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*Rapper T.I. has landed a season-long guest arc on the upcoming second season of the Starz drama “Boss,” which begins production in Monday in Chicago. The series stars recent Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer as ruthless Chicago mayor Tom Kane. T.I. will play Trey, a former gangbanger with designs on a career in Chicago’s City [...]
*Chris Brown alerted his fans via Twitter this week about a possible prequel to the movie “Takers.” He wrote, “S/O 2 every1 watching Takers … talked studio into writing a PREQUEL..” However, there is no real backbone to Brown’s announcement. The producer of the original film, Will Packer, neither confirmed nor denied the next movie. [...]
*Last year at the BET Awards, Chris Brown broke down during his “Man in the Mirror” tribute to Michael Jackson. This year, he’ll return as the top contender at the award show with six nominations. The singer is up for best male R&B artist, viewer’s choice and video of the year for “Look at Me [...]
*‘Takers’ took a “W” this weekend with box office sales topping $20.6 million, a bit more than ‘The Last Exorcism’s $20.4 million, keeping Lionsgate from getting their first-ever third weekend at #1. It’s still a little early, but very appropriate estimate at this point to make that ‘Takers’ no. 1. If the numbers do hold [...]
*The “One Last Big Heist” is a theme of the crime caper genre which has proven to be quite popular over the years. Takers employs that tried and true formula in entertaining fashion, recycling vaguely familiar scenes from the likes of The Italian Job, Ocean’s 11, True Romance, District B-13 and, perhaps most obviously, Heat. [...]
*According to the AP, the scary movie “The Last Exorcism” and the heist thriller “Takers” are in a photo finish for the top spot at the weekend box office. “Takers” is showing in 2,206 theaters compared to the 2,874 screens for “Exorcism.” The caper film cost $30 million to make and had been expected to [...]
*BIG BUDGET FILMSFlipped (PG for mild epithets and mature themes) Puppy love drama about a 2nd grader (Madeline Carroll) whose enduring crush on a cute classmate (Callan McAuliffe) goes unrequited for a half dozen years until the script is flipped when she starts to lose interest just as he finally begins to fall for her. [...]
*Once upon a time the role of an African American in films was less than desirable, but time has witnessed the evolution of the black actor/actress, the black director and now it appears as though the black film production company is making its way to the head of the pack as well. Rainforest Films is [...]
*Sharon Leal (Dreamgirls, Why Did I Get Married?) has landed a leading role on the CW Network’s new series “Hellcats” as head coach Vanessa Lodge. The series premiered September 8, 2010 and will be a much needed “minority lead role” for the network. “As a kid I was caught in the middle…I identified with African-Americans,” [...]
*Hours after sending out the tweet, “Check 106 and park today. I’mmmm baaacckkk,” Chris Brown visited BET’s “106 & Park” on Tuesday (Aug. 24) to discuss a number of issues – including his BET Awards Michael Jackson tribute and rumored tour with Usher. “A lot of people don’t know, I was going to see Michael [...]
*In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, British actor Idris Elba expressed a desire for TV in his country to stop talking about on-screen diversity and “just do it”: put more actors of color on the small screen. “If you look at American television, it is nothing to see a cast that is multi-racial. So [...]
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