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‘Social Network’ dominates Golden Globes
What can be the silliness of the Golden Globes matched up with the seriousness of the critics on Sunday night as The Social Network...
Actresses shortlisted for next ‘Batman’ film
Christopher Nolan is looking at some of Hollywood's leading actresses -- as well as a few emerging talents -- for major female roles in...
‘Malcolm X’ chosen for National Film Registry
The Spike Lee classic, Malcolm X, was chosen by The Library of Congress as one of the 25 films that will be preserved in...
‘Avatar’ most pirated film of 2010
Sci-fi epic Avatar was the most pirated film of 2010, according to data released by a file-sharing blog.
James Cameron's blockbuster was downloaded 16.6m times...
Sofia Coppola discusses new film, ‘Somewhere’
To hear Sofia Coppola explain it, the genesis for her drama "Somewhere" — an episodic tone poem about celebrity and fatherhood in modern Hollywood...
Oprah runs Congolese brothel in ‘Ruined’
She may be retiring from the talk-show business but Oprah Winfrey isn't giving up on her acting ambitions. The TV titan is set to...
‘Iron Man’ franchise loses director
The Golden Globe Awards are so yesterday. The big news is that Jon Favreau is not going to direct Iron Man 3 for Marvel...
‘Precious’ director adapts Broadway play
Precious director Lee Daniels has signed on to develop and direct Anna in the Tropics, a film adaptation of Nilo Cruz’s Pulitzer and Steinberg...
Marvel releases ‘Thor’ movie trailer
Ever since Nick Fury uttered the phrase "the Avengers initiative" to Tony Stark at the end of the first "Iron Man," fans have been...
South Africa’s Life, Above All at Cannes Film Festival
Life, Above All, a feature film by Oliver Schmitz from South Africa competing in the "Un Certain Regard" category at the Cannes Film Festival...
HBO Takes Top Honors at 2010 NAMIC Vision Awards Honoring Achievements in Television Programming Diversity
NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) has announced the winners of the 16th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards. Awards were presented on Thursday,...
“Courting Justice” a tribute to South African women
Two years after its initial release, the documentary film Courting Justice continues to inspire audiences around the world with its story of South African...
Black Hollywood Heads to Ohio in Fight Against AIDS
This week, the Buckeye state will become Black Hollywood East, as movie and TV stars flock to participate in the Test 1 Million Ohio...
White Material: A tale of White superiority
A white woman refuses to forgo her last coffee harvest in an African country during a civil war. Her desire takes precedence over the...
Liya Kebede on the silver screen with Waris Dirie
After the catwalk comes the silver screen. Liya Kebede depicts Waris Dirie in Desert Flower, a biopic directed by Sherry Hormann about the former...
The Princess and the Frog: More Green than Black
After Pocahontas, Jasmine and Mulan, the wonderful world of Walt Disney welcomes a new Princess, the beautiful Tania. The studios play the Obama card...
‘Jill Scott Preps Two New Films, Marvel Cartoon Series, Intimate Apparel Bra, Album Release and 2010 Lilith Fair Tour’
Triple threat releases lifetime movie 'Sins of the Mother' February 7. Reveals new album 'The light of the Sun' Spring/Summer 2010 supports Lilith Fair...
Agora, or an Egyptian revolution
Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar transports the viewer to Egypt in the late fourth century AD, a time when followers of the last ancient Egyptian...
African film industry: Nigerian television sets precedence
African producers have hoped beyond hope since time immemorial that their governments will seriously implement a quota system for national productions. Although some sort...
Ethiopian film maker, Haile Gerima, does it again
It came as no surprise when "Teza" was awarded with the first prize at the 21st Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO),...
Ethiopian Film “TEZA” wins Tanit d’Or at Carthage Film festival
The film "Teza" of Ethiopian film director Haile Gerima won the Tanit d'or, supreme consecration of the Carthage Cinematographic Days (JCC), whose 22nd session...
FESPACO award winner for best film “Ezra” screening in Dakar
The movie "Ezra", directed by Nigerian Newton Aduaka, will be shown at the French Institute Leopold Sédar Senghor in Dakar, Senegal, on 31 October...
Cinéma-vérité highlights Egyptian film “Hassan and Morcos”
The film, "Hassan and Morcos" by the Egyptian actor Abdel Imam, sponsored by the Office of the High Commission of the United Nations for...
Number 1 First Lady Detective Agency with Jill Scott takes shape
Entitled "The Number 1 First Lady Detective Agency movie", this movie, which is one of the maiden editions to be shot in Botswana, is...
Controversial film stifling Egypt – Iran relations
The Egyptian government has summoned a senior Iranian diplomat in Cairo to explain an Iranian film that depicts the assassination of Egyptian President...
Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine in a coma
Legendary Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine was airlifted to France Monday after slipping into a coma as a result of brain hemorrhage, Khaled Yussef,...
Clint Eastwood – Spike Lee : Racism, Omission or Fact
By the look of things, Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are no where near conceding to each other as to whose “historical accuracy” is...
Burke delivers the “Candy Shop” to Flashpoint 2008
Kingston, Jamaica:-- Patrons will be treated to “Candy Shop”; the first teen comedy to premiere at the Flashpoint Film Festival on Thursday, June 5...
Egyptian syndicate threatens foreign actors’ jobs
Arab actors are worried that they may be out of work in Eg ypt after the head of the actors' union Ashraf Zaki said...
Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves in “Street Kings”
Street Kings starring Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves was released in theaters in the United States on April 11th.
Forest Whitaker plays a cop of...