Have a very Perry Christmas is the message Tyler Perry wants you to have as you head out this weekend to see A Madea Christmas, his latest movie starring Madea. Perry wants to be sure you know just what kind of movie it is, though. “If you’re looking for an Oscar movie, this isn’t it,” […]
Christmas is on the way and Madea’s here to celebrate it. Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas comes out this Friday. This time, Madea mixes things up some, bringing her mother wit to a Black and a white family in a little rural town. Tika Sumpter is Madea’s niece, Lacy, and Anna Maria Horsford plays Lacey’s […]
Some people, despite major success in one area, want to expand beyond the job the world knows them for. Kanye West, for example started out as an in-demand producer who parlayed that success into his dream of being a recording artist. Justin Timberlake, who started out in a boy band, then became a solo artist, […]
The Thanksgiving holiday is always filled with good cheer and good food but for this year’s celebration you can add a side of creepy. Spike Lee’s latest joint, Oldboy, starring Josh Brolin, is a remake of a 2003 South Korean film itself adapted from a Japanese manga (animated film). After advertising exec Joe Doucett is […]
While Hollywood continues to scratch their heads about the opening weekend success of “The Best Man Holiday,” director Malcolm D. Lee is taking it in stride. After all, it took him 15 years to get a sequel made after his first film “The Best Man” became a hit in 1999. “I knew that I didn’t […]
Two days after seeing “12 Years a Slave,” scenes from the movie still play over and over in my mind. I’m not entirely sure that I needed to see two hours of the chilling varieties of inhumanity Blacks in slavery endured for hundreds of years. Though it’s a mostly accurate depiction of Solomon Northrup’s 1835 […]
Chris Tucker was chillin’ for a good while, but when the IRS came after him for millions in back taxes, he jokes that he had to start working again. We’re not sure if he’s serious but the good news is that he’s on the road again, touring all over the country from now until the […]
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 […]
If you’re old enough to remember it, Arsenio Hall’s late night talk show which originally ran from 1989-1994 was the TV hangout in the 90’s. With guests ranging from Halle Berry to Tupac to then Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, who famously played saxophone, Hall had audiences in his pocket with a sexy brand of wit […]
Everything old is new again. At least that’s the philosophy on TV this fall as both Queen Latifah and Arsenio Hall are once again hosting their own shows. Queen Latifah first hosted a daytime talk show from 1999-2001; she gets the chance to do it again starting September 16 with “The Queen Latifah Show.” The […]
The Winnie Mandela biopic hits screens on Friday with Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard as the iconic South African couple. It’s but one of two films about Nelson Mandela, as Idris Elba will star as the South African icon in the second pic “Long Walk to Freedom.” In the trailers, “Long Walk to Freedom” with […]
Gabrielle Union will be at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington on Saturday but don’t expect to see boyfriend Dwyane Wade there with her. She told the Tom Joyner Morning Show that Wade and his two sons, Zaire and Zion are on their annual “mancation” and won’t be back until tomorrow. You can […]
