Archive for the 'Awards' Category
• December 12, 2013 •
Comments Off on Golden Globes Announced: “Twelve Years a Slave” and Kerry Washington in Contention
Posted in Acting, African American History, Africans, Awards, Black Actors and Actresses, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumer Fraud, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, International Terrorism, Kenya, Love, People of Color, Race, Scandal, Slavery, Television, Television Series, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Captain Phillips", 12 Years a Slave, African, African Americans, American Hustle, Barkhad Abdi, Best Actor Drama, Best Director, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Dern, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Golden Globes, Goodwife, Idris Elba, Inside Llewyn Davis, Judi Dench, Kenya, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Fassbinder, Nebraska, Robert Redford, Sandra Bullock, Slave, Somali-American, Somalia, Steve McQueen, The Oscars, Wolf of Wall Street, Yemen
• May 13, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Film, History, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Ariana Neal, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Blacks, California, Cannes Film Festival, Cell Phone Videos, Cell Phones, Chad Michael Murray, Constables on Patrol, David Silva, Drama, Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, Grant, Latinos, Love, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Motherhood, Murder, Octavia Spencer, Oscar Grant, Racism, Ryan Coogler, Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein Company, YouTube
• September 4, 2012 •
Comments Off on The Ancestors Summon Academy Award Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Star of “The Green Mile”
Posted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Heart, The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "The Finder", "The Green Mile", Academy Award, Academy Award Nominee, Acting, Actor, African Americans, Blacks, Bruce Willis, California, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Craig Ferguson, Duncan, Golden Globe Nominee, Green Mile, Love, Michael Clarke Duncan, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, PETA, The Nineties, United States
• November 10, 2011 •
Comments Off on Eddie Murphy Giving Up The Oscar Gig? That Was A Stupid Career Move
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Billy Crystal, Blacks, Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer, Bromance, Bubble Hill, California, Common Sense, Eddie, Eddie Murphy, Gay Jokes, Gays, Hooker, Host, Hypermasculinity, Jews, Los Angeles, Master of Ceremonies, MOR, Olivia Munn, Oscar, Ratner, Stand-Up, Stand-Up Comedian, Straights, The Down Low, The Eighties, Tower Heist, Transvestite, United States
• November 2, 2011 •
Comments Off on Eddie Murphy with Leno on “The Tonight Show,” Eleven One Eleven
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Harlem Nights", "Norbit", "Shadow and Act", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", 11/1/11, 8 Kids, Academy Award, African American, African Americans, Ben Stiller, Black Women, Blacks, Charlie Murphy, Chris Rock, Comeback, Dave Chappelle, Drama, Eddie, Eddie Murphy, Eight Children, Grandfather, Growing Up, Jay Leno, Laughing, Laughter, Leno, Martin Lawrence, Matthew Broderick, Maturity, Movie, Rolling Stone Magazine, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Smack, SNL, SNL Alumni, Stand-Up, Stand-Up Comedian, The Eighties, The Tonight Show, Tower Heist, Tracey Edmonds, Tracy Morgan, United States
• July 12, 2011 •
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Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Fences, "Shadow and Act", Acting, Actors, African Americans, August Wilson, Black Women, Blacks, Conversation, Drama, Education, Film, Hollywood, Interview, Lynn Hirschberg, New York Times, Racism, Roles, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sidney Poitier, The Film Industry, Times Talk, Viola Davis
• May 13, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cooking, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Food, Hate Crimes, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Political Malfeasance, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Congo Square", "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", Arguments, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Brenda Marie Osbey, Broken Levees, California Newsreel, Community, Documentary, Father Jerome LeDoux, Film Documentary, Film Festivals, Glen David Andrews, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Lenwood Sloan, Levees, Lolis Eric Elie, Nature, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, San Francisco International Film Festival, South Madison Branch Public Library, St. Augustine Parish, The Mississippi River, Tribeca Film Festival, Wynton Marsalis
• March 23, 2011 •
Comments Off on Elizabeth Taylor, 79, Has Died
