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*Thandie Newton this year joins the list of film actresses who have made the jump to series television, a magical land where quality roles for female leads seem to be less of a needle in a haystack. A-list talent like Glenn Close (“Damages”) and Holly Hunter (Sundance Channel’s “Top of the Lake”) have praised the bigger [...]
*DirecTV folks – only you will have access to Thandie Newton’s new series “Rogue,” airing this spring. The British actress plays Grace Travis, an undercover cop whose son is killed in a drive by shooting. In her gut, she believes his death is connected to her police work, but the department takes her off the [...]
*A woman has filed a lawsuit against Tyler Perry claiming he stole her plotline for the movie “Good Deeds,” Reuters reports. Terri Donald, who writes under the pseudonym TLO Red’ness, filed a lawsuit in Philadelphia alleging that Perry based the 2012 movie on her 2007 book, “Bad Apples Can Be Good Fruit.” Donald writes that [...]
*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 “Whatever is bringing you down, get rid of [...]
*Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose and Joseph Mawle have arrived in Calabar, Nigeria, to shoot the movie adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel “Half of a Yellow Sun.” BIlled as an epic love story, the movie weaves together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war and centers on [...]
*Deadline.com is reporting that DirecTV is looking to launch its own original drama series with the pickup of “Rogue,” a 10-episode drama with British actress Thandie Newton in talks to topline. Written by British writer-director Matthew Parkhill , the story centers on an undercover cop (Newton) who takes on a gangster after her young son [...]
*Los Angeles, CA – Roaring up on a Harley Davidson, Tyler Perry made his way to Regal Cinemas at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday evening for the premiere of his latest film, Good Deeds. Perry wrote, directed, produced and starred in the film. Although Madea could’ve conceivably arrived on the scene in the [...]
*Very well accomplished British-Zimbabwean actress, Thandie Newton is taking no prisoners after she revealed how it really is in Hollywood. She told the Belfast Telegraph that the industry is a two-faced, with double standards and is overflowing with racism. “Don’t get me started on Black people being on the cover on big magazines. It’s so [...]
*Thandie Newton says she has no fear living in her London neighborhood following the riots that engulfed the English capital. The unrest earlier this month began in London before spreading to other parts of England, and were prompted by the death of a 29-year-old father-of-four, Mark Duggan, who was shot by police. The actress says [...]
*“Crash” star Thandie Newton recently admitted she had a six-year affair with film director John Duigan when she was only 16-years-old. Oh yeah, he’s 23 years older than her. It all began after traveling to Australia to audition for his film, “Flirting.” She shared with InStyle magazine, “I was a very shy, very sweet girl. [...]
*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 [...]
*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 [...]
*The premier of the highly anticipated “For Colored Girls’ went down this past Monday in New York. The entire cast and celebs up the ying-yang were in the house. Essence.com was on the scene and filed this video report:
*Here is the trailer for Tyler Perry’s film “For Colored Girls,” due in theaters on Nov. 5. The film adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf” stars Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Anika Noni Rose, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Kerry Washington, Kimberly Elise and Lorette [...]
*Photos of the posters of the superb lady cast that Tyler Perry recruited for his adaptation of For Colored Girls, which is dated to hit theaters everywhere November 5th, has surfaced the internet. Perry has brought out the best of Hollywood to remake the 1975 classic collection of poems, Tony Award-winning Broadway play and TV movie written by [...]
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