riddickouststhebutleratboxoffice

Riddick Ousts The Butler As #1 At Box Office Once And For All

by Anya Rahmingon September 8, 2013
The Butler has managed to stay on top of the box office for the past 3 weeks while dusting off competition from films like One Direction: This Is Us, and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Last week the numbers were close, but taking the Labor Day holiday into consideration, The Butler made slightly more […]
black-actors-jesse-williams-bane

Actor Jesse Williams Will Narrate Audiobook For The Bane Chronicles

by Anya Rahmingon April 8, 2013
31-Year-Old Grey’s Anatomy actor Jesse Williams is delving into fields other than acting. He’ll be narrating an audiobook that is due out April 16. The book, part of The Bane Chronicles, is titled What Really Happened In Peru. It’s a short story written by Cassandra Clare, author of The Mortal Instruments.  The book is aimed […]

Whoopi Goldberg-Kym Whitley-Kim Wayans-Aisha Tyler-Sheryl-Underwood

Showtimes “Why We Laugh: Funny Women” Features Several Black Lady Comedians

by Anya Rahmingon March 23, 2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women, a documentary exploring the experiences of female comedians, aired on the Showtime television network on Thursday, March 21. Don’t worry if you missed it. The flick will be rerunning many times over the next week. Why We Laugh: Funny Women goes behind the scenes with female comedians, including notable Black funny women such as Whoopi Goldberg, Kym […]
black-actors-idris-elba-blallywood.com-blackmovies

Idris Elba Taking Break From Acting For Hip Hop Career

by Anya Rahmingon March 5, 2013
Despite having a burgeoning career starring in hits like last year’s Prometheus, the upcoming Pacific Rim, and a television show which earned him a Golden Globe , Idris Elba has decided that now is the time to take a break from acting. Elba, age 40, wants to work on his hip-hop career exclusively for the next […]

kevin-hart-hartbeatproductions-trailer-letmeexplain-blallywood.com

Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions Releases Teaser For Next Show

by Anya Rahmingon March 5, 2013
Kevin Hart’s production company, HartBeat Productions, has released a web trailer for Let Me Explain, a stand up film that will be released in theaters July 3, 2013. The comedian turned actor has received a lot of publicity lately with Real Husbands of Hollywood, his recent hosting of Saturday Night Live, and the red-band trailer release for About Last […]
black-movies-about-last-night-remake-kevin-hart-joy-bryant-regina-hall-michael-ealy-blallywood.com

Outrageously Funny Red Band Trailer For “About Last Night” With Kevin Hart

by Anya Rahmingon February 15, 2013
About Last Night is an upcoming Black remake of a 1986 film (originally David Mamet’s play titled Sexual Perversity In Chicago) which will star Kevin Hart, Joy Bryant, Michael Ealy, and Regina Hall. The original film adaptation stared Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, among others. The film is not scheduled to be released until February 14th, […]

black-actresses-quvenzhane-walils-white-house

Michelle Obama Speaks On Importance Of Arts Alongside Quvenzhané Wallis

by Anya Rahmingon February 14, 2013
Young Oscar nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild actress Quvenzhané Wallis recently visited the White House along with director Benh Zeitlin and co-star Dwight Henry. The film was used for reference in a workshop speech in which Michelle Obama spoke to parents about the importance to art. The Hollywood Reporter provided these quotes from Michelle Obama’s speech: […]
black-actresses-nicole-beharie-42-vanity-fair-blallywood.com

Nicole Beharie Is Inside March Issue of Vanity Fair Magazine.

by Anya Rahmingon February 11, 2013
Nicole Beharie is in the March issue of Vanity Fair magazine to promote 42, the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic in which she stars as wife of the famed athlete.  Beharie is a 27-year-old American actresses who attended The Julliard School’s drama conservatory. She’s been starring in films since 2008 when she appeared in American Violet and won an African-American Film […]

black-authors-the-last-joel

Black Author On The Rise

by Lasheda Wallaceon February 9, 2013
Maxwell Divinity is a young black author on the rise. A graduate of Jackson State University with a degree in Speech Communications, Divinity is excited about his debut as an author. As a self published author, Divinity faced hardships with former publishing deals that went awry. The decision to self-publish was a long thought out […]
black-actors-blair-underwood-tv-blallywood.com

