Well, we certainly didn’t see this one coming. According to Deadline, Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett will be channeling the spirit of revered comedic actress Lucille Ball in an upcoming biopic. The script will be written by Aaron Sorkin who also penned the Michael Fassbender starrer Steve Jobs.
Idris Elba will be uttering the phrase: “The name is James…James Bond”. And it’s going to happen sooner rather than later. Sure, white males can’t fathom the notion that a black man could possibly be recruited to the elite position of protecting an old white lady who walks around with a crown of jewels on her head.
At the time we reached out to Leslie Fields-Cruz, the long-time executive director of the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), the unfathomable tragedy that is now unfolding with the vile arrest and mysterious death of Sandra Bland hadn’t transpired.
I will try to keep this short and sweet because it won’t be a pleasant experience expressing my utter disbelief at the realization that the man that I used to pretend was my father has turned out to be the big bad wolf.
A big shaggy, frightful predator masked under the disguise of a well-groomed, well-spoken, well-choreographed representative who operated under the name, Bill Cosby. It was just by lucky strokes that I became a disciple of The Cosby Show. Born in the United States but bred in Lagos, Nigeria, my mother worked for the Nigerian Television Authority, and her duty was to secure programming from around the world. She did a magnificent job, I can attest to that. From The Beachcombers to Fawlty Towers, my world expanded and blossomed accordingly.
Earlier this month, Harlem resident and solidified art curator, Souleo, hosted the 2nd Annual Spring Benefit, on behalf of Art Connects New York, a non-profit art organization dedicated to utilizing the expressiveness of art and culture as a tool to educate and uplift communities that are stifled by abhorrent ignorance and systematic abandonment.
After directing the highly acclaimed Selma, about civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, its only expected that filmmaker Ava DuVernay, would be wooed by top studios, after proving her prowess when it comes to orchestrating epic narrations for the big screen.
Okay, lets get right to it. Rachel Dolezal, is now the most fascinating woman in America because her deep dark secret (no pun intended) has now become tabloid fodder and an excuse for the media to once again dissect the impenetrable layers of racial confusion.
Filmmaker and activist, Violeta Ayala drew attention and global acclaim a few years ago when she and Daniel Fallshaw, her husband and frequent collaborator, unleashed the fascinatingly controversial documentary, Stolen (2009). The film garnered heightened recognition due to its potent subject matter, as it lifted the heavy veil that long concealed the devastating realization of human trafficking in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Boyz n the Hood director, John Singleton is headed to the small screen and will be joining forces with FX to produce a pilot that he co-wrote with Eric Amadio.
According to recent a piece in the Hollywood Reporter, there is a distinct difference between what women over 40 desire based on which coast they reside in. Author Merle Ginsberg picked the brains (no pun intended) of a handful of plastic surgeons and dermatologists, who are presumably some of the best in their field, and the consensus basically points at the fact that New York women don’t mind looking their age while women from L.A. are terrified and want their predicament drastically rectified.