LOS ANGELES (AP) — The news that another actor was cast as vampire hunter Blade came as a surprise to Wesley Snipes, who portrayed the character in three successful films, but he says he’s moving on. Marvel Studios announced at this summer’s Comic-Con that the Oscar winner Mahershala Ali would play the comics character in […]
Eddie Anderson became one of the highest-paid entertainers of his era and while he often played stereotypical roles, Anderson managed to bring a dignified air to his characters. The Oakland, Calif. native was born September 18, 1905. Edmund Lincoln Anderson was born into a family of entertainers. His mother was a tightrope walker whose career […]
it’s awfully hard to believe, but “Empire” star Terrence Howard says he’s “done” with acting. The news was heaped upon an unsuspecting world by Howard via a sit-down interview with Extra‘s correspondent, Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst. “I’m done with acting. I’m done pretending,” Howard told Kryst after being asked about his plans following the end of “Empire” […]
On Wednesday Sony Pictures Entertainment dropped the trailer for the long-awaited Bad Boys for Life, the latest installment in the hit franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Both stars previously teased about reprising their roles as Detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett in the actioner. In a video shared on Facebook by Smith, the actors revealed that the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr.‘s trial on groping charges has been postponed until Oct. 10. Prosecutors said Tuesday they’re still waiting for evidence in the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star’s case. Jury selection had been set to start this week. Gooding’s lawyers argued against the delay. The actor is accused of placing his hand […]
Under a video that shows Maurice Willoughby, a young man who committed suicide recently, being bullied for dating a trans woman, not only did Malik Yoba call the bullies out for being transphobic but he also made an intimate disclosure about himself. The Why Did I Get Married? actor revealed that he is also “trans-attracted.” https://www.instagram.com/p/B1oNm2SD6CY/ […]
When reports started circulating that Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes had broken up after six years of dating, people began looking for a reason to explain it. It wasn’t long before they found one in the likes of 21-year-old Sela Vave. Jamie, 51, has pictures with the attractive, young woman and folks immediately assume that […]
Eddie Murphy’s highly anticipated sequel to his hit ’80s comedy Coming 2 America has added Wesley Snipes to the cast that already includes Arsenio Hall and comedian Michael Blackson. The original film follows Murphy as Prince Akeem from the fictional African nation, Zamunda, as he sets off on a journey to Queens, New York, to himself a […]
LONDON (AP) — Even though Idris Elba isn’t trying to become the next James Bond, he’s disheartened that some people don’t think he should be considered for the spy role because he’s black. The British actor says in the August issue of Vanity Fair that it’s frustrating that there are people who say “‘It can’t […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr. was arrested Thursday and charged with forcible touching after a woman accused him of groping her at a New York City night spot. Gooding, 51, was charged after turning himself in to investigators in the New York Police Department’s special victims division. He remained in police custody and […]
Playwright Abram Hill and actor Frederick O’Neal founded the American Negro Theater (ANT) on June 5, 1940, in Harlem. Originally a community theater group, the ANT trained a number of actors, including Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier, among others. Hill and O’Neal created the ANT with the help of other actors and colleagues from the […]
Over the course of his career, the late Paul Winfield was a critically acclaimed actor who was just the third Black person nominated for an acting Oscar. The Los Angeles native was born on May 22, 1939. Winfield spent a portion of his youth in Portland, Oregon before returning to his hometown to complete high […]
