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*So, a little superhero movie named “Iron Man 3″, the latest entry into the fabulously lucrative superhero genre that has made a lot of Hollywood executives very, very rich, and a lot of comic book fans very, very satisfied. So with the newest Iron Man on the scene (and a new Superman very soon), let’s rank the [...]
*Director Baz Luhrmann not only enlisted Jay-Z to oversee the soundtrack to his remake of “The Great Gatsby,” but also used the rapper’s music to get his actors in the right frame of mind on set. The Aussie-born filmmaker describes one party scene where he needed his actors to lose all restraint and get buck [...]
*Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington star in the new comedy produced by Tyler Perry, “Peeples.” The comedy, written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism is about a woman (Kerry Washington) that is afraid of revealing her not-so-impressive boyfriend (Craig Robinson) to her “Perfect” family. Her father (David Alan Grier) is a very successful and respected [...]
*David Alan Grier can thank one person for his role in “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples” – his co-star Kerry Washington. “Kerry and I were doing “Race” on Broadway and the [film’s] producers all came,” the 56-year-old “In Living Color” veteran told us during interviews for “Peeples,” opening Friday. “I don’t know how much Kerry had [...]
*No one north of Jamaica Avenue, west of the Hudson River or having a 22 I.Q. picked the Brooklyn Nets to get to the NBA Finals anytime soon, so enough belly-aching over their unceremonious exit. All the pomp and splendor of the Brooklyn Nets season has run its course, not unlike the S. Carter sneaker [...]
*It was a night of nights at the Mark Taper Forum last night when the stars came out for the opening of the August Wilson classic “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” directed by Phylicia Rashad. Stars in attendance included Angela Bassett, Dawn Lewis, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Harry Lennix, Lamman Rucker, Lynn [...]
*Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington – two actors with white hot careers – star in the new film “Peeples” out in theaters this weekend. They both revealed their individual reasons for wanting to star in the film together … Kerry: “For me doing a comedy because I love to be able to change it up [...]
*Kerry Washington’s season has arrived. The Bronx-born actress is gracing magazine covers, posing on red carpets and preparing to deliver a commencement address at her college alma mater – all while balancing a busy film career with a starring role on television’s hottest drama. With her last film “Django Unchained” resting comfortably On Demand, Washington [...]
*Angie Stone is the newest diva on the second season of TV One’s “R&B Divas: Atlanta.” The multiple Grammy nominated artist and songwriter has some 30 years in the business. Her music, such as “Baby,” the duet with Betty Wright, that garnered her a Grammy nomination, reaches down not only into the soul but the [...]
*The April 2009 hijacking of container ship MV Maersk Alabama by four Somali pirates has been made into a film starring Tom Hanks as the vessel’s kidnapped captain Richard Phillips. Due this fall, Columbia’s “Captain Phillips” will detail how the Massachusetts native and his crew of 20 became the first American cargo ship to be [...]
*Fans of Raheem DeVaughn will take an intimate journey towards a new location with the singer’s upcoming album, “A Place Called Loveland.” According to DeVaughn, his role will simply be to provide the soundtrack for those looking for a romantic escape with someone special. “Loveland is a place. It’s a place that we shall all [...]
*NBC’s “The Voice” kicks off a three-nighter tonight with the top 16 competing live for viewer votes. It’s been an emotional ride for the contestants thus far, and the show’s Social Media Correspondent Christina Milian has been riding shotgun alongside the singers through every step of the process – from the auditions through the battle [...]
*The exquisite Kirk Douglas Theatre in downtown Culver City, California was the host site for the world premiere of The Royale by Marco Ramirez starring David St. Louis as boxing champ Jay “The Sport” Jackson, under the direction of Daniel Aukin. The spectacular lighting of Lap Chi Chu, the set design of Andrew Boyce and [...]
*Among all the troubling things that have come out of the Boston bombing attacks, perhaps nothing is more disturbing than the rise of breathless, paranoid conspiracy theories that have spread like a virus. No longer concealed to the disturbed forums of darkened corners of the internet, these insane theories have gone mainstream – helped by [...]
*Everytime there’s a fight that Floyd Mayweather is involved in, no matter who the opponent is, everybody that’s somebody comes out to see him go at it with whomever it is, it doesn’t matter. They come out in groves. And folks, you can’t find anyone who would have enough courage to bet against him. Mayweather has [...]
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