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The Racialicious TV Upfronts Roundup

The Racialicious TV Upfronts Roundup
This week, television networks held their Upfronts: these are the meetings where they do their best to convince advertisers (and viewers) that their shiny new vehicles are going to be the best of the lot in the season to ... Read More...

Shadow and Act / http://blogs.indiewire.com

First Looks At K'Naan, Patricia McKenzie In David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis"

First Looks At K
Who knew? I didn't know before today that rapper K'Naan and actress Patricia McKenzie both co-star in David Cronenberg's eagerly-anticipated Cosmopolis. Twilight star Robert Pattinson looks to wash off all that vampire angst (and teenage girl fans) in what looks like quite a . . . ... Read More...

NubianEmpress / http://www.soulbounce.com

Who The Game's Gonna Be Missing: Chuck Brown

Who The Game
Sometimes the casual nature of Twitter relays information that is too hard to process. Today I learned of yet another soul legend that passed away, this time the "Godfather of Go-Go," Chuck Brown. While this news was not especially shocking... ... Read More...

Shadow and Act / http://blogs.indiewire.com

Cannes 2012: Ken Burns' New Documentary "The Central Park Five"

Cannes 2012: Ken Burns
I'm an unabashed admirer of the work of doumentary filmmaker Ken Burns. His PBS extensive muti-part documentaries which chronicle the culture and history of America such Jazz, Frank Lloyd Wright, The Civil War and most recently last fall, Prohibition are amazing examples of documentary . . . ... Read More...

Shadow and Act / http://blogs.indiewire.com

Cannes 2012: Halle Berry Thriller "The Hive" Being Shopped At The Marché; June Start Date Planned

Cannes 2012: Halle Berry Thriller "The Hive" Being Shopped At The Marché; June Start Date Planned
Film sales company Sierra/Affinity has come onboard to rep Brad Anderson's (Vanishing On 7th Street, The Machinist) Halle Berry thriller The Hive, and is currently in Cannes shopping the project (and a few others) around to international buyers. Rich D'Ovidio (13 Ghosts, Exit Wounds) penned the script, which is ... Read More...

Shadow and Act / http://blogs.indiewire.com

It's Official! "The Boondocks" Will Return For A Fourth Season

It
Recall Sergio's post in March, alerting you to a radio interview in which actress Regina King, the voice of both Huey and Riley Freeman on Aaron McGruder's popular The Boondocks TV series, said that there was a possiblity the show might be . . . ... Read More...

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Brock Peters as Johnny in The L-Shaped Room.

Brock Peters as Johnny in The L-Shaped Room.
I just finished watching The L-Shaped Room, the 1962 British film starring Leslie Caron and Tom Bell and I can't quite seem to get the stark realism of it out of my head. The movie handles delicate subject matter such as pregnancy outside of marriage and abortion in such a straight-forward matter-of-fact way that Hollywood ... Read More...

SoulBounce / http://www.soulbounce.com

Have A Sip Of Mayer Hawthorne's 'Henny & Gingerale'

Drake claims that Hennessey and enemies are one hell of a mixture, but "Henny & Gingerale" may have a different effect on a party. (Maybe this is what really Common meant when he referred to Aubrey as "Canada Dry"?) Midwest... ... Read More...