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Filed under: It's All Reel Beginning Sunday, Oct. 5 at 10 PM ET, TV One will premiere 'Murder in Black in White,' a groundbreaking series of four, one-hour documentary specials filmed in co-operation with the FBI and designed to examine - and help solve - civil rights murders from the 1940s and... Read More
Filed under: It's All Reel There have been plenty of films that highlight a wedding and siblings in separate occasions but never where the 'black sheep' is the center of attention. Anne Hathaway, in shedding her good girl image we have seen in previous films, gives a tour-de-force performance as the... Read More
Filed under: It's All Reel These are not my words. This story was put out a couple of days ago, but I'm just getting to it now. The article was brought to my attention from an Australian website,livenews.au Acclaimed Australian director Rowan Woods had to fight to keep Oscar winner Forest Whitaker... Read More
Filed under: It's All Reel Like it or not, but when your grandmother is a living legend in many facets of the entertainment industry and your father is also a famous director, somewhere along the lines, the itch to be a part of 'the game' becomes intense until you actually get in. Such is the case... Read More
Filed under: It's All Reel Believe it or not, but one of the few straight-to-DVD franchises that have done well has been the 'Bring It On' films. After the first film, which starred Kristen Dunst and Gabrielle Union, played in theaters back in 2000, it was then followed by three straight-to-video... Read More
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Jawn Murray is back and better than ever. With the new refashioned version of his wildly-popular BV Buzz column -- now a blog -- the Washington, D.C. based celebrity journalist is ready to deliver all the scoop we've grown to expect from him, as it revolves around Black Hollywood and beyond.
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Filed under: BV Buzz, EntertainmentBy Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com While film and TV mogul Tyler Perry partied with a who's who of Black star power at the opening of his Tyler Perry Studios in city w:st="on">Atlanta this weekend, the Writers Guild Association sent an open letter to the... Read More
Filed under: BV Buzz, Gospel, EntertainmentBy Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com Deitrick and Damita Haddon are the hottest couple in the gospel game. With a 'ride and die' commitment like Jay-Z and Beyonce, gospel's 'Bonnie and place w:st="on"> Clyde ' have hip-hop's... Read More
Filed under: BV Buzz, EntertainmentBy Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com There's trouble in Tyler Perry's world. Late Thursday night I received a press release from the Writers Guild of America, West announcing they had filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board... Read More
Filed under: BV Buzz, EntertainmentBy Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com After an eight-year retirement, Tina Turner kicked off her "Tina Turner Live" tour at the placename w:st="on"> Sprint placetype w:st="on"> Center in place w:st="on"> city... Read More
Filed under: BV Buzz, EntertainmentBy Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com Idris Elba is setting the foundation to become one of city w:st="on"> place w:st="on"> Hollywood's top leading men. The British-bred former star of the acclaimed HBO series 'The Wire'... Read More
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Always controversial, Nas speaks out against news giant FOX and criticizes Bill O'Reilly in the recently leaked track, 'Sly Fox.' The outspoken emcee warns, "Watch what you watching," calling the channel's news programming "propaganda" and "visual cancer" ...
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Filed under: Photo of the WeekThe Boombox Music Blog: Who: LL Cool J What: LL loves the children! The veteran rapper read to pre-K students in New York City's east Village in an effort to promote literacy in America.Where: New York, N.Y.When: Oct. 2, 2008... Read more Read More
Filed under: R'n'B NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: While fans are anticipating Beyonce's new album the singer/songwriter spoke directly to them in an open letter on her website. Amid circulating rumors of missed deadlines and the album not being finished, Beyonce decided to speak out. "I have... Read More
Filed under: Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Diddy posted a new video blog -- targeted at people aged 18-29 -- with a "state of emergency message" to sign up to vote by Monday, October 6. "We are in a state of crisis in America and our futures are at stake," Diddy says.... Read More
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Tours and Concerts, R.I.P.The Boombox Music Blog: Hip-hop made room for a tribute to soul legend Isaac Hayes at last night at VH1's fifth annual 'Hip-Hop Honors' ceremony. Held at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, rappers including Chuck D, Scarface and Mos Def all saluted... Read More
Filed under: What's Beef?The Boombox Music Blog: It looks like Apple reigns supreme in a dispute with music publishers to increase song royalties from 9 cents to 15 cents on songs purchased through iTunes and other digital retailers, according to media reports. Apple opposed the royalties hike... Read More
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