Author Archives: Kam Williams

Morris Chestnut has been appearing in television and movies for the past two decades. Morris Chestnut (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) In 2014, he shot the feature film “Heist” (aka Bus 657) opposite Robert De Niro and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, as well as “The Perfect Guy” with Sanaa Lathan. The year before, he starred in “The Best Man […]

Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramirez) is considered by most fight experts to be, pound-for-pound, one of the greatest boxers of all time. The intimidating icon earned his nickname “Hands of Stone” by virtue of his prodigious displays of punching power. Edgar Ramírez and Usher Raymond star in HANDS OF STONE Photo: Rico Torres © 2015 The […]

It takes a lot of chutzpah to remake the Hollywood epic that won the most Academy Awards in history. But the reimagined “Ben-Hur” is a fairly-faithful version of the 1959 classic starring Charlton Heston. Morgan Freeman is one of the stars of “Ben-Hur,” which opens this weekend. (Courtesy photo) Both films are based on “Ben-Hur: […]

Dr. Julianne Malveaux has long been recognized for her progressive and insightful observations. She is a labor economist, noted author and colorful commentator. Her contributions to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender and their economic impacts are shaping public opinion in 21st Century America. Dr. Malveaux is the founder and President […]

Born in Kenya in 1965 to Ruth Baker and Barack Obama, Sr., Mark Obama Ndesandjo is an accomplished musician, author, artist and businessman. Prior to settling in Shenzhen, China, he earned a BS in Physics from Brown University, an MS in Physics from Stanford, and an MBA from Emory. President Barack Obama with his brother, […]

A lot of great soul music came out of Memphis in the Sixties and early Seventies. Stax Records launched the careers of acts like Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Booker T. and the MGs while its cross-town rival Hi Records had Al Green, Ann Peebles and O.V. Wright. Take Me to the River is a […]

Denzel Washington in a scene from the movie, “The Equalizer”. Denzel Washington is a man constantly on the move. Never content to just repeat his successes, the two-time Academy Award-winner (for Glory and Training Day) is always searching for new challenges through his numerous and varied film and stage portrayals. From Trip, the embittered runaway slave […]

It is usually a bad sign when a movie studio decides not to preview a picture for film critics. In the case of No Good Deed, Screen Gems claimed that it was refraining from doing so in order to prevent the spoiling of a surprising plot twist. Well, the butler did it! (Just kidding.) “No […]

Dan Kristensen (Klaus Tange) could find no sign of his wife Edwige (Ursula Bedena) when he returned home from a business trip. Moreover, the communications executive’s suspicions were aroused by the fact that the chain was across the door when he unlocked their apartment, suggesting that someone ought to be inside. Inquiring of neighbors only served to compound the mystery, between […]

Bill T. Jones Williams Tass Jones is an accomplished artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer. The world-renowned Renaissance man was born in Bunnell, Florida on Feb. 15, 1952, but raised in upstate New York from an early age. Bill began his dance training at the State University at Binghamton, where he studied classical ballet […]