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, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim ...

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 ...

Jack Royston is Newsweek's Chief Royal Correspondent based in London, U.K. He reports on the British royal family—including King Charles III, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and ...

Jack Michael “Mike” Moore, 82, of Carbon Hill, Alabama, passed away on Jan. 14, 2025, at Cordova Health and Rehabilitation after a lengthy illness. He was born on July 23, 1942, in Carbon Hill to ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer who penned the screenplay for New Jack City and reportedly coined the phrase “New Jack Swing,” has died. Barry Michael Cooper’s other works include writings ...

Legendary writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper died on Tuesday in Baltimore aged 66. Cooper was behind the 1990s blaxploitation classic ‘New Jack City’ and the acclaimed “Harlem trilogy ...

A young boy named Jack and his mother lived on a farm with their cow Daisy. One day Jack's mother asked Jack to take Daisy to the market in hope to get some money for food. Jack came back with ...