Blair Underwood To Star In Cop Show Remake

by Anya Rahmingon February 7, 2013
A reboot of the TV show Ironside is a candidate for becoming a new 2013 television show. If the show gets picked up, it will star Blair Underwood in the leading role as Robert T. Ironside according to Crave. The original Ironside television show aired way back in 1967 and ran for 8 seasons and […]

black-actors-martin-lawrence-kelsey-grammar

Possible New Show With Martin Lawrence And Kelsey Grammer?

by Anya Rahmingon January 5, 2013
Its pilot season in Hollywood. New shows are being created which may never actually get picked up for full seasons by television networks. One potential new show is an “odd-couple” sitcom that would co-star Martin Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer.  Let’s face the facts, everyone laughs at a Black-White on screen male duo. Particularly when one […]
tia-mowry-yoga-dvds

Tia Mowry Releases Two Workout DVDs

by Anya Rahmingon December 14, 2012
  Tia Mowry has come out with two workout DVDs just in time for the new year. You can buy the two DVDs through the Amazon link at TiaMowryYoga.com. One DVD contains calm Yoga and runs for 50 minutes, while the other contains core Yoga and is 45 minutes long. They are are $9.95 a piece or […]

black-actresses-stacey-dash-blallywood.com

See Trailer For Off-Beat Show “Normal” Starring Stacey Dash

by Anya Rahmingon December 12, 2012
Stacey Dash has appeared in a trailer for a new, off-beat comedy series called Normal. The show’s makers certainly have a strange definition of “normal”. Details about the project haven’t been released, so you’ll have to piece out what the show is about from the trailer. It appears that Dash is a well off single woman (perhaps […]
black-actors-eddie-murphy-one-night-only

Forbes Ranks Eddie Murphy #1 Most Overpaid Actor

by Anya Rahmingon December 5, 2012
According to a list compiled by Forbes, Eddie Murphy tops the list as Hollywood’s most overpaid actor. How did they come to this conclusion?  They compared the money Murphy brought in with his last 3 live action movies, Imagine That, Tower Heist, and A Thousand Words. The box office total for these 3 films was […]

Black-Actresses-Taraji-P-Henson

Taraji P. Henson on December Cover of Jet Magazine

by Anya Rahmingon December 4, 2012
Taraji P. Henson is on this month’s Jet magazine cover which released on December 3rd.The October 29 issue featured Kerry Washington, though the order could have been logically switched considering this months anticipated release of Django Unchained. That aside, Taraji P. Henson is doing just as well as Washington, or anyone for that matter, in the […]
black-actors-jamie-foxx-blallywood.com-person-of-interest

Jamie Foxx On Men’s Health To Promote Django Unchained

by Anya Rahmingon November 25, 2012
Jamie Foxx is on the December cover of Men’s Health Magazine promoting his upcoming film Django Unchained. In the magazine he gives success tips for career and health. Jamie Foxx also talks about preparing physically to play a slave. He has worked out for years, but prepping to play a slave was different. Read the […]

black-actresses-kerrywashingon-womenshealthcoverphoto

Kerry Washington On Women’s Health To Promote Django Unchained

by Anya Rahmingon November 25, 2012
Kerry Washington is on the cover of December’s Women’s Health magazine which hit newsstands November 20th. Her career is on fire after becoming the first black female lead on a network TV drama since 1974 in her ABC show Scandal. In the magazine, she does a multi-page spread and talks about what she would be doing if she wasn’t an actress, […]
denzeljamiefox

Denzel Washington & Jamie Foxx Join Roundtable Discussion

by Anya Rahmingon November 9, 2012
Ever wonder what Denzel Washington and Jamie Foxx would talk about at a restaurant? The pair join Matt Damon, Richard Gere, lan Arkin, and John Hawkes in an open roundtable discussion on life and their craft. Hollywood Reporter is well known for putting out these insightful interviews with actors and filmmakers who are at the top of […]