A movie about a Black teenage girl struggling with her identity, who suffers verbal abuse from her mother and struggles to fit in with her peers, is currently getting a strong Oscar buzz. No, the movie is not “Precious 2” it is “Pariah,” the story of a teenage lesbian coming to grips with her identity. […]
The Help, the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel about black maids in Mississippi in the 1960s, received five Golden Globe nominations Thursday. RELATED: Could Maya Rudolph’s Movie Nab An Oscar? In addition to the best drama nomination, Viola Davis received a nomination for best actress in a drama. While Jessica Chastain and Octavia […]
Rihanna is out to save the world in the upcoming alien invasion blockbuster Battleship. Based on the Milton Bradley board game, the movie will be an epic sci-fi war film, in which an international naval fleet go to battle against The Regents, an alien race out to conquer the world. When asked why Rihanna was […]
Some women have all the luck–actress Paula Patton is beautiful, talented, married to sexy soul crooner Robin Thicke, and mother to their adorable little boy Julian Fuego. Patton’s career is also on fire; the star of the highly anticipated Mission:Impossible–Ghost Protocol shows off her assets on the December issue of Complex Magazine and reveals that […]
Pop quiz–Can you name at least two current black action stars, excluding Will Smith and Denzel Washington? Or the last time you saw an interracial couple on the big screen where the storyline didn’t revolve around the color of their skin and/or didn’t end as tragically as a Shakespearean play? Columnist J.F. Sargent at humor […]
Immortals starring Henry Cavill, Freida Pinto and Mickey Rourke opens in theaters nationwide today. Director Tarsem Singh offers a visually stunning retelling of the story of Theseus (Cavill), a heroic young man who must save the world against the bloodthirsty and power hungry King Hyperion (Rourke). Watch trailer below: With Hollywood’s everlasting love affair with […]
Actress Adepero Oduye was an honoree at this year’s NextGen 2011 event this past weekend. The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen list features a select group of 35 people working in the industry under the age of 35. Oduye was singled out for her riveting performance in Pariah, a moving story of a Brooklyn teenager coming to […]
(via The Hollywood Reporter) Looks like Hollywood has finally gotten the memo on the lack of diversity on the big screen. Director George Tillman (Notorious, Soul Food) has been commissioned to develop and direct a film adaptation of jazz legend Miles Davis. The movie will be loosely based on the book, “Dark Magus: The Jekyll […]
Queen Latifah and country music icon Dolly Parton get their praise on in the upcoming comedy Joyful Noise. Latifah plays Vi Rose, whose traditional style of choir directing, rubs rival G.G. Sparrow (Parton) the wrong way. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.’s rebellious grandson Randy (Jeremy Jordan), who has his eye […]
Denzel Washington is back in fighting form in the upcoming spy thriller Safe House. Washington plays Tobin Frost, the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes out of hiding after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he’s remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Ryan Reynolds) escapes […]
