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*Are you headed to Australia, Africa, or Turkey or some other far off place over the summer? More importantly, are you carrying small children with you and you’re already fearful of how the trip will go? Well, there may be help for you…if you don’t mind druggin’ your kid. The UK’s Daily Mail is reporting [...]
*For the sixth time in his career, Denzel Washington will compete for an Academy Award…and if things go his way, he’ll leave Sunday’s ceremony in Beverly Hills with his third. The 58-year-old star of stage and screen was first nominated in 1987 – a best supporting nod for playing anti-apartheid activist Steven Biko in “Cry Freedom.” [...]
*Denzel Washington and 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis will be the lone people of color competing for top acting honors at the Academy Awards in February. As previously reported, Washington was announced Thursday among the best actor nominees for his role in “Flight.” He starred as a commercial airline pilot who makes a miraculous crash landing, saving [...]
*The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized the work of Denzel Washington, Quentin Tarantino and the little girl from “Beasts of the Southern Wild” in its nominations for 2013 Academy Awards. Slavery-era dramas “Django Unchained” and “Lincoln” will face off for Best Picture, while “Django” also scored a nom for Best Supporting [...]
*Denzel Washington’s performance in “Flight,” Don Cheadle of Showtime’s “House of Lies” and the upcoming Jamie Foxx film “Django Unchained” were among the nominees announced this morning for the Golden Globe Awards, handed out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Civil War epic “Lincoln” leads the nominees with seven, among them best drama, best [...]
*”Flight,” “Django Unchained,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “Red Tails” and “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” will battle for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the 44th annual NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced the nominations Tuesday for the awards that honor diversity in the arts. The ceremony will [...]
TV One ‘Life After’ continues with the spotlight on Regina Belle November 19, 2012 *“I’m glad they did not focus entirely on my brain tumor, there’s more to my life than what happened in 2009,” said Grammy Award winning Regina Belle about her episode on TV One’s fourth season of “Life After,” which airs Monday, [...]
*EURweb associate Cherise Nicole from CNikky.com recently sat down with actress Garcelle Beauvais. The ladies discussed the boycott of Denzel Washington’s character in “Flight,” why it’s difficult playing a wife of a man dealing with substance abuse, and how she is dealing with being let-go from her former show Franklin & Bash. And what was [...]
*The US box office was hot, hot, hot over the weekend. News that the new James Bond thriller, “Skyfall,” is going through the roof is more than pleasing news to the industry. Meanwhile Steven Spielberg‘s “Lincoln” is large and in chrge while playing in only 11 theaters before it’s big roll out next weekend. Also, [...]
*Here we go. It should be no surprise that ish has hit the fan; now that the new Denzel Washington movie, “Flight,” has been out for more than five minutes; African American women have learned that Washington shares an on-screen kiss with a white woman! In a recent Washington Post story about the film, writer Courtland Milloy, [...]
*Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reportedly asked Paramount to obscure all images of its flagship beer in the Denzel Washington movie “Flight,” reports Deadline.com. In the drama, Washington plays an airline pilot accused of drinking before captaining a plane. It includes scenes showing Washington consuming alcoholic beverages, including Budweiser and assorted vodka brands. The well-reviewed film [...]
*In a guest post for The Hollywood Reporter, Russell Simmons is firing back at calls to boycott Denzel Washington’s new film “Flight.” Some critics believe the movie reinforces black stereotypes with the depiction of an African American airline pilot as a drunk. Simmons, however, believes the film exemplifies “how Hollywood can embrace a new American [...]
*Denzel Washington has done it again. His new star vehicle, “Flight,” made $25 million after its debut in only 1900 theaters; and has already surpassed the $30 million gamble previously set by Paramount. Hot dang! And to think, the star and the film’s director, Robert Zemeckis, took a pay cut–just to be on the safe side. But these [...]
Denzel Washington learns to be free in Paramount’s Flight, arrives in theaters November 2, 2012 *Paramount’s Flight takes a look into life in the air as Academy Award winning Denzel Washington (Training Day) learns to finally be free of his addictions as pilot Whip Whitaker in the action-packed dramatic-thriller. Flight arrives in theaters November 2, [...]
*“Flight” was one of the highest points at the New York Film Festival and was the closing film. Cast members and filmmakers were on hand at the Walter Reade Theater in New York City after the movie to discuss the film. Besides being an excellent story, “Flight’s” exceptional cast added to the movie’s distinction. Denzel [...]
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