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12 Years A Slave’s Lupita Nyong’o Wins at SAG Awards

Lupita Nyongo’o walked away with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Female Supporting Actor for  her role as Patsey in 12 Years A Slave, Saturday, January 18, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.  Looking beautiful, dressed to the… Continue Reading

The Stellar Awards Made Tamela Mann Queen of The Night

Tamela Mann was queen of the night at the 29th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Award January 18 in Nashville at the Municipal Auditorium.  The “Meet The Browns” star walked away with seven statues for the night, including the coveted Artist Of The… Continue Reading

12 Years A Slave Wins Golden Globe – Best Motion Picture Drama

“12 Years A Slave “walked away with the award for Best Motion Picture – Drama  at the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night in Beverly Hills, Ca. The film tied with “American Hustle,”  for most nominations, 7, going into the awards… Continue Reading

Fresh Prince’s Uncle Phil, James Avery Dies

Veteran actor, James Avery, “Uncle Phil” from 1990’s sitcom, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air dead at age 68. According to CNN, Avery died December 31, 2013 in Los Angles due to complications resulting from open heart surgery. Avery played… Continue Reading

Best Man Holiday Gets Big Numbers Opening Weekend

Fox Searchlight’s The Best Man Holiday was a big hit at the box office this past weekend bringing in an estimated $30 million.  According to boxofficemojo.com’s weekend report,  Malcolm D. Lee’s romantic comedy came in second only to Thor, which… Continue Reading

12 Years A Slave – A Must See

I just returned home to St. Louis after attending the Fox Searchlight press junket for the movie Black Nativity in Los Angeles/Beverly Hills.  Although I really enjoyed the press junket, I was totally unprepared for the chaos that I ran… Continue Reading

Black Nativity and Me in Beverly Hills!

I just returned to my hotel room in Beverly Hills from the screening of the Fox Searchlight holiday movie, Black Nativity.  It is a good family movie perfect for Christmas moviegoers.  The Kasi Lemons scribed film features some great music,… Continue Reading