After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

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, an investigative reporter-turned-screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind movies like 1991's New Jack City, has died. He was 66. The Maryland Chief Examiner's Office confirmed Cooper's death to PEOPLE on Thursday ...

The writer and producer behind classic Black films like "New Jack City" and "Above the Rim" passed away at age 66. Cooper made his directorial debut in 2005 with Blood on the Wall$, a low-budget ...

A biopic about the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson was always going to be an ambitious undertaking. The planned release of the film, starring Jaafar Jackson as his late uncle, has been moved ...

The PGMOL, the body that oversees officiating in English soccer, says it is “appalled” by the “threats and abuse” aimed at referee Michael Oliver after his controversial decision to show a ...

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.

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and director was behind the films "New Jack City," "Above the Rim" and "Sugar Hill", died Wednesday at 66.

“The ensuing scenes dramatise the extensive police investigation, including a ‘traumatising’ strip search of Michael that scars him for life”. The problem, he reported, is that the Jackson ...