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*Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 the curtains will rise at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles for the highly anticipated stage play “My Brother Marvin” written by renown director and producer Angela Dunlap, and inspired entirely by Zeola Gaye, sister to the late music icon Marvin Gaye.Once more Zeola Gaye gave a candid interview to The [...]
Paramount Pictures’ Pain & Gain is hilarious but powerful, based on a true story it arrives in theaters April 26, 2013 *”It was all MichaelBay,” said Anthony Mackie who stars, along with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Mark Wahlberg, in the Paramount Pictures release of Pain & Gain – a true story of kidnapping, extortion [...]
*Award-winning actress Lynn Whitfield is a busy bee these days. She has two major projects brewing, one of which is in progress, and the other happens this Friday, April 26. In “My Brother Marvin,” a stage play that explores the family drama of legendary crooner Marvin Gaye, Ms. Whitfiled plays the role of the matriarch [...]
*Garcelle Beauvais has signed on to star in “And Then There Was You,” an indie drama being directed by Leila Djansi, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Beauvais stars as a teacher who has to pick up the pieces of her life after her husband leaves. When she falls for a new man, she discovers he, [...]
*Evidence, a Dance Company is widely known for its eclectic blend of African, modern, ballet and social dance styles to tell stories about the human experience. Each year, the premium dance company hosts an annual gala with proceeds supporting Evidence’s mission to promote understanding of the African Diaspora through dance, music and storytelling. Evidence, A [...]
*Marques Houston got a wake up call while taking on a new role as the marketing executive “Sean Price” in the dance film “Battlefield America.” He’s a hardworking man, but this gig was a bit much this time around. “I’m very lazy, and I didn’t know how lazy I was,” Houston admitted to The BoomBox, [...]
*It’s been more than two decades since Lynn Whitfield famously sashayed half-naked in one of her numerous standout made-for-TV movies, “The Josephine Baker Story.” On Saturday (Aug. 25), the veteran actress returns to the small screen – this time as a dying mother of 37-year-old twin sons in the GMC original movie, “Somebody’s Child.” [SUBSCRIBE TO [...]
*GMC TV presents “Somebody’s Child” starring NAACP Image Award nominee Michael Jai White (“Why Did I Get Married Too,” “We The Party”), Emmy Award winner Lynn Whitfield (“The Josephine Baker Story,” “Eve’s Bayou”), and Byron Minns (“Undisputed”) in a powerful drama of a family united. Based on Siddeeqah Powell’s original screenplay “Somebody’s Child” makes its [...]
*A film that’s been sitting in the vault for several years is finally getting released … via DVD. For whatever reason – “Mama I Want to Sing” starring Ciara, Lynn Whitfield, Patti LaBelle, Hill Harper and Ben Vereen – didn’t get a lot of attention as in a theatrical release that we’re aware of when [...]
*New York, NY - On Saturday, October 16, 2010, BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ celebrated the brilliance, beauty, grace and influence of black women. Hosted by Nia Long, BLACK GIRLS ROCK!™ honored the most exceptional women of color in the country from Missy Elliot to Raven Symone and featured performances and appearances by Malinda Williams, Shontelle, Lynn [...]
*Another great movie has eluded a major box office push and ends up on DVD shelves this week as Indican Pictures releases “Kings of the Evening” starring Emmy Award winning Glynn Turman and Lynn Whitfield. This summer’s modest theatrical release was preceded by a stream of film festival wins that thrilled audiences nationwide. “Kings” also [...]
*Just paroled after doing a couple years on a chain gang, Homer Hobbs (Tyson Beckford) is eager for a fresh start. This is easier said than done, since he has several strikes against him, being an unskilled black man with a record. This dilemma is compounded by the fact that it’s the State of Georgia [...]
*Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Ray Liotta team up for director Mario Van Peebles’ upcoming indie drama “Things Fall Apart.” According to Variety, the story follows a star football running back (50 Cent) who faces a personal tragedy as well as his own mortality while in his senior year in college. Liotta plays a doctor. [...]
*Just paroled after doing a couple years on a chain gang, Homer Hobbs (Tyson Beckford) is eager for a fresh start. This is easier said than done, since he has several strikes against him, being an unskilled black man with a record. This dilemma is compounded by the fact that it’s the State of Georgia [...]
*Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is expected to drop about 65 pounds for his new role in “Things Fall Apart,” a feature film which he is also for Cheetah Vision Films says Variety. The story follows a football running back who suffers a personal tragedy in his final year of college that makes him question his [...]
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