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Watch: First Trailer For Viola Davis Education Reform Drama "Won't Back Down"

  • By Tambay
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  • May 16, 2012 4:27 PM
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News
Here's your first trailer for the Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal education-reform drama, initially titled Still I Rise, was then switched to Learning To Fly, and finally landed on and has, so far, stuck to Won't Back Down.
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The "Variety And Volume" Problem - Does That Sum It All Up... Or Is There More?

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  • May 16, 2012 3:54 PM
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Features
Slow news day today folks; lots of Cannes Film Festival/Market activity, but very, very little for us to write about. C'est la vie...
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First Look At Edi Gathegi, Danielle Nicolet In New ABC Series "Family Tools" (Previously "White Van Man")

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  • May 16, 2012 2:41 PM
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Television
Edi Gathegi and Danielle Nicolet both co-star in ABC’s new comedy series titled Family Tools (previously called White Van Man).
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Africa First 2012 Profile: Chatting w/ Namibian Filmmaker Oshosheni Hiveluah

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  • May 16, 2012 2:02 PM
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Features
Picking up where I last left off in the series... but first a recap.
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Watch Mary J. Blige Perform "Any Way You Want It" In "Rock Of Ages" Clip

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  • May 16, 2012 1:10 PM
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News
Is this on your must-see list for the summer? 
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ABFF 2012: Kimberly Elise, Isaiah Washington, Common, S. Epatha Merkerson Are Grand Jury Nominees

  • By Tambay
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  • May 16, 2012 12:22 PM
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Festivals
NEW YORK, NY, May 16, 2012 – Film Life Inc., today announced the Narrative Features Competition selections and Grand Jury Award nominees for the 16th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) taking place in South Beach Miami, FL, June 20th – 23rd.  Kimberly Elise, Isaiah Washington, Common and S. Epatha Merkerson are among the stellar list of thespians nominated to receive the Grand Jury prize for their work.
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New On DVD: Alrick Brown-Directed Drama On Rwanada Genocide/Reconciliation "Kinyarwanda"

  • By Emmanuel Akitobi
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  • May 16, 2012 12:02 PM
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Director Alrick Brown's 2011 film, Kinyarwanda, was, in my opinion, the best film of that year.  You can judge for yourself, now that the AFFRM-released drama is available for purchase on DVD.
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Will Smith Says Producers Are Working On "I Am Legend" Sequel, But He Probably Won't Do It

  • By Tambay
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  • May 16, 2012 11:49 AM
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News
Speaking with BBC Radio 1's Chris Moyles, while doing press for the upcoming Men In Black III in a week, Will Smith made a few declarations that I thought were worth sharing - the throughline being that he doesn't want to become, as he said, "the sequel guy," referring of course to all the sequels of films he's done in the past, like Hancock, Bad Boys, I Am Legend, and of course Men In Black.
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Cannes 2012 - Feature Doc "Mandela’s Children" Screening For Buyers At Market

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  • May 16, 2012 11:10 AM
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SHOCKER! Tia Mowry And Pooch Hall To Leave "The Game"

  • By Sergio
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  • May 16, 2012 10:50 AM
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Television
That is, this will be shocking news to those of you out there who are devoted viewers of the BET show The Game.
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