Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith Call for Oscars Boycott
READ MORE: Spike Lee, Al Sharpton and New Yorkers Protest Gun Violence at Socially-Charged ‘Chi-Raq’ Premiere The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is under fire once again this year for...
View ArticleSalma Hayek Reveals She Was a Finalist for ‘The Matrix,’ but Failed Her...
Salma Hayek joined Jada Pinkett Smith on the most recent installment of the latter’s Facebook interview series “Red Table Talk” (via Yahoo Entertainment) and revealed she was one of the four finalists...
View ArticleAcademy ‘Does Not Condone Violence’— but Steers Press Away from Asking About...
Will Smith’s onstage smack of Chris Rock was the most talked about moment of the Oscars on Sunday. The incident prompted confusion and shock from people inside the Dolby Theatre and around the world,...
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Tiffany Haddish Defends Will Smith After Oscars Slap: ‘The Most Beautiful...
Tiffany Haddish is defending Will Smith in the wake of his viral Academy Awards moment. The comedian told People at the Governors Ball following the Oscars ceremony that watching Smith slap presenter...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith Addresses Oscars Slap, Hopes Will Smith and Chris Rock Can...
Jada Pinkett Smith has for the first time in detail publicly addressed her husband Will Smith attacking Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars during her latest installment of “Red Table Talk.” The actress...
View Article‘Girls Trip’ Trailer: Four Lifelong Friends Make a Pilgrimage to the Essence...
Since 1994, New Orleans has hosted the Essence Music Festival, the largest event celebrating African-American culture and music in the United States, featuring prominent artists and entertainers every...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith Criticizes ‘All Eyez on Me,’ Calling the Biopic’s...
All eyes are on the new Tupac Shakur biopic, but you’ll have a hard time finding anyone with a positive word to say about it. Benny Boom’s passion project is currently sitting at 24% on Rotten...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith Accuses the HFPA of Not Even Watching ‘Girls Trip’ for...
Update: A source with knowledge of the situation tells IndieWire that there was an HFPA screening of the film in July and that members were also invited to the premiere. Earlier: There were many snubs...
View ArticleSundance 2018 Jury Includes Jada Pinkett Smith, RuPaul Charles, and Co-Stars...
A cartoonist, a Scottish alt-rocker, a trio of Oscar winners, and the world’s most famous drag queen are among the two-dozen jurors headed to the Sundance Film Festival later this week. The chosen...
View ArticleChris Rock Punchline Flub Edited Out of Live Netflix Stand-up Special
Turns out what’s live on Netflix doesn’t always last. Less than a week after the Chris Rock live stand-up comedy special “Selective Outrage” premiered on the streamer — its first live broadcast of any...
View Article‘Angel Has Fallen’ Review: A Deranged Nick Nolte Meets Hollywood’s Laziest...
No, you don’t need to have seen “Olympus Has Fallen” and/or “London Has Fallen” to understand the eminently disposable third chapter of the Mike Banning chronicles. It’s not that complicated: Gerard...
View ArticleEgyptian Scholars Slam Netflix for ‘Blackwashing’ Cleopatra in Upcoming...
“African Queens: Queen Cleopatra” is coming under fire for casting a Black biracial actress as the titular Greek-Egyptian ruler. The docuseries, which premieres May 10, has been slammed for allegedly...
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