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"Phunny Business" Documentary Premieres On Showtime Thursday

By Sergio
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February 20, 2012 1:46 PM
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After its successful film festival curcuit run, the documentary Phunny Business, which chronicles the rise and fall of the legednary black Chicago comedy club All Jokes Aisde, will be seen nationwide when it makes its premiere on Showtime this Thursday Feb 23 at 8:30PM (7:30PM Central time).

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 18, 2012 11:30 AM
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With shooting on Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor likely complete by now, actress Jurnee Smollett has signed on to play the lead in a new NBC women's prison drama pilot titled Bad Girls - an adaptation of a UK series I first told you about last September when it was reported then that NBC had picked up rights to the program.

By Sergio
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February 17, 2012 2:03 PM
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I'm sure many of you would like a reminder that Tulane professor, writer, social ciritc and media pundit Melissa Harris-Perry's new weekend MSNBC show called Melissa Harris-Perry (granted not the most original title), will make its long awaited debut on the cable news network tomorrow, starting at 10AM (9AM Central).

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 15, 2012 5:43 PM
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TBS has ordered 35 new episodes of Tyler Perry's latest sitcom, For Better Or Worse, the ensemble comedy based on characters from his Why Did I Get Married? flicks, starring Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 14, 2012 2:12 PM
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It made its debut on January 31 an apparently has been doing very well; I recall a survey I posted asking you folks what you thought of it, and most of you seemed to dig it.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 13, 2012 3:19 PM
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Slavery By Another Name should be required viewing; although I imagine the book, which I haven't read, is even more comprehensive, incisive and inciting.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 13, 2012 10:19 AM
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Last May we announced the mega mutil-year production deal between BET/Viacom and husband/wife team, Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, the brains behind the network's hit series, The Game, the movie Jumping The Broom and the upcoming Sparkle remake.

By Courtney
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February 11, 2012 12:42 PM
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Tambay announced a few days ago that Sheldon Candis' LUV was acquired by the Indomina Group for release and we now know a little more about that pickup.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 9, 2012 8:40 PM
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Ok, seriously folks, by now, I would assume that MOST of you, if not all, have seen The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975; since its Sundance 2011 debut, screenings of the film have occurred around the country; it's been on DVD since early December; it's been available for streaming on Netflix and Amazon.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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February 9, 2012 4:22 PM
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Oprah Winfrey has announced that she's officially launching her own 2012 Oscar Special (maybe filling the slot left vacant by Babara Wah-Wah), which is scheduled to air next week Wednesday, February 15th, on the OWN network of course, from 9pm to 11pm ET/PT.

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"Phunny Business" Documentary Premieres On Showtime Thursday

Jurnee Smollett Lands Lead Role In NBC Women's Prison Pilot "Bad Girls" Based On Award-Winning UK Series

Melissa Harris-Perry's MSNBC Show Debuts Tomorrow

TBS Orders 35 New Episodes Of Tyler Perry's "For Better or Worse" (The #1 Show On TV Among Black Adults)

Comedy Central Renews "Key & Peele" For Second Season

Making Its TV Debut Tonight - "Slavery By Another Name" (An Eye-Opening Account Of Lost American History)

BET Greenlights Hour-Long Series From Mara Brock & Salim Akil Titled "Single Black Female"

BET Making Moves, Acquires TV Rights To Sheldon Candis' Sundance Film "LUV." Theatrical Opening In Fall

"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" Makes It TV Debut Tonight On PBS

Oprah Winfrey Launching Oscar Special w/ Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer As 1st Guests Next Week!

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