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Slap! “Everything you are, and everything you have, is because of that Butler.” One of many powerful quotes in Lee Daniel’s’ film “The Butler.” In the explosive scene which this particular quote is referring to, the character Gloria Gaines portrayed by Oprah Winfrey, takes her hand and as we say in Black culture, “slaps the […]

In a press release dated August 1, 2013  the NAACP Hollywood Bureau congratulates Cheryl Boone Isaacs, on becoming  President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The Academy, which produces the annual Oscar ceremony, has not had a female president since 1983, and has never had an African-American president in its 86-year history. “Cheryl

  (San Diego, CA)  Creativity at its best comes from cool, hip and awesome life experiences, according to filmmaker, artist and entrepreneur Nick Conedera, the creative genius behind the indie film, “SHARP.” Born and raised in San Diego, Nick admits that at age 14, he met his first love filmmaking.  Surrounded by artistic family members

  (Oakland, CA) It’s a truth universally acknowledged that kids hate their parents’ music, or at least do their best to ignore it. Garage bands don’t borrow CDs from their parents so they can practice disco covers. Okay, maybe, but only in some kind of ironic hipster way. Well there’s nothing ironic about the music