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Africa First 2012 Profile: Burkinabé Filmmaker Cedric Ido And His Superhero Cinema Dreams

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 5:11 PM
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Queen Latifah's Fall 2013 Syndicated Daytime Talk Show Still Alive; Gets Exec Producer

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 4:32 PM
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Television
I'd actually forgotten all about this, which was announced last October - Will Smith, his Overbrook Entertainment cohorts, and Queen Latifah are teaming up with Sony Pictures TV to produce a syndicated daytime talk show for the Queen to host.
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Cannes 2012 - 7 Minutes Of Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" Screened; A Few Reactions...

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 2:45 PM
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  • 14 Comments
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I just learned that a 7-minute preview of Quentin Tarantino's highly-anticipated fantasy revenge thriller Django Unchained, which stars Jamie Foxx as the titular character, and Christoph Waltz as his mentor, was shown just to press moments ago at the Cannes Film Festival by TWC (The Weinstein Company).
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The Baby Writer's Cheat Sheet: Tips from Screenwriting Instructor Hilliard Guess

  • By Jasmin Tiggett
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  • May 21, 2012 2:35 PM
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Award-winning screenwriter, independent producer, and Organization of Black Screenwriters instructor Hilliard Guess shared his thoughts on a few of the things that young film and TV writers can do, in their scripts and in the business, to set themselves on the right track.
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Omar Sy Is "Hoppin' It To Hollywood" - Signs With United Talent Agency (UTA)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 2:12 PM
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It was only a matter of time; I'm surprised it took this long actually.
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Ernest Dickerson Directing "The Walking Dead" Season 3 Premiere + Cast/Crew Tease New Character Intros

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 1:25 PM
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Television
Easily one of my fave shows on TV right now, AMC's The Walking Dead, ended season 2 last month with a bang - in an episode that was directed by Ernest Dickerson, that introduced a character many have been anxiously anticipating, Michonne, to be played by Danai Gurira when season 3 rolls around. 
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Listen To Whitney Houston's "Sparkle" Soundtrack Duet With Jordin Sparks (Her Final Recording)

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 12:45 PM
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What is being called Whitney Houston's final song - a duet she performed with Jordin Sparks called Celebrate!, for the soundtrack to the upcoming remake of Sparkle both of them star in, and Whitney also executive produced.
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Cannes 2012 - Chadian Mahamat Saleh-Haroun Will Shoot Next Film "Gris-Gris" This Fall

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 12:11 PM
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I recently read a lengthy interview with acclaimed Chadian filmmaker Mahamat Saleh-Haroun with Black Camera film journal, in which he vowed never to return to FESPACO, continental Africa's largest and most prominent film festival, given the festival's "organizational problems" (a much longer explanation is due, but I'm saving that for a later post).  
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David Oyelowo's MI5 Torture Drama "Complicit" Starts Shooting Today; Global Theatrical Release Planned

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 11:41 AM
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With his next starring project, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy, making its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, Brit actor David Oyelowo (who we recently interviewed HERE) will star in the Channel 4 (UK) drama titled Complicit. 
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Cannes 2012: Lee Daniels' "The Butler" A Sensation At Marché; Gets Nicole Kidman, July Start Date

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • May 21, 2012 11:27 AM
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  • 9 Comments
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By several accounts, Lee Daniels' next project after The Paperboy, The Butler, has been the "US arthouse sensation of the market" (the market being the Cannes Film Market happening right now, in case you haven't been following all out posts).
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