Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66. Cooper’s death was confirmed by a representative for Spike Lee, according to ...

Signup now for our FREE acclaimed racial justice newsletters. “It is almost midnight in Harlem,” Barry Michael Cooper wrote at the start of his article about crack cocaine for “Spin ...

By Alex Williams Barry Michael Cooper, who was one of the first journalists to explore the crack epidemic of the 1980s before turning to Hollywood, where he made his mark with screenplays for ...

Review: Logan Lerman & Molly Gordon's Romantic Getaway Goes Wrong In Sophie Brooks' Rom-Com -- Sundance Film Festival “Barry Cooper is an expert at hiding drugs, evading police, and raising hell!” ...

Legendary American singer Alice Cooper has announced a concert in Scotland later this year. The artist, whose career spans more than sixty years, is considered by many as the "The Godfather of shock ...

A Memorial Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 30, 2025, at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island. Burial will follow in the Grand Island City Cemetery. A gathering will be held an hour ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, born-and-raised journalist turned screenwriter who penned “New Jack City,” ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist and screenwriter behind films like "New Jack City" and "Above The Rim," died this week. The Harlem native chronicled New York City's highs and lows. He was 66 ...