Tuesday, August 11, 2009
UNION TO PRODUCE AND STAR IN "THE VOW
Gabrielle Union is set to co-star and exec produce upcoming Lifetime movie "The Vow."
The film is currently in development at Sony Pictures TV and is based on the 2005 novel by Denene Millner, Angela Burt-Murray and Mitzi Miller about three women who attend a wedding and all decide to be engaged within the next year.
Union was last seen on the bigscreen in "Cadillac Records" and has a recurring role this fall in ABC's new sci-fi drama "FlashForward."
Nzingha Stewart is adapting "The Vow" for television. Tracey Edmonds and Sheila Ducksworth exec produce with Union.
Union was last seen on the bigscreen in "Cadillac Records" and has a recurring role this fall in ABC's new sci-fi drama "FlashForward."
Nzingha Stewart is adapting "The Vow" for television. Tracey Edmonds and Sheila Ducksworth exec produce with Union.
Monday, August 10, 2009
"PREACHER'S KID" TRAILER
Synopsis...
"An unworldly young women, raised by her widowed preacher father, takes off with a charming actor in a touring gospel play."
LUDACRIS SIGNS WITH CAA
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges has signed with CAA for representation in all areas, including music, acting, endorsements and philanthropy.
Musically, Ludacris has sold more than 15 million records in the U.S., and he runs the record label and music production company Disturbing Tha Peace Recordings with partners Chaka Zulu and Jeff Dixon.
As an actor, Bridges has appeared in such films as "Hustle and Flow" and "Rock N Rolla," and he next appears as an actor in the Gerard Butler action vehicle "Gamer," which Lionsgate will release on Sept. 4. He's in negotiations with MTV, Starz and BET to develop and produce scripted and reality TV series that include the docu-reality series "Inside DTP."
He has consolidated his representation at CAA, which will also rep him for endorsements. He is thriving in that department as well, with deals in place with AT&T, Puma, Pontiac, Pepsi. He is launching a TAG fragrance with Procter & Gamble, and he developed Conjure, a cognac that Bridges developed with Birkedal Hartmann.
I salute Ludacris for all that he's doing as I remember when he was just beginning. However, I must say that I'm growing very tired of the whole reality show thing with black celebs. They HAVE to figure out a new outlet for their talents. SIGH...
THIS WEEKEND AT THE BOX OFFICE...
Coming in first place as expected this weekend was G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra which brought in $56.2 Million.
In second place is the cooking movie Julie and Julia which brought in $20.1Million.
Sliding in third place is G-Force which brought in $9.8 Million to bring it's total to $86.1 Million.
In fourth place was Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince which brought in $8.88 Million to bring it's total to a whopping $274 Million.
Rounding out the top five and sliding down four spots is the not so funny Judd Apatow flick "Funny People" which brought in $7.87 Million to bring it's total to $40.4 Million.
BOW WOW AND ICE CUBE TO DO "LOTTERY TICKET"
Alcon Entertainment has acquired Abdul Williams’ script “Lottery Ticket” in turnaround from Rogue Pictures and will finance and produce the urban comedy as a starring vehicle for Bow Wow and Ice Cube, according to Variety.
Music video director Erik White will make his feature directorial debut on the project, set to begin lensing in Atlanta in October.
Story revolves around a young man, portrayed by Bow Wow, living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he’s holding a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million.
Music video director Erik White will make his feature directorial debut on the project, set to begin lensing in Atlanta in October.
Story revolves around a young man, portrayed by Bow Wow, living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he’s holding a winning lottery ticket worth $350 million.
Ice Cube's "Cubevision" is co-producing. I'm guessing that Ice Cube is really fond of the whole idea of winning the lottery as this will be his second forray into that topic. His last go round was in the comedy "All About the Benjamins" with Mike Epps.
IN LIVING COLOR: RANDOM CELEB PICS
Click below for more pics of celebs out and about over the last week.
