As protests swirl, Oscars have feel of high-stakes showdown
By JAKE COYLE Hollywood is bracing for an Academy Awards that more than any in recent memory, has the feel of a high-stakes showdown. After a second straight year of…
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Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees
By JAKE COYLE Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ second straight year of mostly white nominees, as…
Interview with screenwriter Kevin Willmott of Chiraq
Kevin Willmott, Co-Executive Producer and KU Professor, Shares About Writing Chiraq, Working With Spike Lee, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Cannon, and The Message He Hopes His Film-Goers Receive.
Spike Lee Interview at The Breakfast Club
Spike Lee talks about Kickstarter as a way of raising funds. You offer rewards for different levels of giving. For example, he offered free tickets Knicks game and dinner with…
‘Essence’ honoree Ruth Carter’s accidental Hollywood career
By LINDSEY BAHR “Selma” costume designer Ruth E. Carter never set out to work in Hollywood. Even while living in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles’ Koreatown in the 1980s,…
Daughter: Actress Ruby Dee dead at 91
By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARK KENNEDY FILE – In this Nov. 17, 2010 file photo, Ruby Dee attends a special screening of “Frankie & Alice” in New York. Dee, an…
Eminem releases new video on Mother’s Day
By CHRIS TALBOTT In this April 15, 2012 file photo Eminem performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Eminem gave his estranged mom quite…
Flic Picks Movie Review Oldboy Directed by Spike Lee & American Hustle. Directed by David O. Russell
(Oldboy)A Douchebag and deadbeat dad, Joe Ducett is kidnapped and imprisoned for 20 years. When he’s released, vengeance is what he seeks. American Hustle. Directed by David O. Russell, starring…