https://youtu.be/jX_eOikBBps Director: Roger M. Bobb Writer(s): Cas Sigers Beedles Starring: Garcelle Beauvais, Terri J. Vaughn, Essence Atkins, Malinda Williams, Stephen Bishop, Khalil Kain, Xiona R. Nieves-Vargas, Eli Cay, Teresa Truesdale, Elia Enid Cadilla,...
https://youtu.be/mIl-XY9t_Lw Director: Alex Kendrick Writer(s): Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick Starring: Karen Abercrombie, Priscilla C. Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Tenae Downing, Alena Pitts, Michael Jr., Jadin Harris, Alex Kendrick, Dave Blamy, Thomas A. Ford III,...
by Mike Fleming Jr. | Deadline Hollywood The Weinstein Company is ready to greenlight its Richard Pryor biopic, and my, have Harvey Weinstein and Lee Daniels put together a terrific cast. The new additions: Oprah Winfrey will play Pryor’s grandmother, who ran a...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act It may come as a surprise to some that Spike Lee, despite a 30-year-long career as a filmmaker, and over 20 feature films, has never won an Academy Award (unless you count the Student Academy Award he received in 1983 for his NYU...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act Viola Davis, who won a Tony award for her performance in the 2010 Broadway production of "Fences," has revealed that she will appear in a screen adaptation of the August Wilson play. “They are making 'Fences,' August Wilson’s...
By Pete Hammond | Deadline Hollywood The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just unveiled its honorees for the 2015 Governors Awards, with Spike Lee and Gena Rowlands landing the annual honorary Oscars and Debbie Reynolds getting the Jean Hersholt...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hz2GIowLII By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, here's the 4th part of its annual Emmy season roundtable chats that we all love so much, released leading up to the September 20 Primetime Emmys this...
Shannon Lanier interviewing stars on the red carpet at the McDonald's 365 Black Awards in 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xywic3jtkS4 Director: Ben Samuels Writer(s): Ben Samuels Starring: Rosebud Baker, Matt Riker, Ben Samuels, Montana Marks, Amy Rutledge, Jonas Parker, Carol Anne Raffa, Bradford How, Peter Delaurier, Dan McGlaughlin, Ryan Haagen, Matt...
by Jeremy Gerard | Deadline Hollywood The Oscar winner will take on the lead role in a revival of the 1941 drama staged by British director Michael Grandage (Red, Frost/Nixon). Whitaker (Southpaw, The Last King Of Scotland, Bird, etc.) will play Erie Smith, the role...
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act A newly-restored print of Ousmane Sembène's 1966 classic "La Noire de…" ("Black Girl") has been announced as an official selection of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's lineup for Special Events and Revivals taking place during...
https://youtu.be/tjQqJwpYwN8 Director: Peter Bogdanovich Writer(s): Peter Bogdanovich, Louise Stratten Starring: Imogen Poots, Illeana Douglas, Graydon Carter, Owen Wilson, Scott Campbell, Erin Heatherton, Melanie Hill, Jake Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Richard Lewis, Cybill...