Posted in Acting, Awards, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Sexuality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Cleopatra", Academy Award, Academy Award Winner, AIDS, Canada, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Congestive Heart Failure, Dame Elizabeth Rosamund Taylor, Dame Elizabeth Rosemund Taylor, David Gest, Doonesbury, Drama, Dual Citizenship, Elizabeth Taylor, Gay, Health, Hollywood, Larry Fortensky, LGBT, Liz Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Los Angeles, Montgomery Clift, Old Hollywood, Oscar, Puerto Vallarta, Richard Burton, Rock Hudson, Sex, The Sixties, United States, Violet Eyes
• February 27, 2011 •
Comments Off on The P.S. 22 Chorus from Staten Island Will Appear on Tonight’s Oscar Show
Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Music, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The PS 22 Chorus
Tags: ABC, Academy Award, Anne Hathaway, Disneyland, Fifth Graders, Graniteville, Gregg Breinberg, Justin Timberlake, Kodak Theatre, New York, Nicole Kidman, P.S. 22 Chorus, Sandra Bullock, Staten Island, The Oscars
• February 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on “King: Montgomery to Memphis” Documentary Comes Out of The Vaults After a 40 Year Absence
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Film, Hate Crimes, National Issues, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "King: Montgomery to Memphis", 1955, African Americans, Black Power, Blacks, Desegregation, Documentary, Ellen Holly, Film Documentary, Freedom, James Earl Jones, Kwame Turé, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, National Film Registry, Racism, Racists, Ruby Dee, Scott Walker, Segregationists, Sidney Lumet, Social Justice, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Power Movement, The Cheesehead Pharoah, The Civil Rights Movement, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
• January 4, 2011 •
Comments Off on Three Clips from Upcoming Halle Berry Film, “Frankie and Alice,” Where She Plays One Personality Who is White and Racist
Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chandra Wilson, Class, Cultural History, Film, Halle Berry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Phylicia Rashad, Race, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Black Swan", "Frankie and Alice", Academy Award, Best Actress, Black Women, British Columbia, Chandra Wilson, Exotic Dancer, Frankie & Alice, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Limited Release, Los Angeles, Multiple Personalities, Natalie Portman, Phylicia Rashad, Psychological Drama, Psychologists, Stellan Skarsgård, Stripper, The Seventies, Vancouver
• December 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on Jeff Bridges Nearly Refused The Role of “The Dude”
Posted in Acting, Afghanistan, American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Iraq, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television, The Iraq War II, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Big Lebowski", African Americans, American Masters, Big Lebowski, Blacks, Caucasians, Coen Brothers, Common Sense, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, George Carlin, Hipsters, Jeff Bridges, Last Picture Show, Marijuana, Marijuana Dealer, Mirror Has Two Faces, Norman Mailer, Self Image, Sex, Slackers, Stoners, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, Timothy Bottoms, True Grit, Weed, White Russians
• December 15, 2010 •
Comments Off on Hey, “Vanity Fair”! This Is How You Do a Hollywood Issue
Posted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, People of Color
Tags: "Shadow and Act", "Vanity Fair", Actors and Actresses, African Americans, Age, Angela Lansbury, Anne Meara, Beauty, Black Women, Blacks, Breck Girls, Carl Reiner, Color, Gena Rowlands, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Hollywood Reporter, James Earl Jones, Jerry Stiller, Larry Hagman, Legends, Oscars, PC, Phyllis Diller, Politically Correct, Racism, Racism by Omission, Sex, Sidney Poitier, Youth
• August 26, 2010 •
Comments Off on Isaiah Mustafa, “The Old Spice Guy” Got An Emmy; Will Star in “Madea” Film and Workplace Comedy
Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Television
Tags: "Chuck", "Horrible Bosses", "Madea's One Big Happy Family", "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like", Acting, Actor, African Americans, Blacks, Commercial, Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Emmy, Emmy Award, Isaiah Mustafa, Madea, NFL Wide Receiver, Old Spice, Sex, The Guy in the Old Spice Commercial, The Old Spice Guy, TV Commercials, Tyler Perry, Winner
• July 8, 2010 •
Comments Off on 2010 Emmys Announced: Braugher, “Endgame,” “Treme” Nominated
Posted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cooking, Cultural History, Documentary, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Love, Public Television, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Breaking Bad", "Brick City", "Endgame", "Pressure Cooker", "Treme", African American History, African Americans, Andre Braugher, Awards Show, Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Blacks, California, Children, Emmy, Emmys, Gian Carlo Esposito, Los Angeles CA, President Barack Obama, Racism, Sofia Vergara, The Emmys, Wanda Sykes
