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A new season of Roomieloverfriends, the web series created by the Black Sexy TV team (aka Dennis Dortch and Numa Perrier), and executive produced by Issa Rae (aka Awkward Black Girl) via her Issa Rae Productions.  We here at SA totally love what these folks are doing within the web series space, building a strong library of work, giving audiences (especially black audiences) varied slices *our* [...]

Continue Reading Watch Season 2, Episode 1 Of ‘Roomieloverfriends’ (From Black & Sexy TV/Issa Rae Prod)

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Today in history… May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the 4th of 7 children, to Earl Little and Louise Norton. Of course, I’m sure we all know of Spike Lee’s 1992 film based on the life of the man – a film that will rest among the nation’s [...]

Continue Reading Malcolm X Was Born Today; Watch Orlando Bagwell’s Comprehensive Doc ‘Malcolm X: Make It Plain’ Now

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Only in the film business can a movie make $84 million over the weekend and still be considered a disappointment. But that’s what some people are saying about Star Trek: Into Darkness. Since it opened Weds night, the film has grossed that amount, which is about equal to what the previous Star Trek reboot made, during its [...]

Continue Reading Weekend B.O. May 17-19 (What’s A Disappointment?)

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Via press release from ABC: ABC’s “Scandal” Marks Most-Watched Telecast Ever and Spikes Over Last Season’s Finale In its second season finale, ABC’s red-hot Scandal delivered the series most-watched telecast ever (up for the 3rd week in a row) and tied a series high in Adults 18-49 for the 2nd week running. The show also [...]

Continue Reading ABC’s ‘Scandal’ Marks Most-Watched Telecast Ever & Spikes Over Last Season’s Finale

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The highly anticipated film adaptation of Ivory Coast-born/France-based author Marguerite Abouet’s popular graphic novel series, Aya de Yopougon (Aya of Yop City) will open in France on July 17. Abouet’s Aya de Yopougon series, which is illustrated by her husband, Clement Oubrerie, is a global phenomenon that has been translated into numerous languages around the [...]

Continue Reading First Trailer & Poster For Film Adaptation Of Ivorian Graphic Novel ‘Aya de Yopougon’

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We’ve been following the progress of Kenyan filmmaker Hawa Essuman’s supernatural feature Djin, for about 2 years now, as it’s picked up financing in bits and pieces, via various film markets, co-production initiatives, grants received and more, including, most recently, the Director’s Eye prize at the 9th African Film Festival of Cordoba (Spain), which comes with 25,000 euro (or about $32,600) to be used for development. [...]

Continue Reading Kenyan Director Hawa Essuman Talks ‘Soul Boy,’ & Upcoming Supernatural Drama ‘Djin’

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A week ago, CBS announced that it had passed on the Beverly Hills Cop TV series adaptation, which Brandon T. Jackson was to star in as Axel Foley’s (Eddie Murphy’s) son. But the producer of the series, Sony Pictures Television, now says it’s shopping the show, one of this season’s high-profile pilot projects, to other networks, which I’m not at all surprised [...]

Continue Reading CBS’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Series Isn’t Completely Dead After All…

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Titled Crisis, NBC has set Sunday nights at 10pm to broadcast the Lance Gross thriller from writer/executive producer Rand Ravich. Gross stars alongside Dermot Mulroney and Gillian Anderson, in what is described as an emotionally-charged political action thriller set in Washington DC, that will follow Marcus Finley (played by Gross), an idealistic Secret Service agent who finds himself at the center of an international crisis on his first day on [...]

Continue Reading Watch Lance Gross & Michael Beach In Action In 1st Trailer For NBC’s Political Thriller ‘Crisis’

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Morgan Freeman has signed up to co-star with Diane Keaton in a dramedy titled Life Itself, which is based on a novel by Jill Ciment titled Heroic Measures.  Here’s Amazon’s description of the novel: New York City is on high alert—a gasoline truck is “stuck” in the Midtown tunnel and the driver has fled. Through panic and gridlock, Alex and Ruth must transport their [...]

Continue Reading Cannes 2013

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*EXCLUSIVE* Here’s the first official picture of @idriselba from #LUTHER 3, coming this summer to @bbcone: twitter.com/BBCOne/status/… — BBC One (@BBCOne) May 17, 2013 The star of the series, Idris Elba, revealed in an interview with the UK’s Guardian, earlier this year, that season 3 would debut in September.  Given the tweet above from BBC [...]

Continue Reading First Official Image Of Idris Elba From ‘Luther’ Season 3 + BBC Announces Summer Return

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