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Samuel L. Jackson Buys $2000 In Tickets To His Films On Opening Weekend

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 6, 2011 3:28 AM
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"If you can't contribute to your own box office, what can you do? Not only do I see it, I actually buy like $2,000 of tickets and give them to the church. So at least I can say the movie made at least $2,000 in the opening weekend."

Omari Hardwick, Louis Gossett Jr. to Star in Mixed Martial Arts Action Drama "Redemption"

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • August 6, 2011 3:00 AM
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Redemption, currently in pre-production, is written by Norman F. May and directed by Tom Burruss. The cast includes Omari Hardwick, Louis Gossett Jr., Kate Del Castillo, Lark Voorhies, James Caan, Fabio May and Jazsmin Lewis.
More: Casting, FYI

Viola Davis Put On 25 Pounds For "The Help" And Still Had To Wear Padding... So Did Jill Scott

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 6, 2011 2:57 AM
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"I had to gain 25 pounds during The Help and then I was padded. I gained weight by eating Mississippi food. They fry the butter before they put it on the bread and then they fry the bread!"

Naturi Naughton "Playboy Club" Character Profile (VIDEO)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 6, 2011 2:41 AM
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In the club, they call her Brenda... Bunny Brenda:

Rihanna Plus Automatic Weapon In "Battleship" Pic

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 5, 2011 10:13 AM
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Well, you've seen the teaser trailer, and she was nearly invisible in it; if you blinked, you'd have missed the one quick shot of her.
More: Pics

Preview - "The Weird World of Blowfly" (The Original Dirty Rapper)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 5, 2011 8:37 AM
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He's known as the original dirty rapper! Blowfly - the stage name for Clarence Reid, who wrote songs for several hit R&B groups in the 1960s and '70s. But he also recorded albums as Blowfly, his alter-ego usually seen in an ostentatious superhero costume, known especially for his x-rated raunchy raps, starting with a track called Rapp Dirty released in 1965.
More: Trailer

Shirley Bassey Biopic In Development For BBC With Ruth Negga Starring

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 5, 2011 8:04 AM
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Dame Shirley Bassey, the songstress maybe best known for recording the theme songs to a number of early James Bond films like Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker, is getting the biopic film treatment!

Vivica Fox Joins Tisha Campbell-Martin In Lifetime's Detective Series "The Protector"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 5, 2011 7:28 AM
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Speaking of the Vivica Fox brand (watch the revealing and fun 13-minute interview I posted of her yesterday HERE)...

Nicole Ari Parker Is Blanche Du Bois To Blair Underwood's "Stanley Kowalski" In "Streetcar"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 5, 2011 7:00 AM
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Blair Underwood has found his Blanche Du Bois. Nicole Ari Parker will make her Broadway debut as Blanche Du Bois, opposite Underwood (also making his Broadway debut) playing Stanley Kowalski, in the Emily Mann-directed production of A Streetcar Named Desire, scheduled to debut in spring 2012.

Watch Sophie Okonedo In 1st Trailer For Upcoming High-Profile Australian Drama "The Slap"

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • August 5, 2011 5:06 AM
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Here's one black British actor who's apparently keeping busy, despite recent articles that suggest otherwise for the lot... and she's working on almost every continent now it seems :)

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