By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ava DuVernay is making a multipart documentary on Prince for Netflix with the support of the late musician’s estate. The director on Tuesday confirmed Twitter reports late Monday that she’s working on the film. The documentary will be made with extensive use of Prince’s archives and will […]
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Tyler Perry and Tiffany Haddish Somber at Film Premiere
By JOHN CARUCCI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At the world premiere of his new film, “Nobody’s Fool,” Tyler Perry hoped that “good people” from all backgrounds will “step up and do the right thing” to end the divisive speech that many believe has led to violence. Perry, who serves as the film’s writer, director […]
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25 years After Spurning NBA Jam, Jordan Invests in Esports
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quarter century after being famously excluded from the cult favorite video game NBA Jam, Michael Jordan is investing in esports. Jordan on Thursday was announced as an investor with aXiomatic, a major esports ownership group whose properties include powerhouse franchise Team Liquid. Former NBA star and […]
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Author Ntozake Shange of ‘For Colored Girls’ Fame has Died
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70. Shange’s “For Colored Girls” describes the racism, sexism, […]
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NBC Cancels Megyn Kelly’s Show After Blackface Controversy
By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer news at NBC, was fired from her morning show Friday after triggering a furor by suggesting it was OK for White people to wear blackface at Halloween. […]
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Producer Brian Moreland Talks Broadway, His Taye Diggs Directed Play
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Broadway producer Brian Moreland firmly believes that Black people saved Broadway. He explains that back in the twenties and thirties, “Off Broadway was where every Black performer was pushed, or forced off to. That’s where Black people were performing primarily.” As the economy tends to do, it had a […]
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Smithsonian African American Film Festival
By Deborah Bailey, Special to the AFRO The Smithsonian is honoring African-American film and filmmaking this weekend at its inaugural African American Film Festival, Oct. 24-27. The festival, includes a celebration Oct. 25, hosted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture. “Our night at the Museum epitomizes what’s so special about this inaugural […]
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‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer to Receive Career Award
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth E. Carter, the creator of the stunning costumes of “Black Panther” and numerous other Hollywood films, will receive the career achievement award at next year’s Costume Designers Guild Awards. The guild announced Tuesday that the two-time Academy Award nominee will receive the honor at the 21st […]
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Cosby Judge Rejects New Trial Bid; Camille Cosby Sees Bias
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rejected Bill Cosby’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing, leading the comedian’s wife, Camille, to again accuse the judge of bias against her husband. The ruling by the same judge that presided over Cosby’s trial also led the entertainer’s lawyers to file […]
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Don’t Miss the Rear View in the Hitchcock Homage: NUMBER 37
New York, NY, October 8, 2018 – Dark Star Pictures is pleased to announce that it has secured a U.S. theatrical release for the suspense thriller Number 37, beginning Friday, November 2, 2018. In her debut feature film Number 37, South African director Nosipho Dumisa stages a classic Hitchcockian tale against the raw backdrop of slum life in a forgotten […]
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Marvel Universe a Slice Smaller with Luke Cage Cancellation
By The Associated Press The Marvel universe just got a slice smaller on Netflix with the cancellation of “Marvel’s Luke Cage” after two seasons. The news Friday surprised fans and came soon after Netflix axed another live-action Marvel series, “Iron Fist.” Both are part of The Defenders world and ordered up by Netflix among five […]
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Prosecutors: Bill Cosby’s Bid for New Trial is ‘Meritless’
By Maryclaire Dale, The Associated Press Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault case called his bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing “meritless,” and asked the judge to deny him a post-trial hearing. Cosby, 81, has asked for a do-over in the Pennsylvania sex assault case that ended with him being sent to prison last month […]
