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Watch: 'Spike Lee Was My Hero' By Skyzoo Featuring Talib Kweli

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 31, 2013 9:51 AM
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Features
We've gotten over the *hump* so what better way to start a Thursday than with a new music video for a track titled Spike Lee Was My Hero, from Skyzoo and Talib Kweli, which pays tribute to the one and only, who actually makes a appearance towards the end of the video.
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What Would You Like To See Happen (w/ Characters And/Or Story) In 'The Best Man' Sequel?

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 8:16 PM
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  • 18 Comments
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More: Malcolm D. Lee, Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard

Fox Is Interested In An Animated Comedy Series Based On 50 Cent's Childhood; Are You?

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 6:38 PM
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Television
Deadline is reporting that the Fox network is currently in negotiations with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, as well as producer Randall Emmett and Imagine TV(Brian Grazer, Ron Howard) for an animated comedy series based on Jackson's childhood. 
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Raoul Peck's 'Fatal Assistance' (Exposé On Haiti's Post-Earthquake Billions) To Debut At Berlin

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 5:57 PM
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  • 2 Comments
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New Original Docu-Series 'Blackboard Wars' Premieres March 2 on OWN (Watch Preview)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 5:28 PM
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Television
More new original series from OWN... this time a 6-episode series that follows the dramatic transformation of New Orleans' John McDonogh High School.
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FESPACO 2013 - Mozambican Drama 'Virgin Margarida' (Prostitutes Sent To *Renewal* Camps)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 4:51 PM
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Festivals
Scheduled to screen at the twenty third (23rd) edition of the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which will take place from February 23 to March 2, 2013, is a drama from Mozambique, directed by Licinio Azevedo, titled, Virgem Margarida (Virgin Margarida) - a feature film, set in 1975, as revolution swept the streets of its capital Maputo, ridding it of prostitutes and other so-called *undersirables*. The women are then sent to re-education camps, to become "new women." However, unfortunately for her, 16-year-old Margarida is mistakenly taken; the problem is she's not a prostitute; she's actually a virgin (hence the title). The film tells her story.
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ABC Picks Up Thrilling New Drama Series 'Motive' for Summer 2013 (Roger Cross Co-Stars)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 3:42 PM
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Television
ABC has picked up Motive, a "thrilling" (as it describes it in the press release) crime drama from the executive producer of Dexter, with a unique twist focusing not on who did the crime, but why the crime was committed in the first place.
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More: Television, TV News, roger cross

Willow Smith Will No Longer Star In 'Annie' Remake; Might Quvenzhané Wallis Take Over?

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 3:11 PM
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  • 13 Comments
News
Last we wrote about this project in summer 2012, Emma Thompson, talking to the BBC, said that she'd been writing the script for nearly three years, was excited about it, and was heading to LA to work with Willow Smith (who was to star in the film), and that Jay-Z (who's one of the film's producers) had already started working on the music for it, with a shoot start date aimed for this spring in New York.
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Interesting... In Re-Branding Effort, Blackberry Names Alicia Keys Global Creative Director

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 2:28 PM
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News
Yes, that Blackberry - the wireless phone and services developer.
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Encore In Talks To Bring Chiwetel Ejiofor's BBC Mini-Series 'Dancing On The Edge' To USA TV

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • January 30, 2013 2:04 PM
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Television
The BBC/ITV collaborative effort that is Dancing On The Edge, will premiere on February 4, on BBC2, which is obviously great for UK audiences.
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More: Television, TV News, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Wunmi Mosaku

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