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Halle Berry was among the honorees in attendance at China’s equivalent of the Oscars, the Huading Awards, held for the first time in the U.S. at the Montalban theater in Hollywood on Sunday night. The live telecast reached more than 800 million viewers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, where 80 million fans voted for […]

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Years after winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in “Precious,” Mo’Nique is on her way back with a role in a film about blues singer Bessie Smith. According to reports, Mo’Nique has officially signed on to the project, which will air on HBO and also stars Queen Latifah and Khandi Alexander (“Scandal“). […]

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Wendy Raquel Robinson has been tapped to play Cruella de Vil in The Disney Channel original movie “Descendants,” which highlights the teen offspring of Disney’s classic characters, including its villains. Robinson, a star on BET’s “The Game,” will take on the “101 Dalmations” puppy-napper, who is the mother of Carlos, played by Cameron Boyce. Due […]

‘About Last Night’ is the hilarious remake of the 1986 film, ‘Sexual Perversity In Chicago’, starring Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart and Joy Bryant. The film is available today on  DVD as well as the movie’s soundtrack. The Tom Joyner Morning Show spoke to Ealy about the box-office smash hit that raked in $28.5M in […]

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Alexandra Shipp will star as the drummer at the center of the TV movie “Drumline: A New Beat,” a sequel to Nick Cannon’s 2002 feature film. The sequel will focus on a new set of characters at Atlanta A&T University, the setting of the original movie. The story follows Dani Bolton (Shipp), an upper-class Brooklyn […]

Actress Zoe Saldana has been the subject of criticism over the last year after it was decided she’d star in Nina Simone‘s biopic as the iconic singer. Most of the controversy, if not all, was simply because of the color of Saldana’s skin. Nina Simone was a woman with a dark chocolate complexion that often donned […]

Tasha Smith detailed why she feels there’s “less opportunity” for African American actresses during an interview with HuffPost Live today. The Why Did I Get Married…

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Paramount has set a March 25, 2016, release date for the fourth installment of “Beverly Hills Cop,” with Eddie Murphy set to reprise his role as detective Axel Foley. Jerry Bruckheimer is back as producer, and Brett Ratner will directing the pic, which will see Foley returning to his Detroit roots. Josh Appelbaum and Andre […]

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Broadway’s “A Raisin in the Sun” picked up multiple Tony Award nominations this morning, including Best Revival, Best Director for Kenny Leon, and three individual acting nods – none of them going to star Denzel Washington. Nominations for the 68th annual ceremony, lauding the year’s best on Broadway, were announced by Lucy Liu and Jonathan […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — People magazine has named Lupita Nyong’o as the “World’s Most Beautiful” for 2014. The 31-year-old actress, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in “12 Years a Slave,” tops the magazine’s list, announced Wednesday. Commenting on being selected for this year’s cover, Nyong’o says: “It was exciting and […]

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Fresh from her Academy Award win for 12 Years A Slave, Lupita Nyong’o has signed with Hollywood talent agency CAA. The actress left Innovative and signed with the Century City-based firm, according to reports. She remains repped by D2 Management and law firm Del Shaw. At CAA, Nyong’o will be handled by a team led […]

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Out goes Maria Menounos. In comes Tracey Edmonds as the new co-host for “Extra.” HipHollywood reports that Edmonds is in talks to replace Menounos on the entertainment news show. A source close to production revealed that Menounos is planning to leave “Extra” in July. As a result, the show’s producers have been on the hunt […]