August 18, 2011
Tweet Actress-director Troy Beyer has stepped behind the camera to direct the new feature-length film “Ex-Free,” which features an ensemble cast of some of your favorite actors and actresses. “Ex-Free” bills itself as “a comedy in which three women kidnap Their Exes in the Hopes of Becoming Free of Relationship Baggage.” Beyer has used social ...
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December 2, 2010
Tweet This scene takes place in a strip club and is apparently the “Frankie” side giving the game to a youngin. Halle Berry must have a knack for playing ugly characters, flawed woman with broken spirits. She looks to be an rare form, exactly 10 years since she won an Oscar for “Monster’s Ball.” [wp-cumulus]
December 2, 2010
Tweet “I like to challenge myself,” says actress Kerry Washington, talking about her part in “Night Catches Us,” a film about a black man who returns home to Philly to find the nation — and the hood — not so free (Dead Presidents, anyone?). Kerry says she was able to do the part because she ...
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December 2, 2010
Tweet The onliest living African-American best actress winner is back again for you movieheads. Halle Berry stars in “Frankie & Alice,” about a young woman with split personalities, no not this one. The production got buzz last year when still shots of Berry walking around showing a little nip caused a stir. Will it garner ...
November 8, 2010
Tweet Coming in at third place (a solid $20 million take) after the weekend box office, it’s a wonder, based on reviews, that “For Colored Girls” even did as well as it did. Movie critics and Tyler Perry have never gotten each other. It took just his last movie for Perry to allow critics to ...
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October 27, 2010
Tweet Kanye West, the great maestro of urban-European art and culture, has released his 34-minute pop art short film, “Runaway”. And is that Nicki Minaj rapping in the intro? West’s new muse is none other than Selita Banks, most famous for her Victoria’s Secret modeling. While she’s not as androgynous as Amber Rose, Banks offers ...
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October 27, 2010
Tweet The short documentary, “Invisible Men” shines a unabashed, harsh spotlight on the unspoken plight of black men in America. The video highlights “Gregory,” a homeless man that has lost it all and trying to stay not afloat, but alive, in U.S. society. Directed by Angela Tucker, the film follows what Gregory is up against ...
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October 26, 2010
Tweet Janet Jackson, the most prominent female singer of the past 20 years, is still going strong after passing the big 4.0. In the past two years, the singer has had to deal with the death of her megastar brother, Michael Jackson, the breakup of her steady, Jermaine Dupri, and has even acted a bit. ...
October 21, 2010
Tweet Beyonce turns to Lady Gaga and says one of the greatest lines in one of the greatest music videos of 2009-10.
October 19, 2010
Tweet This month marks the 15th anniversary of the iconic movie, “Dead Presidents.” The movie was the first organic black film that explored the serious themes of black militancy, the plight of war veterans, and by extension, the social ills of the African-American community to the Hip-Hop Generation. Directed by the Hudlin brothers, the movie ...
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