June 18, 2013

Will Smith Eyes ‘Focus’ after Affleck, Gosling Drop Out

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*Will Smith is reportedly in talks to lead “Focus,” a long-in-development crime drama about a con man who gets romantically involved with a novice entering the field, only to be thrown off his game when the former flame shows up just as he’s staging an elaborate con in Buenos Aires. The script was originally written [...]




The Pulse of Entertainment: Both Brandy and Kyla Pratt are Back on TV

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Brandy and Kyla Pratt are back for a new season of BET’s ‘The Game’ and ‘Let’s Stay Together,’ premiering March 26, 2013 *BET Network has two hits series “Let’s Stay Together” and “The Game” which are returning for a new season Tuesday, March 26, 2013  premiering at 10pm and 11pmET/PT. Its talented stellar cast is [...]




NFL’s Bret Lockett & ATL’s Mimi Faust Show Amazing Support for ‘Spiderman!’

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*The stars show full force support for Sony Picture’s The Amazing Spider-Man. No stranger to the spotlight, NFL New England Patriot star Bret Lockett graced the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere. Currently in his off-season, Lockett hit the premiere sans a date after rumors swirled last year of his alleged involvment with Kim Kardashian. He isn’t [...]




‘The Help’ Earns 8 NAACP Image Award Noms

"The Help" photocall at the 37th Deauville American Film Festival. (L-R) Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and author Kathryn Stockett

*Critically-acclaimed drama “The Help” picked up eight nominations today for the 2012 NAACP Image Awards. The film starring Viola Davis and Golden Globe winner Octavia Spencer will compete for Outstanding Motion Picture against seven-time nominee “Pariah,” Eddie Murphy’s comedy “Tower Heist,” “Jumping The Broom” and “The First Grader.” “The Help” stars Viola Davis and Emma [...]




‘The Help’ Cast To Receive ‘Ensemble Acting Award’

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*The cast of DreamWorks film “The Help” has been chosen to receive this year’s Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award at the 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz, the first awards show of the Oscar season. Carlos de Abreu, the Founder and Executive Director of the event, says that no fewer [...]




‘The Help’ Now No. 1 Film in America

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*“The Help” continues to captivate audiences everywhere, even after opening week. The second weekend it cleaned up and moved up to No. 1 with $20.5 million, raising its domestic total to $71.8 million and bumped “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” to No. 2. The period drama stars Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Octavia [...]




Crazy Stupid Love Opens this Weekend!

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*Warner Bros. Pictures and Carousel Productions present Crazy Stupid Love, a comedy with a heart! If you’re into unpredictable romantic comedies, Steve Carell has done it again! Now with a proven knack for profitable comedy, Steve has to his credit the TV shows Comedy Cental & The Office along with blockbuster movies The 40 Year [...]




The Film Strip: Chris Evans relates to Captain America

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*Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment can take pride in the fact that “Captain America: The First Avenger” is not a routine Marvel Comics movie and it will take a lot for any sequel to meet its standards. Captain America aka Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) embodies the aspirations of many hot, bloodied Americans. Evans says he [...]




Audio: Viola Davis Explains Her Decision to Play a Maid in ‘The Help’

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*Actress Viola Davis addresses the elephant in the room regarding her forthcoming film “The Help.” There has already been frustration expressed from those who simply heard that two-time Academy Award nominee Viola Davis is playing a maid in her next movie – without knowing anything about her character from the book upon which the film [...]




Viola Davis: Called ‘Hypnotic’ by ‘Help’ Costar; Covers August Essence

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*Viola Davis, the cover girl for Essence magazine’s August issue, touches on a number of topics in her cover story, including coming to grips with a culture that seldom makes dark-skinned women feel like “the chosen one.” The Oscar-nominated actress says she feels more like a “princess” now than ever before. As she anticipates the [...]




Viola Davis Film ‘The Help’ Gets Help from Nate Berkus

(L-R) Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis in "The Help"

*Following in the footsteps of his mentor Oprah Winfrey, home-makeover guru Nate Berkus has become an executive producer on a film — the highly-anticipated “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller about a secret sisterhood of women in 1960s Mississippi. Wednesday’s episode of “The Nate Berkus Show” gives a sneak peak at the film with [...]




EUR Film Review: Easy A

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*Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) was a social zero who barely registered a blip on the radar at Ojai North High until the fateful Monday morning she inadvertently started a rumor about herself. Too embarrassed to admit to her best friend, Rhiannon (Aly Michalka), that she’d just spent another entire weekend home alone, she impulsively makes [...]




Viola Davis Cast in Film Adaptation of ‘The Help’

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*Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling debut novel “The Help,” which follows the lives of three extraordinary women during the civil rights era in 1960s Mississippi, is being adapted for the big screen with an all-star cast. Viola Davis has just been cast as determined maid Aibileen Clark, reports Entertainment Weekly. Allison Janney was recently slotted to take [...]




Viola Davis: From Oscar Nominee to ‘The Help’

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Actress Viola Davis, a supporting actress Oscar nominee for “Doubt,” has just booked her first-ever headlining role…playing a maid for a white woman in the 1960s. Before the outrage begins, consider the Dreamworks film is an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help,” which explores the complicated relationships between the upper class matriarchs and their servants [...]