TV & Film
Did you love the 80’s? Well, National Geographic Channel did, too. Their new six-part documentary reviews the decade that they say set up the next two. In the 80’s hip-hop was born as were tech companies like Microsoft and Apple started to become dominant with the advent of the personal computer. Narrated by actor Rob […]
LaToya Jackson is part of one of the most famous musical families in American history. While her musical career never really took off, she’s been a spokeswoman for the Jackson family at various times, a critic at others. She’s written a memoir “Starting Over” and currently runs Ja-Tail Enterprises, an entertainment company. Now, she has […]
Judge Joe Brown is not going quietly into the night. He’s telling his side of the story regarding the end of his syndicated court show, which he claims was canceled by CBS Television Distribution over some ol’ “Hollywood trick economics.” In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Brown says he was promised an annual […]
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Mehdi Ouazzani isn’t the devil, but he has played one on TV — only he didn’t realize that some thought he looked like President Barack Obama while he was at it. A veteran Moroccan actor with decades of film experience, Ouazzani was bemused to wake up one morning and find that […]
Usher has been in the game for a long time, so it’s no surprise that he’s been able to make things happen since he’s joined the NBC hit reality show “The Voice.” He and Shakira are the new judges this season, temporarily replacing original judges Christina Aguilera and Cee-Lo Green. Already in a friendly rivalry with country […]
Brooklyn-born Howard grad Chadwick Boseman is a star in the making. The actor best known for his role as Nathaniel “Nate” Ray on the ABC Family Show “Lincoln Heights” has just moved past the rest of the newly minted crop of Black actors with his starring role as Jackie Robinson in “42.” He’s already getting […]
Kandi Burruss might be competing with Beyonce for the title of the hardest working woman in show business. The star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is also a Grammy-winning songwriter, a radio host, a sex toy entrepreneur, a mother, a fiancee and the host of her own Bravo spinoff show “The Kandi Factory.” The second season […]
D.L. Hughley finally broke the 20-point mark with a whopping score of 21 out of 30 with his rendition of the Foxtrot during week 4 of “Dancing with the Stars.” Don’t forget to vote for our guy!
Tia Mowry-Hardrict has landed a new show deal with Nickelodeon. According to reports, the network has greenlighted 13 episodes of the 34-year-old’s new pilot, “Instant Mom.” The series is set to air on Nickelodeon’s new primetime TV block aimed at mothers called NickMom. Tia will star as Stephanie, a party girl who marries an older man and inherits three stepchildren. The […]
Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry dressed up as their most memorable onscreen characters for a fun, new promotional video for OWN. In the hilarious parody, Madea meets The Color Purple. Perry, dressed in full Madea attire, drives up to Winfrey, recreating her famous role of Miss. Sophia, and asks for directions to OWN. “I’m looking for […]
Finding lead black actors and actresses or full black casts on TV these days is a hard task unless you are watching “Scandal” or the few channels dedicated to a black audience. In response to the far and wide opportunities on TV and the overcrowded/undervalued audition rooms filled with hopeful black actors; notable and rising […]
Writer/producer/director Reginald Hudlin has had his own success as a filmmaker with movies like “House Party” and “Boomerang.” But these days, he’s also celebrating his work as a producer on “Django Unchained,” the Oscar-winning movie starring Jamie Foxx directed by Quentin Tarantino. Hudlin joins only three other African-Americans to be nominated or included in a […]