• May 3, 2010 •
Comments Off on Actress Lynn Redgrave (“Georgy Girl,” “Shine”) Dies at 67
Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Canada, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, European History, Film, Health, Holidays, Love, Lynn Redgrave, Memoir, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Desperate Housewives", "Georgy Girl", "Gods and Monsters", "House Calls", "Shine", American, Beatrice Kempson, Benjamin Clark, Breast Cancer, Cheating, Children, Comeback, Connecticut, Corin Redgrave, Dhalia Hainsworth, Divorce, Drama, Dual Citizenship, Growing Up, Infidellity, James Mason, John Clark, Love, Lynn Rachel Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Officer of the British Empire, Outside Child, Rachel Kempson, Rita Tushingham, Sir Michael Redgrave, Sophia Loren, The Nineties, Vanessa Redgrave, Weight Watchers
• April 22, 2010 •
Comments Off on UPDATE: Mo’Nique and Her Brother Gerald–It May Have Been About the Money
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View, Women
Tags: African American Women, African Americans, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Blacks, Brother, Family, Gerald Imes, Incest, Incest Among Siblings, Middle-Class, Mo'Nique, Money, Monique Imes, Parents, Shakedown, Sidney Hicks, Support, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Oscars, The Smell Factor, The View, Women
• April 21, 2010 •
Comments Off on Chaz Ebert Steps Out on Her Own and with Roger
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Sneak Previews", "The Chicago Sun-Times", 12th Annual Roger Ebert Film Festival, African Americans, Attorney, Blacks, Cancer, Champaign IL, Chaz, Chaz Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Ebertfest, Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival, Film Critic, Film Criticism, Husband, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Lawyer, Love, Marriage, Roger Ebert, Television Program, The Virginia Theatre, Wife
• March 28, 2010 •
1 Comment
Posted in Acting, American Foreign Policy, Awards, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, History, Love, Race, Television
Tags: "I Spy", "The Los Angeles Times", Acting, African Americans, Alexander Scott, Bay Area, Bill Cosby, Blacks, Bro-Mance, Drama, Hugh Hefner, Intelligence, Kelly Robinson, Madison WI, Maleness, Man-Love, Oakland CA, Retro Television Network, Robert Culp, RTV, Spies, Spying, Tennis, Tennis Players, The CIA, The Playboy Mansion, The Sixties, Trainer
• March 8, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Awards, Black People, Class, Differently-Abled, Documentary, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Health, Liyana, Music, People of Color, Prudence Mabhena, Race, Television, The Rest of the World, Women, Zimbabwe
Tags: "Music by Prudence", "Precious", "The Los Angeles Times", African Americans, Arthrogryposis, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Documentary Short Subject, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Creative Control, Drama, Elinor Burkett, Geoffrey Shawn Fletcher, Kanye West, Kanye'd, Liyana, Oscar, Prudence Mabhena, Roger Ross Williams, The Oscars, Zimbabwe
• March 7, 2010 •
Comments Off on As Predicted, Mo’Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar (w/Update)
Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Film, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", "Skinny Women Are Evil", "The Mo'Nique Show", Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, BET, KTLA, Mary Jones, Mo'Nique, Monique Imes, Nikki Parker, Oscars, Queen Latifah, Red Carpet, Typecasting
• February 18, 2010 •
Comments Off on “I am Sean Bell,” a Film by Stacey Muhammad
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Awards, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Film, Hate Crimes, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, Race
Tags: African Americans, Black People, Blacks, Boys, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Documentary, Documentary Filmmaker, Fatherlessness, Hopelessness, Justice, Latina, Latinos, Men, Murder, N.Y.P.D., New York, New York City, Police Murders, Race, Racism, Sean Bell, Stacey Muhammad, The United States
• February 2, 2010 •
Comments Off on Oscar Nominations for 2009 Announced
Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Precious", 2009, 2010, Acting, African Americans, AMPAS, Announcement, Awards Show, Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Blacks, Directing, Drama, Films, Gabourey Sidibe, Lee Daniels, Luck, March 7, Mo'Nique, Movies, Nominees, Oscar, Producers, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Eighties
• January 18, 2010 •
1 Comment
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Mo'Nique, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", Acceptance Speech, Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Comedienne, Favorite, Front Runner, Golden Globes, Live and in Color, Mo'Nique, Oscars, Real, Sidney Hicks, The Oscars
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