Black girls are out here making waves in Hollywood. Adding fuel to the rumor mill that Ava Duvernay may direct the next superhero film “Panther,” the director Tweeted Saturday about a real-life Black superhero, activist Bree Newsome, the brave, beautiful soul behind the takedown of the Confederate flag in Columbia Saturday. Yes. I hope I get the […]

In most Hollywood movies, you rarely see a Black woman saving the world, but in Fox’s new smash hit “Sleepy Hollow” the apocalypse is about to be cancelled with Abigail Mills on the case.  Played by Nicole Beharie, Abbie is a sheriff detective with plans to join the FBI when a strange turn of events […]

Television

What is “Sleepy Hollow?” “Sleepy Hollow” is new fall 2013 TV show set to premiere on FOX on Sept. 16. Billed as a “modern day” version of the 1820 Washington Irving story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” the series stars Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane, a Revolutionary War soldier who beheads a masked man with […]

Movies

What is “The Last Fall” about? “The Last Fall” is about professional football player Kyle Bishop, played by Lance Gross, and the struggles he faces after being cut from his team, retiring from the game and moving back to his hometown of Los Angeles. Kyle has a difficult time adjusting to post-football life, as his […]

Nicole Beharie isn’t one to shy away from controversy.The film SHAME, which focused on the sexual addiction of successful business executive,  made headlines for its provocative subject and on screen nudity.  Beharie, who plays the lead character’s love interest, was attracted to the role of Marianne because she was “someone more modern and interesting.” Her […]

  What happens when a star football player retires at 25?  After several years playing professional football, Kyle Bishop (Lance Gross)  is released from his fourth team in three years and returns to his home town, broke and at a complete loss about what he will do for a living. After an initially cold reception, Kyle reconnects […]