TV & Film
As an actress, there’s always pressure to outdo yourself. That’s a difficult task in itself, let alone, when your first film garners you an Oscar.…
It’s the 20 anniversary of “Living Single” but don’t expect a reunion anytime soon. Most of the cast, including Queen Latifah, who is reprising her role as a talk show host, and Erika Alexander, now starring in the AMC series “Low Winter Sun,” is busy. “This would be a good year to do it,” Alexander […]
When it comes to producers’ credits, the most newsworthy movie of the moment is definitely “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” which has drawn media attention for having more than 40 different credited producers. “I wish that there weren’t so many producer credits on this picture, because it is a little embarrassing for everyone within our community,” […]
In his varied and long career, actor Orlando Jones has flipped it from comedy to drama and back again. So many people think of him as a comic actor, but he’s never done a standup show. The multi-faceted actor, who was also a high school basketball star, did start out as a comedy writer, beginning […]
TORONTO (AP) — In Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” Solomon Northop, a free man from upstate New York who’s kidnapped and sold into slavery in Louisiana played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is hung for daring to strike an abusive and imbecilic plantation hand (Paul Dano). He’s cut down, but only just barely enough to reach […]
In this episode of “The Rickey Smiley Show” Brandon tries his luck at becoming a comedian like his dad. Watch the full episode to see if…
Gary With Da Tea gives a recap of R&B Divas L.A. the reunion. Listen to Gary’s Tea in the audio player to hear all the highlights from the show, plus…
This year’s TV season has a number of throwback moments – from Queen Latifah and Arsenio Hall returning to host talk shows to Michael J. Fox’s return to sitcom television. On the news side, CNN is presenting its own throwback TV under new boss and former NBC honcho Jeff Zucker. “Crossfire,” the show that pitted […]
Actor Wendell Pierce is best known for his work as Detective Bunk Moreland on “The Wire” but after “Four” that could change. The versatile actor plays a married man celebrating the Fourth of July holiday by trying to hook up with a teenage boy. The film’s subject matter has already drawn controversy, including some criticism […]
In this episode of “The Rickey Smiley Show” Rickey and the rest of the crew get their own reality TV show. Watch the full episode below to…
‘ Arsenio Hall brought out some old friends to accompany his late night return Monday, nearly 20 years after his eponymous talk show aired its last episode. “Leave it to the first black late-night host to take 19 years off work and come back here and expect my job to still be here waiting for […]
This fall, noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. recounts the full trajectory of African-American history in his groundbreaking new six-part series The African Americans:…
