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Actress Nicole Beharie (‘American Violet,’ ‘Shame’) and Director Stefan Schaefer introduced their latest film at the Atlanta Film festival over the past weekend. Filmed several years ago, Beharie plays a young singer from Brooklyn who falls in love with a German businessman over the period of one day. The official synopsis reads: On a one-day business trip to New...
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The Hunger Games opened to a massive $152.5 million dollar weekend box office debut. The film is being hailed as one of the top three grossing films of all time. Games features black talents such as Lenny Kravitz, Amandla Stenberg, and Dayo Okeniyi. It’s one of the first films of it’s caliber to feature a somewhat diverse cast. However,...
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Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy — the producing duo behind Mike Mills’ Oscar-winning film Beginners which won Christopher Plummer his first Academy Award last month — announced today that they are partnering with Todd Hagopian at Ocean Size Pictures, to produce DIRTY WHITE BOY. Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) is set to star...
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Mario Van Peebles and Carl Weathers star in a new action flick entitled American Battleship. The film, directed by Thunder Levin, centers a fleet of mysterious ships who wage war against the Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa, the last American battleship, can prevent global armageddon. The film will premiere at the 2012 Cape Fear Independent Film...
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Nigerian-born Dayo Okeniyi is one to watch. In “The Hunger Games” (opening March 23) he plays the silent warrior from District 11, Thresh. The actor sat down with Essence to discuss his acting career, and his role in the blockbuster film. ESSENCE: You’re new to Hollywood. Share your background for those who don’t know. DAYO OKENIYI: I was born...
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Idris Elba is the sole voice of the latest Prometheus teaser trailer. The epic pic follows scientist who explore an alien planet via a super space ship navigated by Captain Janek (Elba), the leader of the expedition. Prometheus will hit theaters on June 8…and it’s going to be big! RELATED ARTICLES: Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson to Star in...
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