Friday, April 17, 2009 |
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson arrives at the premiere of Tyson in West Hollywood, on Thursday.
The documentary film, which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews and was directed by James Toback and produced by Lala Vazquez & Carmelo Anthony’s production company Krossover, is a mixture of original interviews, archival footage and photographs which sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009 |
Check out this trailer for the movie American Violet starring Alfre Woodard, Charles S. Dutton, Xzibit, and introducing Nicole Beharie.
Based on a true story set in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, the film tells the story of Dee Roberts (played by Beharie), a 24-year-old African American single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up in a drug raid. The film will hit theaters on April 17th.
SAMUEL TO PLAY ‘NICK FURY’ LONGTERM
Marvel Comics tapped Samuel L. Jackson to take on the role of comic character Nick Fury in Iron Man 2, and nine other films:
Jackson’s deal is a long-term commitment to play Fury, the leader of the espionage unit the Shield. His deal contains an option to play the character in nine future Marvel superhero films, efforts that are expected to include “Captain America,” “Thor,” “The Avengers” and “The Shield” as well as potential sequels. SOURCE
Jackson worked out a deal with the famous comic company after he reportedly expressed his displeasure with the initial financial offer to reprise his role.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009 |
Push: Based on the novel by Sapphire, is the story of Claireece Precious Jones, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child. She endures unimaginable hardships in her young life: abused by her mother and raped by her father.
The film won numerous awards at this years Sundance Film Festival and was recently picked up by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry.
Oprah had this to say about the film:
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Winfrey said in a statement. “The moment I saw Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, I knew I wanted to do whatever I could to encourage other people to see this movie.
“The film is so raw and powerful—it split me open.”
Make sure to view the clip to see some stellar performances from Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton and new comer Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe. Can’t wait to see this!
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Saturday, January 17, 2009 |
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Mo’Nique and director Lee Daniels arrive at the dinner party for the screening of Push held at the Phoenix Gallery during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Push, based on the novel by Sapphire, is the story of Claireece Precious Jones, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child. She endures unimaginable hardships in her young life: abused by her mother, raped by her father, growing up poor, feeling unloved and generally unnoticed. She is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Guests included Mariah Carey (who plays a social worker in the film), Nick Cannon, Paula Patton (Claireece’s teacher), Robin Thicke and Young Jeezy.
Friday, January 9, 2009 |
Those crazy Wayans’ Brothers are back with another movie spoof called “Dance Flick”. This movie, which hits theaters August 6th 2009, manages to make fun of every recent dance movie you can think of, including “Step Up”, “Save The Last Dance”, and “Hairspray”.
Directed by Damien Dante Wayans, and written by Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Damien Dante Wayans, the film stars Damon Wayans Jr., Craig Wayans, Shoshana Bush, and Essence Atkins.
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Friday, December 19, 2008 |
Check out the trailer for “Obsessed” starring Idris Elba (I like him better with a mustache), Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Ali Larter (NBC’s Heroes).
The movie centers around a successful professional man (Elba) with a beautiful wife (Knowles-Carter) finds his idyllic life threatened by a temp (Larter) in his office who reveals herself as a stalker. It will hit theaters on April 24th.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 |
Beyonce recently expressed her desire to be the first black Wonder Woman:
“What would be better than Wonder Woman?” she tells the Los Angeles Times. “It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It’s time for that, right?”
The singer-actress, 27, has met with representatives at DC Comics and Warner Bros. to discuss donning the red, white and blue bathing suit on screen, she says.
“After doing these roles that were so emotional I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, I need to be a superhero,’” Beyoncé tells the Times. “Although, when you think about the psychology of the heroes in the films these days, they are still a lot of work, of course, and emotional. But there’s also an action element that I would enjoy.” SOURCE
Warner Bros. has been planning a Wonder Woman film for some time now, but there’s no word on who will be playing the big role.
NOTORIOUS NATURI AS LIL KIM
Former 3LW member Naturi Naughton channels her Queen Bee role for the cover of KING magazine’s newest issue. The now broadway actress plays rapper Lil Kim in the upcoming biopic “Notorious”, which is based on the life and career of the late Notorious B.I.G.
The film also stars Jamal Woodlard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, and Anthonie Mackie. “Notorious” will hit US theaters on January 16th, 2009.
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