Tyler Perry is busy as always working on a movie project. But this movie in Rome, Georgia requires many roles! For his new movie, Perry is holding an open casting call to cast these many extra roles. Interested folks are sending their names, contact info, photos, dimensions and availability to wronglovemhc@gmail.com. Below is a list […]
Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence’s FX comedy “Partners” will premiere Monday, Aug. 4 at 9/8c, the network announced Thursday. The duo will play two greatly different Chicago lawyers who are brought together by circumstance. Marcus Jackson (Lawrence) is a kind community activist in the midst of a devastating divorce. Allen Braddock (Grammer) is an elitist […]
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 […]
Whoopi Goldberg is producing a reality series that will follow her 40-year-old daughter as she tries to reinvent herself both personally and professionally. The 58-year-old actress and co-host of “The View” is producing through her One Ho Productions along with 44 Blue Productions. A network is not yet attached to the untitled project, which will […]
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 […]
Love him or hate him, Tavis Smiley‘s influence is undeniable and Hollywood has taken notice. On April 24, Smiley became the 2,522 star on the…
Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Tupac,” the long-awaited feature on the life of rapper Tupac Shakur directed by John Singleton. Written by Jeremy Haft, Ed Gonzalez and Singleton, the film follows ‘Pac from his East Harlem upbringing as the son of activist Black Panther Party members, to blowing up as a songwriter, […]
Another slavery-set film is in the Hollywood pipeline – this one involving Will Smith’s son Jaden. Author James McBride’s book “The Good Lord Bird” is getting a big screen adaptation with Smith and Liev Schreiber in the lead roles of Henry “Onion” Shackleford (Smith), a young slave who links up with radical abolitionist John Brown […]
Times sure have changed for TV sitcoms since Phylicia Rashad ruled with Bill Cosby 22 years ago on the classic must-see “The Cosby Show.” While chatting with HuffPost Live about her new film with Halle Berry, “Frankie and Alice,” Rashad gave her take on current sitcoms, saying the latest crop doesn’t compare to how they […]
Bill Bellamy is comedy. For over a decade we’ve laughed out loud at the lovable funny man who first introduced the term ‘Booty Call’ to a Def Comedy Jam audience in 1992. A comedian by nature, Bellamy added actor to his resume when he starred in “Any Given Sunday” in 1999. Since then he’s brought […]
Jamie Foxx is reportedly attempting to reconcile with his biological parents who abandoned him more than four decades ago. Foxx, born Eric Marlon Bishop, was left in the care of his mother’s foster parents when he was seven months old and struggled to understand why his parents did not make contact with him as he […]
Wesley Snipes finally got his chance to be in an “Expendables” movie. The actor served three years in prison for tax evasion and this is his first major role since prison. Snipes will be joining the other black action star Terry Crews for the trilogy of the film series. And according to their posters, they’re geared […]
