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A&E's "Bag of Bones" Starring Anika Noni Rose Premieres December 11th

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 25, 2011 12:44 PM
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A miniseries we've profiled a couple of times before on the site. A&E has announced that the four hour miniseries Bag of Bones will premiere on the A&E network on Sunday December 11, 2011 and end on Monday December 12, 2011.

By Curtis
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October 25, 2011 2:01 AM
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Talented Brit actress and film director Juliet Ellis (It's A Free World, "Coronation Street") is developing her first feature film BIT BY BIT, a highly original and contemporary British drama set in the gangster milieu of gritty working class Sheffield, and she needs your help with financing.

By Curtis
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October 25, 2011 1:06 AM
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Fresh on the heels of getting the SyFy Network's "Imagine Greater" Award (which includes a deal to develop a science-fiction project of his choosing) at last month's New York Television Festival, Al Thompson and his ValDean Entertainment will have his short film/pilot ODESSA make its Los Angeles premiere as official finalists of NBC SHORT CUTS this Wednesday, October 26 at 7:15pm (hosted by Craig Robinson from NBC’s 'The Office').

By Tambay A. Obenson
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October 24, 2011 11:39 AM
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Unless you've had your head buried in the sand, or floating, with equanimity, in the clouds, you'll know that the 2nd film to be distributed theatrically via AFFRM (the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement), which was announced on Independence Day, July 4, 2011, will be Alrick Brown's 2011 Sundance award-winner Kinyarwanda!

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 24, 2011 8:55 AM
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According to ScreenDaily.com, River Pholad's River Road Entertainment will serve as producer and financer of Steve McQueen's upcoming project Twelve Years A Slave based on the life of Solomon Northrup.

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 24, 2011 2:57 AM
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Eddie Murphy talked a little bit about his Academy Awards hosting gig early next year during a press conference for his upcoming comedy thriller Tower Heist. The actor says, "I'm looking forward to doing it and I promise I'll stay there all night, Oscars is a fun thing to do. I don't feel the pressure. I get to introduce people and stand up straight. Maybe I'll be in a couple silly sketches or something."

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 22, 2011 2:54 AM
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Here's some interesting bit of news reported by The Post Chronicle. Samuel L. Jackson holds the Guinness World actor's highest grossing record, ahead of the likes of Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks.

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 21, 2011 8:20 AM
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Tyler Perry was honored by Civil Rights Activist Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network this past Wednesday. According to The Washington Post, Sharpton lashed out at the critics of the highest-earning man in Hollywood, calling them "proper negroes" "who don't really understand regular black folk". Sharpton praised Perry for providing work to under appreciated actors in Hollywood and for creating his own empire.

By Cynthia Reid
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October 21, 2011 7:53 AM
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Bouncing Cats, an award-winning film we've profiled before, will make it's US television debut on The Documentary Channel next month. It will air November 19, 2011 at 8:00pm/est and re-air that night at 11:00pm/est.

By Vanessa Martinez
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October 21, 2011 1:40 AM
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We last announced Dreamworks pulled the plug on this project back in August. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Entertainment now plans to distribute the new MGM's boxing drama Southpaw starring Eminem. The film, previously set up by Dreamworks, is back on path and still set to be directed by Antoine Fuqua. The film, written by Eminem and Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, tells the story of a left-handed welterweight boxer who becomes a champion before undergoing a tragedy, and later becomes determined to make a comeback.

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A&E's "Bag of Bones" Starring Anika Noni Rose Premieres December 11th

British Drama 'Bit By Bit' Needs Your Help with Financing

Al Thompson's 'ODESSA' Premieres in L.A. at NBC Short Cuts - 10/26

Exclusive: Official Poster, Opening Dates & Cities For Second AFFRM Release "Kinyarwanda"

Financing Underway for Steve McQueen's "12 Years A Slave", Brad Pitt Maybe Co-Starring

Eddie Murphy is Not Nervous About Hosting The Oscars

Samuel L. Jackson Is The World's Highest-Grossing Actor At $7.2B, According to Guinness

Rev. Al Sharpton Honors Tyler Perry, Calls His Critics "Proper Negroes"

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