When Academy Award winning actress and comedienne Mo’Nique revealed director Lee Daniels told her she had been blackballed in the industry after her stellar performance…
Uh oh, it looks like we’ve got a war of words or at the very least a big misunderstanding between Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels. Mo’Nique is getting back at Daniels who – as we reported earlier – said she fell from grace in Hollywood for making unreasonable demands. Reports say that the Oscar winning actress/comedian […]
Academy-Award winner Mo’Nique recently opened up about how she was “blackballed” in Hollywood due to what Lee Daniels explained as her not willing to “play the game” to Oscar campaign in 2009. While Daniels stood by his comments, Sheryl Lee Ralph shared her thoughts with “Access Hollywood” about his theory on Mo’Nique’s blackballing and the […]
Five years after her Oscar win as Best Supporting Actress for Precious, Mo’Nique has been less visible than ever before. Once a standup comedian and actress who appeared in several film before her Oscar win and hosted a BET talk show, Mo’Nique has had few credits since. She’s behind the indie movie Blackbird with Isaiah […]
(ATLANTA, GA) Out On Film, Atlanta’s LGBT film festival, will open its 27th annual international event with the debut of Patrik-Ian Polk‘s (“Noah’s Arc”) acclaimed “Blackbird” on October 2nd. This adaptation of Larry Duplechan‘s book, written by Polk and Rikki Beadle Blair, stars Academy Award winner Mo’Nique, Isaiah Washington (“Grey’s Anatomy”), D. Woods (Danity Kane) […]
Comedian Sheryl Underwood revealed recently that she turned down the opportunity to be a part of the “Queens of Comedy” because she once overheard some…
Comedian Sheryl Underwood revealed recently that she turned down the opportunity to be a part of the “Queens of Comedy” because she once overheard some…
Oscar winner and funny lady Mo’Nique was on “Good Day LA” and give the hosts Steve Edwards and Lisa Breckenridge a lot to chew on when appeared earlier this week. “They’ve never seen that version of mommy…yet?” That was her telling Steve and Lisa that her 9 year old twins have not seen her raunchy […]
Charles S. Dutton and Mike Epps have come aboard the HBO film “Bessie,” a biopic of the legendary Bessie Smith. Queen Latifah stars as the iconic blues singer. The film, written and directed by Dee Rees, chronicles how Smith overcame her tempestuous personal life to become one of the most acclaimed performing and recording artists of […]
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“). […]
Actress, comedian and Oscar winner Mo’Nique has lost over 80 pounds but she’s still a big girl, in her head at least. She’s looking great these days, showing lots of pics of her routine via her Twitter and even impressing Tom Joyner, who says she looked great in person when she sat in with the […]
