Sunday night (April 25), the jazz-inspired animated film Soul won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Pixar’s first film starring a predominantly black cast also became the only movie ever to win that award without playing in U.S. movie theaters. With theaters across the country closed at the time of its release, Soul premiered on […]
via praisebaltimore: LeBron James and John Legend are teaming up to bring a fan favorite to the TV screen. The I Promise School founder and the newly awarded EGOT, respectively, will be working with writer Wendy Calhoun for a “women-led” CW adaptation of the biographical film, Lean on Me. The series will have the same name […]
via TheChristianPost: “Mambo No. 5” singer Lou Bega sold millions of albums worldwide in the late ’90s singing about the many women he was involved with. But now an upcoming film will show that he’s changed his life around and is living for Jesus. Triple platinum recording artist Bega shot a recent promotional video for an upcoming […]
getty image: Actor T.C. Stallings has revealed that like “War Room”, the upcoming faith-based film “A Question of Faith” provides audiences with quality entertainment while upholding Biblical truths. “A film can have a great message, but if it’s not watchable, people tend to tune out and they don’t really get a chance to see the […]
Oprah Winfrey and Lee Daniels are reportedly looking to get a remake of the 1983 classic Terms of Endearment in the works. The film, based on the book of the same name written by Larry McMurtry, followed the 30-year relationship between a mother and daughter and earned itself 11 Academy Award nominations, ultimately winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best […]
2016 ended on a high note for Jekalyn Carr, due to the success of her debut live recording, The Life Project, and its lead single, the chart-topping faith anthem, “You’re Bigger.” The latter, became her first number 1 single, garnered her first Grammy nomination, and now, continues to shine in 2017 as it has opened […]
They call themselves a ragtag collection of musicians. But the results tell a different story. Hillsong United songs are sung in 60 different languages, and the band has sold more than 17 million albums. It began as a tiny church Down Under and now Hillsong congregations worship in more than a dozen locations around the […]
The image of the “deadbeat dad” has been and remains pervasive but there are millions of men in America who live in defiance of this stereotype. Our film Daddy Don’t Go was born from these parallel and enduring realities: that one in three American children is fatherless but there are also countless fathers fighting to be […]
Today the hustle and bustle of downtown Cleveland is a little faster and a bit more furious. And it’s not just because the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 tonight at Quicken Loans Arena. (Cavs won Game 1) Filming for “Fast and Furious 8,” the latest installment in the “Fast and Furious” […]
The independent film “Southside with You,” which premiered earlier this year at Sundance, is getting ready to wow us with the epic romance of Barack and Michelle Obama. John Legend executive-produced the film and now we have the first trailer for “Southside with You.” It’s our first true peek at Parker Sawyers’ Barack Obama and […]
] *A quarter century may have passed since “New Jack City” invaded movie theaters, but the classic crime thriller remains relevant today with regards to Hollywood’s diversity dilemma. In fact, a worthy source to tap for guidance could be “New Jack City” director Mario Van Peebles, who had a diverse mind state in constructing his […]
If you want to discuss two important topics, faith and race, with your children, Sherri Shepherd has the perfect way to broach these subjects effectively. The 48-year-old Christian actress and comedian recommends watching and conversing about Woodlawn, the faith-based film based on a true story. “This is a film that you can sit down and […]
