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Playwright Ntozake Shange Talks about Tyler Perry and “For Colored Girls”

• October 12, 2010 • 5 Comments

Posted in Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Murder/Manslaughter, Ntozake Shange, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stroke, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anika Noni Rose, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Black Women, Blacks, Brooklyn, Drama, Growing Up, Harriette Cole, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Love, Marriage, New York, Novelist, Ntozake Shange, Playwright, Poet, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Sexism in the African American Community, The Root, The Seventies, The Washington Post, Tyler Perry, United States, Video

The “For Colored Girls” Trailer From Tyler Perry: It May Have You Wishing for a Revival of the Broadway Play

• September 15, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Womanism, Women
Tags: "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Precious", Art, Depressing, Depression, Film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Frame of Mind, Growing Up, Janet Jackson, Juanita, Ladies in Colors, Live, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Movies, Murder, Ntozake Shange, Palo Alto, Racism, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Suicide, The Image, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Tyler Perry, What About Our Daughters?, Whoopi Goldberg

Isaiah Mustafa, “The Old Spice Guy” Got An Emmy; Will Star in “Madea” Film and Workplace Comedy

• August 26, 2010 • Comments Off

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

Tyler Perry Announces Film Cast for Ntozake Shange’s Play, “For Colored Girls”

• March 23, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Books, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Film, Health, History, Love, Ntozake Shange, Race, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Shadow and Act", Actresses, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, California, East Bay, Janet Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Kerry Washington, Kimberly Elise, Macy Gray, Mariah Carey, Ntozake Shange, Oakland, Oakland CA, Phylicia Rashad, Roles, The Seventies, The Women, Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg

Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”

• November 15, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, HIV Positive, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Monster's Ball", "Precious", "Push", "The CBS Evening News", Abuse Pornography, Abuser, African Americans, Alice Walker, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Claireese Jones, Composite Depiction, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Gabourey Sidibe, Growing Up, Katie Couric, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Mental Abuse, Motherhood, New York, New York City, Ntozake Shange, Precious Jones, Ramona Lofton, Rape, Sapphire, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Abuse, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Tyler Perry, WAOD, What About Our Daughters?

Trailer for “Precious”

• May 18, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Books, Film, Health, Love, Race, Sexuality
Tags: "Precious", "Push", Forced Impregnation, Gabourey Sidibe, Grand Jury Prize, Incest, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Obesity, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Paula Patton, Sapphire, Sarah and Gary Magness, Sherri Shepherd, Smokewood Entertainment Group, Sundance Festival, Teenagers, Tyler Perry

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The Guardian, UK

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Germany shooting: chants of 'Nazis out' at vigils after gunman kills nine February 21, 2020
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Donald Trump jabs at Parasite's Oscar win because film is 'from South Korea' February 21, 2020
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German court says Tesla can clear trees to build car factory February 21, 2020
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The BBC

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Quaden Bayles: Australian boy in bullying video receives global support February 21, 2020
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Thomas Thabane: Lesotho PM leaves country as murder charges loom February 21, 2020
Police accuse Thomas Thabane and the First Lady of murdering his previous wife in 2017.