Disney, family, Halloween, movies, Netflix, Nobody's Fool, Pixar

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#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 8: #WCW

08/08/2018 by Sherring D.

#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 8: #WCW Three words: Waiting. To. Exhale. That was my introduction to Terry McMillan. I loved the book, the movie, and the soundtrack. I had absolutely no business reading McMillan’s novel about four grown women’s romantic issues while I was just a high school student. Thank goodness my father never monitored my reading. I couldn’t relate to Savannah, Bernadine, Robin and Gloria’s love lives, but I became engulfed by their stories all the same. I even wondered […]

Categories: Goodreads, Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Love Books, book challenge, Read Soul Lit, Terry McMillan, WCW

Sherring’s Goodwatch: Z: The Beginning of Everything

01/26/2017 by Sherring D.

Too bad I don’t have Amazon Prime Video. If I did, I’d watch Z: The Beginning of Everything when the series airs Friday, January 27, 2017. The trailer has been airing on TV, but I paid it no mind. I don’t subscribe to the streaming service, but Wednesday, through my membership with the New York chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, I scored a screening pass at the SVA Theatre in midtown to view two episodes. Security scurrying me […]

Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Goodwatch, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Christina Ricci, free screening, Goodreads, Goodwatch, premiere, red carpet, review, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Z: The Beginning of Everything, Zelda Fitizgerald

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Sherring’s Goodwatch: Morris Chestnut

09/12/2016 by Sherring D.

My calendar has been marked with the release date of When the Bough Breaks for months. After watching a version of the trailer on Facebook for the first time, September 9, 2016, could not come quickly enough. From the creepy, slowed down remake of Brandy and Monica’s 1998 hit song The Boys is Mine to a clip of Regina Hall screaming after peering into a crib to Jaz Sinclair’s meltdown in the driver’s seat of a car I could tell the […]

Categories: Goodwatch, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: actor, black male actor, Essence Magazine, Morris Chestnut, movie review, movies, When the Bough Breaks

#ChrisRockSoFunny

02/29/2016 by Sherring D.

So the Oscars are over. Unlike past years, it wasn’t pure torture to watch. This is coming from someone who likes (used to love) to watch award shows. Hello, ALMA, GLAAD and Country Music Awards. They are usually a chance to see once in a lifetime collaborations, performances and tributes. Despite the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and even if Chris Rock weren’t hosting, I would’ve tuned in. I’m glad he did, and I’m glad I did. Rock, in his white jacketed tux, […]

Categories: Fabulousness, Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: award shows, boycott, Chris Rock, comedy, diversity, movies, Oscars, racism, tv shows

Goodwatch: The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

02/03/2016 by Sherring D.

Last night the first installment of the mini-series The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story aired on FX. Not wanting to sit through commercial breaks, I set my DVR and started watching after it had been on for about half an hour. I passed time painting my nails while talking on the phone with my cousin on the west coast. I reminded her to set her DVR so we could dissect it later this week or weekend. At first […]

Categories: Goodwatch, Random Thoughts • Tags: book-to-movie, Dateline, FX, Law & Order, miniseries, The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, true crime

It’s Not Your Thing

11/18/2015 by Sherring D.

Two of my favorite shows attacked the issue of racism in the workplace last week. (The post is late because I watched the DVR recordings only recently.) While I wasn’t surprised to see it addressed on BET’s Being Mary Jane starring Gabrielle Union, I was pleasantly surprised to see it unfurl on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, in an episode called “Something Against You.” One of the great things about Grey’s Anatomy is the multicultural cast and blended relationships of all sorts: […]

Categories: Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: Being Mary Jane, Grey's Anatomy, interracial, multicultural, race, racism, relationships, tv shows, white privilege, workplace

Why I Will Watch Trump Host SNL

11/07/2015 by Sherring D.

To call myself a (former) fan of Donald Trump would be an overstatement. Long before I knew he was a real estate mogul, and way before he decided to run for president, I simply knew him as a divorced millionaire. As a follower of pop culture since a young age, I watch the entertainment news shows and read magazines. Trump garnered invitations to random, but major celebrity events like award shows and movie cameos. He attended Star Jones’ wedding, but […]

Categories: Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: Donald Trump, entertainment, SNL

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Category Archives: Goodwatch

Sherring’s Goodreads: Nappily Ever After

Sherring’s Goodwatch: Coco

#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 8: #WCW

Sherring’s Goodwatch: Z: The Beginning of Everything

Sherring’s Goodwatch: Morris Chestnut

#ChrisRockSoFunny

Goodwatch: The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

It’s Not Your Thing

Why I Will Watch Trump Host SNL