Last year was supposed to be a banner film for Black filmmakers. Fruitvale Station, The Butler, and 12 Years a Slave were released and their…
Lee Daniels, who has helped both Halle Berry (he produced Monster’s Ball”) and Mo’Nique (he directed “Precious”) get Oscars might be in that enviable seat…
Cheryl Boone Isaacs has become the first African American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 86-year-old Academy is responsible for…
Spike Lee has been the nation’s leading Black cinema artist for many years. His groundbreaking film “She’s Gotta Have It” was released in 1986, and…
Satirical news outlet The Onion has issued an apology for a tweet that was sent out during The Oscars calling 9 year old nominee Quvenzhane Wallis a “c**t”. The tweet said “Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhane Wallis is kind of a c**t, right? #Oscars2013” The Onion’s CEO, Steve Hannah issued a statement […]
In 1985, Halle Berry represented the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen All-American Pageant and won. A year later, she became the first runner-up…
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via NewsOne.Com Actress, Octavia Spencer accepted her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in “The Help” on Sunday. “Oh, thank you,” a tearful Spencer said as many in the audience rose to their feet. Read More
According to the AP, the now legendary movie ‘The Artist’ took home all the glory but what about ‘The Help?’ http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/movies/37480
After famously dashing out of the 2007 Academy Awards the moment he lost for best supporting actor, Eddie Murphy is promising that he’ll stick around until the end this time as host of the February broadcast. “I’m looking forward to doing it and I promise I’ll stay there all night,” Murphy said during a press […]
Paramount Pictures has rescheduled the Eddie Murphy film “A Thousand Words,” and will release it March 23, 2012, instead of January 13, 2012. http://eurweb.com/2011/09/paramount-moves-eddie-murphy%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98words%e2%80%99-closer-to-oscars/
*Whoopi Goldberg says she smoked weed before accepting her Academy Award in 1991 for Best Supporting Actress in “Ghost.” http://www.eurweb.com/?p=93718
