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*BET Networks announced today it has licensed over 100 episodes each of two sitcoms, “The First Family” and “Mr. Box Office,” from Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios to air on Centric starting April, 2013. Both first-run original series feature recognized and award-winning actors such as Bill Bellamy, Gary Busey, Gladys Knight, Christopher B. Duncan, Kellita Smith, [...]
*Veteran comedian John Witherspoon has been forced to release a statement verifying his existence after false reports that he was killed flooded Twitter on Thursday. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Not only did “RIP John Witherspoon” become a trending topic on Twitter, his biography on Wikipedia.com had also been updated to reflect the supposed death. [...]
*A very verbose Eddie Murphy extends his innate ability to be funny in the new Paramount Pictures/Dreamworks movie A Thousand Words, opening March 9 in theaters nationwide. The premise of the story has Eddie Murphy in the gregarious role of Jack McCall as he is challenged to use his words wisely or face dire consequences now that he has [...]
*John Witherspoon is a staple in Ice Cube’s “Friday” films and the only one—other than Cube himself—who has appeared in all three. He says another “Friday” is about to go into production. On Friday, no pun intended, Witherspoon can be seen in “A Thousand Words” and tells The Film Strip in a phone interview that [...]
*Ice Cube’s production company has confirmed it is developing a fourth “Friday” movie, and are looking to reunite the original cast. “Absolutely, yes the studio is in the process of getting the entire original cast to do another ‘Friday,’” a rep for Ice Cube’s company, Cube Vision Productions, told TMZ. “[Ice Cube] is very excited [...]
*Just one day after Eddie Murphy’s Oscar exit, the teaser trailer for his delayed comedy “A Thousand Words” has its debut. The Paramount/DreamWorks film, due in theaters March 23, 2012, stars Murphy as Jack, a man who will do anything to get what he wants (like faking a birth via phone to get to the [...]
*In the third season of the Boondocks cartoon show, Aaron McGruder takes not-so subliminal shots at Soulja Boy, Tyler Perry, and even President Obama. And now people who are on McGruder’s satirical line of fire can enjoy their animated caricatures uncensored. The Boondocks: The Complete Third Season debuts on DVD November 9th, and all 15 [...]
*The Big Easy Comedy Festival will feature an all-star lineup of comedians for its run from Thursday, May 27 through Sunday, May 30, including Mike Epps, D.L. Hughley and Damon Wayans. Others include Don “DC” Curry, Bruce Bruce, Sommore, Earthquake, Anthony Anderson and George Wilborn are also on the bill, which takes place each of [...]
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