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The Score writer Kario Salem is in negotiations to write DreamWorks’ upcoming biopic on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Warner Bros., which has quietly had its own MLK project in development with Salem for the pa,st several years, will team up with DreamWorks to co-finance and distribute the film. Salem is said to have already […]

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Despite her little health episode, the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin declared she will never retire from music. Now that she’s 85 pounds lighter and back on track with her health, the singer admitted it was a thought before, but she’s tied to her music for life. “I’ve considered retiring before, but I’d get so […]

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Despite her little health episode, the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin declared she will never retire from music. Now that she’s 85 pounds lighter and back on track with her health, the singer admitted it was a thought before, but she’s tied to her music for life. “I’ve considered retiring before, but I’d get so […]

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When you are in love, marriage seems like the most worthwhile thing in the world. But what happens when your in-laws get on your nerves? Or when you and your spouse begin to fight? How about when your relationship is thrown into an unimaginable crisis? Is marriage still worth it? Dallas megachurch pastor and film […]

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When you are in love, marriage seems like the most worthwhile thing in the world. But what happens when your in-laws get on your nerves? Or when you and your spouse begin to fight? How about when your relationship is thrown into an unimaginable crisis? Is marriage still worth it? Dallas megachurch pastor and film […]

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On the heels of extending his first look deal with Lionsgate for another two years, Tyler Perry is about to begin filming “Good Deeds,” a new production for the studio in which he’ll once again work both in front of and behind the cameras, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In addition to directing and writing […]

“Sparkle” the remake has been green lighted by Sony productions and is set to begin filming soon. It’s not “Dreamgirls” and it certainly isn’t anything like it, let’s just put that out there right now, at least that’s what producer Debra Martin-Chase told Sister 2 Sister and now you know. Although the story is also […]

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A sweeping, high-profile, and ambitious musical film, ‘The Underground Railroad’ blends two powerful, redemptive stories into the background of Gospel/blues songs. The first story tells about a slave, Samuel Woodward, who escapes with his family to Canada. On their heels, is an obsessed slave hunter, JD Plimpton, who has never lost a slave. Along the […]

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A long-in-the-works Sam Cooke biopic has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The screenwriters behind the all-Beatles musical “Across the Universe” have finished their adaptation of Peter Guralnick’s definitive biography of Sam Cooke for ABKCO, which owns Cooke’s publishing and the bulk of his master recordings. ABKCO CEO […]

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich says filming of the Marvel Studios superhero movie “The Avengers” will take place in Cleveland. Kasich made the announcement Thursday before Mayor Frank Jackson’s State of the City address. The film for release next year features the Marvel comics superheros, including Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Samuel L. Jackson as […]

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Eric Benet will star in new  movie Trinity Goodheart.  In the movie  the visitation from an Angel leads to massive discovery of awareness and earth shattering  faith questions. Eric Benét has joined the cast of Trinity Goodheart, a feature film based on an original screenplay by Rhonda Freeman-Baraka centered around a 12-year old girl on […]

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With Lee Daniels‘s film about Martin Luther King Jr. still in limbo after funding dried up, Universal Pictures will make ‘Memphis,’ the drama about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.. Producing the film will be Scott Rudin, the Oscar-nominated producer of Best Picture candidates ‘The Social Network’ and ‘True Grit,’ with Paul Greengrass serving […]