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The Blackhouse Foundation Unveils Event Lineup for 2012 LA Film Fest

  • By Jasmin Tiggett
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  • June 10, 2012 5:08 PM
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Festivals
At the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival kicking off this week, Blackhouse will present a full day of programming including panels, networking, sponsored screenings, and a brunch in celebration of black documentary film.
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'Porgy & Bess,' 'Streetcar,' 'Stick Fly,' 'Clybourne' Compete For Broadway's Highest Honor Tonight

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • June 10, 2012 4:51 PM
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News
The 66th annual Tony Awards will take place tonight in a 3-hour ceremony, and will be broadcast starting at 8pm on CBS (live on the East Coast, tape-delayed on the West Coast).
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Ray Charles Died Today... Then Jamie Foxx Won An Oscar

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • June 10, 2012 2:51 PM
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Blogs
Today in history, June 10th, 2004... singer and pianist Ray Charles died of liver disease in his Beverly Hills home at age 73.
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More: Jamie Foxx, Taylor Hackford, Kerry Washington

Weekend B.O. June 8-10 ('Madagascar' Beats 'Prometheus')

  • By Sergio
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  • June 10, 2012 12:37 PM
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Box Office
It was expected that a family friendly animated film would beat out an R rated sci-fi movie. But for a minute, it looked like Prometheus was going to edge out Madagascar 3 this weekend; it's even more surprising, considering that Madagascar is playing in over 1000 screens more than the Ridley Scott film.
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Meet Animator Eric Prah, 39th Annual Student Academy Award Winner

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • June 10, 2012 11:41 AM
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News
Last night, 13 students from colleges and universities around the world were honored as winners at the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards.
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Lauryn Hill's Thesis On Where Art & Corporate Interests Meet Recalls Dave Chappelle's Escape

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • June 10, 2012 10:24 AM
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  • 38 Comments
Blogs
When artists experience danger and crisis under the effects of this kind of insidious manipulation, everyone easily accepts that there was something either dysfunctional or defective with the artist, rather than look at, and fully examine, the system and its means and policies of exploiting/’doing business’. Not only is this unrealistic, it is very dark in its motivation, conveniently targeting the object of their hero worship by removing any evidence that they ‘needed’ or celebrated this very same resource just years, months or moments before.
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bell hooks, Cultural Criticism… On Spike Lee, 'Girl 6' & Representing Blackness In Hollywood

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • June 9, 2012 10:22 AM
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Blogs
I'm a little behind on my "Revisiting Spike Lee's *Forgotten* Films" series; She Hate Me was featured in the first installment in the series (read that HERE if you missed it), and I was going to tackle Girl 6 in installment #2 this week, but didn't get to it. However, my post will be up by Monday/Tuesday next week.
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Blast from the Past with '227: The Lost Episodes'

  • By Jasmin Tiggett
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  • June 8, 2012 7:30 PM
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Blogs
227: The Lost Episodes, a live comedy show at Second City Hollywood, is giving a makeover to one of the 1980s' beloved sitcoms.
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More: Television

Report: Celluloid Projection Will Cease In The USA & Other Major Markets By End Of 2013

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  • June 8, 2012 6:02 PM
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News
Our continuous close-ups of the winds of change... 
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'White Scripts & Black Supermen: Black Masculinities In Comic Books' On DVD For HOME USERS

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • June 8, 2012 4:55 PM
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News
UPDATE: those who read this post yesterday will be happy to know that Carliforna Newsreel has made the DVD available for home purchase as well, so everyone can now own a copy of the film. It's $24.95, and includes an extra feature titled The Black Age Of Comics. So click HERE to head over the California Newsreel website to pick up your DVD.
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