Friday, August 07, 2009
"BECOMING BARACK OBAMA" TRAILER
Above is the trailer for the documentary "Becoming Barack Obama." This exciting new documentary features footage from three of the earliest known recorded interviews with Obama: a 1986 WMAQ-Chicago news story about Obama's earliest success as a community activist; a 1991 clip from a news interview while he was a student at Harvard Law School; and a 15-minute lost interview done in 1993 by an aspiring African-American documentary producer in Chicago, which never aired.
In the third interview Obama was just 32-years-old, two years out of law school, a professor teaching constitutional law at University of Chicago, a fervent community organizer and a newlywed who had not yet contemplated running for public office. I might think about it, but that time is certainly in the future, says Obama in an excerpt from the found interview.
Becoming Barack also features rare personal photos; interviews with family and a range of Chicago-area leaders in business and in grassroots community organizing who knew Obama intimately during his formulative years, sharing personal memories and anecdotes; and historic photos and video footage of Obama's Chicago in the mid 80's through early 90's.
G.I. JOE PREMIERE PICS
So Paramount decided at the eleventh hour to host a screening of "G.I. Joe" yesterday. Although they didn't do a screening for critics folks have managed to check it out and the reviews are so so. I'm still going to check it out this weekend though. Gotta support Marlon. Check out flicks from the premiere below.
RIHANNA, KANYE AND JAY-Z TO APPEAR ON LENO
Superstars, Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z will be performing on the premiere of Jay Leno's comedy and chat show in September, according to Reuters.
NBC said on Thursday that the trio would perform "Run This Town" from Jay-Z's new album, "The Blueprint 3," when "The Jay Leno Show" makes its debut on September 14 at 10pm.
It will be one of the first, major public performances for Rihanna, 21, since she was assaulted by Chris Brown who it is rumoured that she's actually back to dating again...(hmmm).
Leno told reporters this week that his show would have more comedy and less chat.
BLACK IN THE DAYZ...
This weeks Black in the Dayz movie is one blaxploitation movie that I have yet to see. "Abby" was said to have been a black version of "The Exorcist" but judging from it's description, I beg to differ. I'll have to check it out and come back and report on it sometime. Below is the synopsis.
SYNOPSIS...
Abby tells the story of a young, church-going housewife who is possessed by an erotically charged Nigerian sex demon, accidentally set free of its African confines by her archaeologist father-in-law. Possessed by the renegade spirit, Abby goes on a hell bent spree of destruction and wanton sexual behavior, all to the shock of her minister husband. When Abby's father-in-law returns from Africa to exorcise the demon inside her, all hell breaks loose as a local discotheque is turned into the ultimate battleground of good versus evil as Abby's family fights to save her soul from eternal damnation!
HILL HARPER AUTHORS NEW BOOK ON RELATIONSHIPS
I really dig Hill Harper. He's a smart guy and a good actor who seems to have his head on straight. Despite this, folks don't really seem to know much about the other stuff he has going on. In addition to acting on CSI:NY, Hill owns a hotel in New Orleans, a steakhouse in Beverly Hills and for the past few years he's added book author to the neverending list of his Renaissance.
First there was "Letter's to a Young Brother" and then he followed that up with "Letter's to a Young Sister," both were New York Times best sellers. His latest book, "The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Trusting Relationships" is about to be released next month on September 8. Harper says the dynamics of being in a relationship can be so complex, but dialogue can bring together a better understanding between men and women.
Click the pic above to pre-order a copy. Kudos to Hill for all that he is doing for the black community. He is a true Renaissance man.
KIMORA AND DJIMON SHOW OFF BABY KENZO
Kimora and Djimon recently showed off their new baby Kenzo to OK Magazine. Kenzo means third and wise in Japanese (Kimora's half Japanese and half black). He is such a cutie patootie! Although I haven't really heard much about their nuptials, OK Magazine referred to Djimon as Kimora's husband in the article so I'm guessing that they managed to quietly get married. I kinda feel sorry for baby Kenzo because his big sisters are probably gonna be super protective of him! Check out more flicks below.
Black Power he says...(smile)
Thursday, August 06, 2009
A CLIP FROM "PSYCH"
Sooo excited that my favorite shows, "Psych" and "Monk" return tomorrow to USA. Above is a scene from tomorrow night's episode of "Psych."
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