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February 11, 2013
In The Help, Viola Davis famously played a maid who discovers her own power. Her new film Beautiful Creatures is based on a book in which her character Amma is also a maid – but with telepathic power. All dark magic aside, the maid part of the deal, for Davis, caused initial hesitation in moving forward with the role.
February 11, 2013
Good Morning America announced Thursday that co-anchor Robin Roberts will return to the show on Wednesday, Feb. 20. Roberts, 52, took medical leave following a successful bone-marrow transplant in September 2012 to treat myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood disorder.
February 3, 2013
Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died. He was 69. The Ohio Players, known for their brassy dance music, catchy lyrics and flamboyant outfits, topped music charts in the 1970s with hits such as “Love Rollercoaster,” ”Fire,” ”Skin Tight” and “Funky Worm.”
February 3, 2013
Accomplished actor Anthony Anderson has appeared in over 20 films, and his stellar work on NBC’s “Law & Order” earned him three of his eight NAACP Image Award nominations. Prior to launching his acting career, Anthony grew up in Los Angeles and attended the High School for the Performing Arts…
February 3, 2013
Veteran TV exec Jeff Zucker spent over two decades at NBC, starting as a researcher in 1986 and ending as the President and CEO of NBC Universal before he left in 2010 amid the network’s merger with Comcast.
February 3, 2013
Movie 43 is a shallow shocksploitation flick which revels in raunchy lowbrow humor. What is supposed to elevate this terminally-crude comedy above your typical bottom-feeder is its A-list cast topped by Academy Award-winners Halle Berry and Kate Winslet…
January 27, 2013
Meagan Good stars in NBC’s midseason drama “Deception” as Joanna Padget Locasto, a San Francisco narcotics detective with childhood ties to a notoriously secretive and powerful New York family, the Bowers. When her childhood best friend, Vivian Bowers, is found dead…
January 27, 2013
Wesley Cook, aka Mumia Abu-Jamal, was born on April 24, 1954 in the City of Brotherly Love. There, he founded a branch of the Black Panthers at the age of 15 after being kicked by a cop at a rally for segregationist presidential candidate George Wallace.
January 27, 2013
‘Broken City’ tells the story of a community that stands to lose everything at the hand of a corrupt mayor and the ex- cop-turned-private investigator who decides to take him on at all costs. The aforementioned hero with a cause is played by Mark Wahlberg.
January 27, 2013
As part of its growing aggressive program strategy, TV One will add the half-hour sitcom Family Time to its Friday night classic comedy block it was announced today by Maureen Guthman, SVP Programming Strategy and Acquisitions.
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