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 […]
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 […]
Best known for her charm and undeniably witty humor, Taraji P. Henson has been a consistent face in Hollywood for over 20 years. She attended North Carolina A&T but eventually transferred to Howard University, where she graduated in 1995. On the big screen the D.C. native stole our hearts in the hood classic “Baby Boy” […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney and Marvel could be one of the finest teams around. Continuing the success of their superhero franchise, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” has set a record as the biggest domestic April release ever. The Disney sequel debuted with $96.2 million, topping the previous record-holder, 2011’s “Fast Five,” which opened with […]
Born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Cedric the Entertainer is what we call a triple threat. As an actor he’s starred in several television shows and movies including “Ice Age”, “Kingdom Come” and “Big Momma’s House”. As a writer his resume boasts the 2005 American Music Awards and “The Original Kings of Comedy” and as a […]
ABC’s “Scandal,” Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele” and Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ PBS series “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” are among a record 46 programs to receive a Peabody Award this year. The annual honor, named for businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, […]
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has joined the cast of “Spy,” director Paul Feig’s comedy starring Nia Long and Melissa McCarthy. McCarthy plays a CIA analyst who goes into the field for the first time. The cast also includes Jude Law as a suave super spy and Jason Statham as an overconfident yet clumsy spy. Also in […]
RadarOnline.com claims Rihanna is avoiding Tyler Perry’s requests to star in an upcoming romantic comedy because of a warning from the late Whitney Houston. Although Perry took Whitney’s daughter Bobbi Kristina under his wing after her mother’s death, putting her in his show “For Better or Worse,” the website quotes a source who claims Whitney warned […]
Before we even get into the movie Frankie and Alice that is in re-release this weekend, let’s clear something up. Halle Berry’s life is all good right now. The wife to new Revenge star Olivier Martinez and mother to Nahla, 5, and son Maceo, 5 months, the 47-year-old star is having her best life. “Don’t […]
Dayo Okeniyi (“The Hunger Games”) has landed a pivotal role in “Terminator: Genesis,” a reboot of the franchise for Skydance Productions and Paramount Pictures. The studios will film three installments, with the second and third films shooting back to back over nine months. Okeniyi will play a Steve Jobs-type genius named Danny Dyson, who figures […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After weathering a sea of controversy, “Noah” arrived in first place at the weekend box office. Paramount’s biblical epic starring Russell Crowe in the titular role opened with $44 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The imaginative take on the tale of Noah’s Ark from “Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky led […]
If you went to see more than one movie in 2013, then you are not alone. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a recent study from the Motion Picture Association of America found a significant increase in African-American attendance at movie theaters last year. The MPAA estimates that more than 170 million African-Americans went to the movies […]
