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*Set in the South two years before the Civil War, “Django Unchained” stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead [...]
*Octavia Spencer wasn’t the only African American to win an Academy Award Sunday night. Sean “Diddy” Combs surprised the world when he took home an Oscar for his involvement in “Undefeated.” The Hip Hop mogul won it for executive producing the football flick for best documentary. Movie partner and director T.J. Martin was overwhelmed with [...]
*Christopher Plummer, currently nominated for a best actor Academy Award, has signed on to star in HBO Films’ “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight,” which is being directed by Stephen Frears. Frank Langella also is coming on board the movie, which details the legal fight between Ali and the U.S. government when the fighter became a conscientious [...]
*Mary J. Blige’s song “The Living Proof” from the film “The Help” is one of 39 tunes that made the shortlist for an Academy Award, and now moves on to the next elimination round. [Scroll down for the video.] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen clips featuring each song in random [...]
*In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Vin Diesel said his latest film “Fast Five,” the fifth movie in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, could be a strong contender this awards season. “I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some Oscar talk around this. I don’t know, maybe I’m just biting off what some [...]
*Whoopi Goldberg says she smoked weed before accepting her Academy Award in 1991 for Best Supporting Actress in “Ghost.” Speaking during a voiceover session for her 1992 movie “The Pagemaster” in a video obtained by gossip website TMZ, Whoopi said she was so nervous before the ceremony that she lit up in hopes of calming [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Not everything that is faced can be changed, [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “When you do the common things in life [...]
*Push author Sapphire (real name: Ramona Lofton) has just sold a sequel novel, The Kid, to Penguin Press, to be published next summer. According to Publisher’s Marketplace, The Kid focuses on the son of the main character from Push ”as he approaches manhood — alone, brutalized and with the soul of an artist.” Her first novel, Push, was [...]
*Looks like Halle Berry is going all out for another Academy Award. Per Deadline.com, the actress is launching an awards season qualifying run for her indie film “Frankie & Alice,” which opens Dec. 17 in New York and Los Angeles before its regular theatrical release set for Feb. 4 in the top 20 markets (shortly [...]
*Thanks to her shiny new supporting actress Oscar, Mo’Nique received her official invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The star of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” is among 135 people invited this year to be a part of the prestigious group, which votes for the Academy Awards. [...]
Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ————– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE Today’s ‘Live Better with Willie Jolley’ Tip: Don’t [...]
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