Let’s face it. In the past, not many African-American households have set their DVR for the Golden Globe Awards. The presentation has typically been shrugged off by black audiences for lack of [techno] color, as I’d like to call it. When a black actor is nominated, ratings of black households soar when you get the […]
It’s a done deal for the resurrection of “In Living Color.” After Fox ordered a special more than a year ago, today Fox chairman Kevin Reilly made the decision official. “It’s not gonna happen,” he told reporters at the TCA Press Tour in Pasadena. “(The original) was a seminal show for Fox, and the bar […]
We already know what you’re thinking: Not another movie about slavery. And please, gawd, not another Hollywood silver-screen saga of “The Great White Hope” saving some poor black folk from their wretched, unhinged lives. Those were my exact sentiments (replete with a side eye and blank stare) when I first learned about Quentin “I-love-using-the-n-word-every-chance-I-get” Tarantino’s […]
The criticism levied at Quentin Tarantino for his so-called humorous take on slavery in “Django Unchained” has been intense as critics claim that he is…
Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” — starring Jamie Foxx as a slave in the pre-Civil War South — is doing strong business among African-American moviegoers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It achieved the high numbers despite the fact that “Django,” from The Weinstein Co/TWC., features more than 100 uses of the N-word, igniting a debate over […]
If you’ve delayed your Christmas shopping until this weekend, we understand. Fortunately, you’re probably not alone. But if you need a little stress relief and have the time in this last weekend until Christmas, we have compiled as we usually do in this space, a list of activities should you use to partake. If all […]
The premiere for Quentin Tarantino’s violent slave revenge film “Django Unchained” was cancelled on Monday in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut last week, the film’s studio said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the tragedy in Newtown, CT and in this time of national mourning we have decided […]
Kevin Frazier gives the crew behind the scenes insight into the new film “Django Unchained” including tidbits from Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx.
Kevin Frazier gives the crew behind the scenes insight into the new film “Django Unchained” including tidbits from Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx.
Jamie Foxx refuses to name the mothers of his two daughters because it keeps his personal life out of the tabloids. The Oscar winning star of “Django Unchained” has two children, Corinne, 18, and Annalise, four, but the identity of their mothers have remained a secret since birth. Foxx insists he has no confidentiality agreement […]
Denzel Washington’s performance in “Flight,” Don Cheadle of Showtime’s “House of Lies” and the upcoming Jamie Foxx film “Django Unchained” were among the nominees announced this morning for the Golden Globe Awards, handed out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Civil War epic “Lincoln” leads the nominees with seven, among them best drama, best […]
