Rebecca Roland is the deputy 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pam Grier as vigilante nurse Coffy who seeks to punish drug dealers and corrupt officials. Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy When Pam Grier’s breakthrough movie Coffy was released in 1973, American ...

Soul sista: Pam Grier in Coffy. This week, a true classic that has just been updated and re-released for contemporary consoles: Resident Evil, one of the the first games in the "survival horror" genre ...

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 ...

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 ...