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*Tessa Thompson, who appeared in the film “For Colored Girls,” has landed a co-starring role in the drama “Copper,” BBC America’s first original scripted series. British actor Tom Weston-Jones (“MI5”) has landed the lead, and Franka Potente (“Run Lola Run,” “The Bourne Identity”) will also co-star in the series co-created by Tom Fontana and Will [...]
*Thandie Newton and Tyler Perry will follow up their collaboration in last year’s “For Colored Girls,” with the director’s upcoming romantic drama “Good Deeds.” The actress has been cast in the lead as a single mom who catches the eye of Perry’s character, Glen Deeds, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Perry is writing, directing and [...]
The arrival of this DVD is highly anticipated in the UK for the many fans who missed the brief release of For Colored Girls in select cinemas at the end of 2010. And Tyler Perry’s translation of Ntozake Shange’s timeless 1975 Tony-nominated choreopoem (dance-infused cycle of poetic monologues) and Broadway smash does not disappoint. While [...]
*Janet Jackson is moving into the film production business. The singer/actress has just signed a production deal with Lionsgate, the studio that released three Tyler Perry films in which she starred. “Many people forget I started out as an actor,” Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter, referring to her TV stints on “Good Times” and “Diff’rent [...]
*Tyler Perry has sent out his latest letter and it bears some of the warmest sentiments from the holidays as well as the news that his last movie “For Colored Girls” was #1 in DVD sales last week. Can anyone tell us how the movie and/or the cast of brilliant African American women missed Oscar consideration? [...]
*Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” opened at No. 1 on the latest national DVD sales chart, beating a pair of other new releases that did better at the box office. “Girls” ($38 million box office), which documents the struggles endured by women of color as expressed in a series of 20 poems, overshadowed “Life As [...]
*Winner of the 2005 NAACP Image Award as the “Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture” for Ray, Kerry Washington is a versatile, talented and fearless actress who has built an impressive list of credits over the course of her relatively brief career. She has also garnered critical acclaim for recent roles in Mother and Child, [...]
*Jasmine Guy has been entertaining audiences by dancing, singing and acting for many years and is etched into our minds as Whitley Gilbert of “A Different World.” But that was only the tip of her very large entertainment iceberg. Broadway, films, sitcoms? She’s done them all. Our Lee Bailey was able to speak with [...]
*Singer/actress Janet Jackson, looking ravishing in red, is on the cover of the December 2010 issue of Health Magazine. Inside she talks about her upcoming book called “True You” and her role in Tyler Perry’s latest film “For Colored Girls.”
*The reviews of Tyler Perry’s “For Color Girls” have ranged from disappointing to damning to powerful and poignant. It’s a mixed bag sure enough. Yet decidedly there was no rainbow in the movie’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange 1970′s Broadway production of “For Color Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” When the [...]
*Born in London on November 6, 1972, Thandie Newton is a consummate actress associated with riveting performances in everything from Beloved to Besieged to Crash. She will soon be seen in the independent film Vanishing on 7th Street where she stars opposite Hayden Christensen and John Leguizamo, and she is currently shooting the psychological thriller [...]
*Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls” earned a Lionsgate-estimated $20.1 million in its opening weekend to place third at the box office. The DreamWorks Animation’s 3-D comedy “Megamind” won the weekend with a studio-estimated $47.7 million, while “Due Date,” a reunion between “The Hangover” director Todd Phillips and star Zach Galifianakis, took 2nd place with $33.5 [...]
*The time is finally here! Tyler Perry’s film adaption of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Consider Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf” is slated to hit theaters in the blink of an eye. EURweb.com has been doing our best to keep our readership informed regarding all of the buzz surrounding the film. From the [...]
*BIG BUDGET FILMSDue Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad-to-be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baby. With Michelle Monaghan, [...]
*Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg and other cast members from Tyler Perry’s new film, “For Colored Girls,” are performing double duty on the project — not only acting but also contributing to its soundtrack. Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Jackson and Goldberg are among those who recite poems in the [...]
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