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*A day after country singer Brad Paisley defended his controversial song “The Accidental Racist,” on “The Tonight Show,” the tune’s rapper, LL Cool J, sat down with host Jay Leno to explain his own intentions. The track — ostensibly about fostering understanding between the North and South, and whites and blacks — set the Internet [...]
*Alfre Woodard has found herself a steady gig on BBC America’s crime drama “Copper,” which is currently prepping for the summer premiere of its second season. As previously reported, the show is set in the Five Points area of New York in 1865, the year slavery was abolished. In season 2, Woodward has a five-episode [...]
*In light of the recent situation regarding the NCAA investigation methods, it makes sense to come up with a way to avoid this predicament again. And the solution is simple: allowing players to be compensated. Here is a column I initially wrote after Ohio State was sanctioned for improper benefits going to players about a [...]
*“Django Unchained,” still the number film outside of the US, has caused some of the most passionate discussions and debates in a long time. But something less controversial came up recently when Quentin Tarantino admitted Idris Elba was on the list of possible cast members, but he didn’t recruit him because he’s British. “Yeah, Idris [...]
*Quentin Tarantino sparked something quite interesting or just beat all other filmmakers to the punch. Seven more ‘slave’ themed films are scheduled to premiere this year. One IdieWire.com writer speculates Hollywood is on a celebratory kick, commemorating the 150-year anniversary of the Civil War. Among the seven films to expect this year are “Twelve years A [...]
*By now it should be obvious that “Django Unchained” director Quentin Tarantino has no problem with folks taking offense at his liberal use of the N-word either within his movies, or while discussing his films in interviews. Still, the press room at last night’s Golden Globes appeared taken aback when the director, who won for [...]
*Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” — starring Jamie Foxx as a slave in the pre-Civil War South — is doing strong business among African-American moviegoers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This despite the fact that “Django,” from The Weinstein Co/TWC., features more than 100 uses of the N-word, igniting a debate over whether the movie is [...]
*Charles Barkley likes controversy. It’s a fact at this point. The sports analyst cracked an inappropriate joke in reference to slavery. When co-host Kenny Smith asked the former NBA star to name his favorite president. You already knew it was going to be a hot mess and he probably did too. In response, Charles gave [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE You are young, gifted, and Black. We must [...]
*Spike Lee should have called Quentin Tarantino personally rather than criticize him in public with charges of racism, the director of 2001 Oscar winner “Training Day” said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lee, the director behind “Do the Right Thing” (1989), “Malcolm X” (1992) and the thriller “Inside Man” (2006), made headlines before Christmas when [...]
*Much has been written about the additional weight carried by African American actors who play slaves in the film “Django Unchained,” which stars Jamie Foxx in the title role of a freed slave on a mission to free his wife Broomhilda, played by Kerry Washington. The significance of her character’s struggle is not lost on [...]
*Leonardo DiCaprio is one of America’s most celebrated actors, having received praise in such diverse films as “Gangs of New York,” “The Aviator,” “Catch Me if You Can” and “The Departed.” “It’s the greatest job in the world,” the actor said of his profession. “It’s what I’ve always wanted to do my entire life and [...]
*For the African American actors in “Django Unchained,” the experience of shooting the film on a real former slave plantation was surreal enough on its own. But after director Quentin Tarantino and his production design team added the cotton fields, the dozens of extras working those fields and other details to enhance the plot about [...]
*With Abraham Lincoln being touted in new GOP ads as a reason for African Americans to vote Republican, a film about his struggle to preserve the union is preparing for a nationwide release on Nov. 9 – with Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis in the title role and Steven Spielberg calling the shots. “There are [...]
*Ancestry.com has announced that after extensive research, it concluded President Barack Obama descends from America’s first documented slave – through his white mother. “The nation’s 44th president is also the 11thgreat-grandson of John Punch, the first documented African enslaved for life in American history,” the website stated in a press release. “And what’s more, the [...]
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