The good news is that, Denzel Washington has signed on with Fuqua Films to star in The Equalizer 2. According to Deadline, director Antoine Fuqua has signed his Fuqua Films to a first-look deal with the Sony Motion Picture Group. The deal starts with The Equalizer 2, which starts production in the fall and will be […]
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LOS ANGELES (May 2, 2017) – Global music icon, multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner and multi-platinum selling artist, the incomparable JANET JACKSON, will embark on a four-month North American tour this fall, announced today. Produced by Live Nation, the STATE OF THE WORLD tour is set for a 56-city run beginning September 7, in Lafayette at the Cajundome.
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It’s hard to believe that this week marks a year since we lost Prince. In honor of the impact that the icon had on the world, The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), in partnership with some of the nation’s leading libraries will commemorate the cinematic legacy of Prince with a series of special screenings
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LOS ANGELES, CA – In June, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will launch Academy Gold, a new entertainment industry-wide summer internship and mentoring program that will expand opportunities for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities. This initiative will afford top film entertainment, technology, production services and digital media companies an
Let’s just get this out of the way: It’s about time the Marvel Comics world added more people of color superheroes. Wouldn’t you agree? Now that Netflix has one of the highest rated original series hence; The acclaimed Marvel’s Luke Cage, the powers that be in the entertainment world appears to have taken notice and
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Stephen Hill, President of Programming at BET is stepping down after 18 years with the company on March 31, 2017. Connie Orlando, SVP Specials, Music Programming, and News, will serve as the interim Head of Programming, according to chairman and CEO Debra Lee, who broke the news to staff at the Viacom-owned network via memo
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SAN DIEGO —San Diego director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg makes her Globe debut to helm the award-winning drama, Skeleton Crew, which is presented in association with San Diego’s MOXIE Theatre, where Turner Sonnenberg is Founding Artistic Director. Times are tough in 2008 Detroit, but there’s still one working auto plant. The long hours and demanding shifts have turned the line workers
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LOS ANGELES – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today it has ordered two new docu-series that will join its popular Saturday night programming line-up later this year. “Released,” produced by Lucky 8 TV, features intimate, first-person narratives of formerly incarcerated men and women as they walk out of the prison doors for the first
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When Oprah Winfrey read how one Black woman’s countless contributions to science saved millions, she turned the best-selling book into her next movie. This month Oprah Winfrey, along with Broadway and TV phenom Renée Elise Goldsberry (who plays the film’s title character), star in the unheralded story of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, airing on HBO April 22nd.
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We lost another music legend, the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll Chuck Berry. According to ABC News, Berry died on Saturday, March 18, at the age of 90. Cause of death has not been disclosed., Chuck Berry’s stage performances were bold, brash and distinctively rock ‘n’ roll. Known for performing his signature “duck walk,”
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