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Lee Daniels, Hugh Jackman Teaming To Tackle MLK Assassination Conspiracy Theories In 'Orders To Kill'

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • July 31, 2012 9:57 PM
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  • 56 Comments
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This is interesting... So Lee Daniels apparently couldn't get his original MLK project off the ground (titled Selma, which had David Oyelowo starring), and has switched gears, still staying on the MLK course, but this time teaming with Hugh Jackman (who was also attached to Selma), to take on Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in a new film that will reportedly explore an "unconventional view of King's murder."
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Signs Of Life At OWN

  • By Sergio
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  • July 31, 2012 8:29 PM
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  • 12 Comments
Television
After months of doom and gloom reports about disappointing ratings and the lackluster performance of the Oprah Winfrey Network, there are hopeful signs of new life.
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TD Jakes' 'Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On The 7th Day' On DVD/VOD September 4

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • July 31, 2012 7:24 PM
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Directed by Neema Barnette, the second film in Pastor TD Jakes' Woman Thou Art Loosed! series sub-titled On The Seventh Day, stars Blair Underwood, Sharon Leal, Nicole Beharie, and Pam Grier.
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Indie Thriller 'Changing The Game' (Tony Todd, Sean Riggs) On DVD August 28

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • July 31, 2012 6:36 PM
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  • 5 Comments
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Rel Dowdell's 2nd feature film, Changing The Game, which stars Tony Todd (Candyman,  24, The Event); Sean Riggs (Stomp the Yard), actor/rapper Kirk “Sticky Fingaz” Jones (A Day in the Life, Blade: The Series, Law & Order, NCIS: LA) and Irma P. Hall (Soul Food) is heading to DVD on August 28. The film had a limited theatrical release back in May of this year.
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Doc 'Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp' To Premiere At This Year's TIFF

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • July 31, 2012 6:20 PM
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Festivals
No stills or trailer have yet been released, but today's press release disclosing this year's Toronto International Film Festival's lineup mentioned the feature documentary Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp as making its premiere.
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TIFF '12 Preview: Doc 'How To Make Money Selling Drugs' Features 50 Cent, Rick 'Freeway' Ross

  • By Vanessa Martinez
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  • July 31, 2012 5:46 PM
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Festivals
Making its World Premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 6-16, the documentary How To Make Money Selling Drugs is Matthew Cooke's feature directorial debut. His past credits include the TV series Bad Dad and Stupidface.
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Viola Davis Looks Fierce In These Set Photos From 'The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby'

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • July 31, 2012 5:32 PM
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  • 47 Comments
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DeVon Franklin Promoted To Senior Vice President Of Production For Columbia Pictures

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • July 31, 2012 4:43 PM
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  • 8 Comments
News
Time to make an adjustment to my chart showing all the studio execs of African descent.
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Is Now A Good Time To Pitch Black Rom-Coms?

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • July 31, 2012 4:02 PM
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  • 7 Comments
Features
Just a quick thought... given recent project greenlights, where "black cinema" is concerned, I'm reminded of the late 1990s/early 2000s, when rom-coms or rom-drams (romantic dramas) with all-black casts, were popular: Hav Plenty, Love Jones, The Best Man, Love & Basketball, Brown Sugar, Two Can Play That Game, The Wood, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and on, and on, and on...
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New On DVD, Blu-ray, VOD: 'Blade Anime,' 'Le Havre,' 'Falling Overnight,' 'We The Party'

  • By Tambay A. Obenson
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  • July 31, 2012 2:52 PM
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News
Harold Perrineau provided the voice of the titular character, the supernatural Daywalker known as Blade, in Marvel's Blade anime series, which premiere on the G4 channel in January, running for successive half-hour episodes every week after its debut.
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