Showtime plans to show the documentary about Venus and Serena Williams beginning August 23, even though the United States Tennis Association wants the U.S. District Court in New York to ban it, reports Deadline.com. The USTA sued VSW Productions on June 14, alleging that the filmmakers infringed on the group’s copyrights by including scenes — […]
Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale is set to become the latest Hollywood A-lister to take on a biblical epic after reports state that he is being lined up to play Moses in director Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie. The movie, titled “Exodus,” after the Old Testament book of the same name, chronicles the story of […]
Sherri Sheppard takes on an interview with Angela Bassett and Mary J about the new highly anticipatedLIFETIME movie, “Betty and Coretta”. Both women speak on the grace yet strength the wives of these great men possessed. This movie is said to be a great family movie and a great watch for our young people! article courtesy of Joy105.com CLICK HERE to watch […]
Late actor Michael Clarke Duncan is set to star in his last film, “In the Hive” which will debut December 14. According to BET.com, the film, produced and directed by Robert Townsend, is based on a true story of an alternative school for troubled North Carolina youth. The story centers around a street character called […]
When it come to Sunday morning in most black churches across the country, the Hammond B3 is the standard when it comes to Gospel Music. From the church walls of Bishop Hezekiah Walker to hearing Moses Tyson, tickle the ivory, the Hammond B3 is usually the instruments used most to bring Gospel tunes to life. […]
Tim Greene, a popular hip hop filmmaker known for a variety of films and finding new acts, including Rapping Granny and the movie “Lil Homeez,” has provided free actor/filmmaker workshops in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York and Washington, D.C. At a recent event at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in Washington, Greene […]
Fifteen students at Grambling State University (GSU) this week got a rare opportunity to participate in the filming of a full-length television sitcom pilot on campus. The Film Workforce Training Program, run by GSU film studies instructor Lena Wilson Claybon, was an intensive 10-week class that paired students with directors, scouts, cinematographers and makeup artists […]
Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the icon for a planned documentary about the singer’s “Bad” album. Lee calls it a “treasure chest of findings.” “We have footage in this documentary that no one’s ever seen, stuff […]
Houston megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has spoken out on the highly publicized criminal extortion case surrounding the upcoming “Mary, Mother of Christ” film, described by some as a prequel to Mel Gibson’s 2004 “The Passion of the Christ.” Osteen signed on with Aloe Entertainment to executive produce “Mary, Mother of Christ,” but the Lakewood […]
*Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers is more than just the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. He’s a budding filmmaker and actor. Who knew?! In a short film produced for Pepsi MAX called “Uncle Drew,” Irving pokes fun at his generation of players and street ballers (while also providing an homage) with his uncle Drew […]
Neema Barnette may not be a household name, but you’ve seen her work. She’s one of the few African-American TV and film directors who’ve had a long-lasting Hollywood career. Over the course of her two-decades in the business, she’s directed over 30 TV shows, TV movies and movies including episodes of “The Cosby Show” […]
Some forward-looking college professors enabled television’s Smithsonian Channel to offer a look at the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. from the time in which it occurred. The network said Wednesday it will air a documentary in February culled primarily from local news footage in Memphis, Tennessee, where the civil rights leader was murdered on […]
