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Lee Daniels cursed out the audience at Monday night’s fourth annual IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards. According to Deadline.com, the lively audience at Cipriani Wall Street chattered so loudly during Daniels’ tribute speech to his “The Butler” star Forest Whitaker that he tried to shush them with a few f-bombs. “Forest would like to hear […]

Critics are already talking about Forest Whitaker‘s amazing performance in the film “Black Nativity.” The Academy Award winning actor called into “The Rickey Smiley Morning…

The love train for “12 Years A Slave” came to a full stop Monday night at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, held at Cipriani Wall…

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Being a self-proclaimed in-the-shower, driving-in-the-car, riding-in-the-elevator singing sensation; Black Nativity is the perfect film for a person who always seems to have a song in their heart. Of course, not everyone is the humming type, but don’t worry, this musical-drama still manages to offer up an engaging enough plot to keep all viewers captivated. Here […]

It may be Thanksgiving week across the country but the Christmas holiday has arrived in theatres a month early. “Black Nativity,” the holiday musical based on an original play by Langston Hughes and starring Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese and Jacob Latimore is out today. The film offers a healing story of music […]

Forest Whitaker has had a banner year with the release of two films: “The Butler,” “Fruitvale Station,” the forthcoming holiday flick “Black Nativity” and will…

Forest Whitaker was offered the chance to play President Barack Obama in film, but he turned down the opportunity. During to a recent interview with…

Lee Daniels’ The Butler has reached a new milestone! According to reports, the drama is the first black film of 2013 to surpass the $100…

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ATLANTA (AP) — Nas says life has been really great since his 11th album, the critically acclaimed “Life Is Good,” was released last year. The album was nominated for four Grammy Awards, including best rap album, this year. He was honored with a Harvard University fellowship in his name. And he has a role in […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” served up a second helping at the box office, topping the weekend with $17 million according to studio estimates Sunday. That was enough to lead all films on a late August weekend known as a dumping ground for studios following their summer blockbusters and before the start […]

Lee Daniels, the director of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” believes America has become more racist since President Barack Obama – the nation’s first black commander-in-chief – took office in 2009. “I think that people are angry that he’s president,” Daniels told Piers Morgan on CNN this week.  “And I think that they are showing their […]

Sheila Johnson may not  be the household name that Oprah is, but she’s also one of the few Black women worldwide who can call themselves billionaires. The co-founder of BET Networks with her then-husband, Bob Johnson,  added to her growing list of media, sports, and entertainment properties by helping “The Butler” get made. Johnson is […]