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Hollywood - Tuesday, December 30, 2008 13:08 - 6 Comments

Daddy’s Girls All Grown Up

Angela and Vanessa Simmons will be leaving the nest to star in their own reality show, Daddy’s Girls, set to premiere at the top of 2009.

The show is a spin off from the popular Run’s House where the girls have been seen living at home with their parents and four siblings. The show will follow the lives of the two Simmons sisters as they live in their new home in Los Angeles. Vanessa will continue to pursue a career in television, film and modeling, while Angela is enrolled in fashion school and sticks to her plans of launch her own magazine - Angela’s Rundown.

The girls will also maintain their Pastry brand, which now includes bags and clothing in addition to sneakers. Daddy’s Girls will premiere January 5 on MTV.

Hollywood - Sunday, December 14, 2008 21:34 - 8 Comments

Diddy And B Up For Globes

Beyonce, who was previously nominated for her performance in Dreamgirls will be up for her first Golden Globe after snagging the nod for best original song in a motion picture. The sultry-smooth single, “Once in a Lifetime” was co-written and preformed by B on the soundtrack of her new film, Cadillac Records.

Jay-Z’s boo will be up against some steep competition for the award from the likes of Miley Cyrus, Bruce Springstein, Peter Gabriel, and even Clint Eastwood who got the nod for a song he co-wrote and performs in his upcoming flick, Gran Torino.

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Hollywood - Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:25 - 6 Comments

Salvation is Near

Attention all Terminator fanatics: The first official trailer for Terminator Salvation has just hit the web. Christian Bale takes on the John Connor role helping the Resistance fight back against the war machines that have turned Earth into an apocalyptic battlefield. And Common will join the Resistance in humanity’s last chance for survival.

McG (Charlie’s Angels) raised a lot of eyebrows when he was confirmed as director, but he’s outdone himself with the trailer. T4 hits theaters on May 24th 2009.

Trailer after the jump.

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Hollywood - Monday, December 8, 2008 18:26 - 15 Comments

Cadillac Records Review

Cadillac Records tells the story of Chess Records, the legendary Chicago-based record label founded by a former junk yard manager named Leonard Chess. Chess Records was home to musical sensations Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and Etta James. Taking moviegoers back to a time when r&b and rock music had a soulful sincere sound that moved the hearts and feet of segregated audiences everywhere during the 1940’s and 50’s. At times, howeverthe highly anticipated movie does not reach its potential to become a memorable end of the year film.

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Hollywood - Sunday, December 7, 2008 22:25 - 8 Comments

Privatizing Our Most Valuable Resource

The documentary, Flow: For Love of Water, which has been shown in film festivals throughout the world and won various awards domestically and internationally, will premiere in New York September 12. It deals with what is probably the most important issue in the 21st century which is who has access to clean water.

“About 85% of people get their water from public utilities that can all change if the current situation continues” says Irena Salina director of Flow.

“We’re running out of clean water, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens has been buying up huge amounts of land that have water” says Salina.

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Hollywood - Monday, December 1, 2008 15:35 - 17 Comments

Diddy As Bond?

Last month, James Bond star Daniel Craig said he thinks it may just be time for a Black Bond. Now, many Black celebrities have expressed serious interest in turning the possibility into a reality. Diddy even dropped a cool $750,000 on his audition tape!

Sure, it’s a bit much for an audition tape but, in his defense, the video entitled “I Am King” is also an ad spot for his latest fragrance.

Hollywood - Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:50 - 15 Comments

Big Boi Goes Undercover

Rapper Big Boi of Outkast is expanding his acting resume with a guest spot on the hit NBC show Law & Order Special Victims Unit. In the two part episode, scheduled to air November 25th, Big plays “Gots Money” — a rapper who becomes an undercover agent after getting caught up in an underground animal smuggling ring.

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Hollywood - Monday, November 10, 2008 13:56 - 13 Comments

What’s Next? A Black James Bond

Daniel Craig, star of the current James Bond series, said in a recent interview that he thinks the world is ready for a Black James Bond. We love Craig’s rugged Bond, but would love to see a brotha play the suave Bond.

Take a poll after the jump.
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Hollywood, Music - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 17:54 - 9 Comments

Common Juggles Acting And Music

Super lyricist Common recently announced that he has been cast as Green Lantern in the upcoming Justice League flick. That’s good for Common, but what does that mean in terms of his music? We’ve all seen Mos Def slack off on the Hip-Hop side of things in lieu of his acting career (as much as we love you Mos, Tru3 Magic was nowhere near Black on Both Sides).

In an interview with MTV News, he reassures his music fans that he is not about to slow it down.

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