At a Rutgers University’s Actor’s Spotlight this past February, Idris Elba bluntly articulated Black Hollywood’s sentiment: “The Oscars aren’t designed for us.” Elba was responding to this year’s Academy Awards, where not a single black person in the industry made the ballot. No matter; while the media and Hollywood insiders were in a tizzy about […]
The prestigious Hollywood Black Film Festival, dubbed “The Black Sundance” has announced its lineup for the 2011 Festival which will happen October 27-30th. The Festival will screen 51 films, including 9 feature films, 11 documentaries and 27 short films. The feature films include, “Rocksteady” a movie about the son of a Jamaican immigrant who becomes […]
How many of you have watched a movie and literally laughed until you started crying? If the answer is yes, you were probably watching one of the movie titles listed below. TheUrbanDaily has compiled a list of 10 funny black movies. These movies provide nothing but laughs from beginning to end. Most of the movie […]
Before Barack Obama became the first African-American President (sorry, Bill Clinton does NOT count) the only time we saw a Commander-in-Chief of color was in the movies. Sometimes the portrayals were dignified (Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact) other times they were not (Terry Crews in Idiocracy), but nine times out of ten the world was […]
Christmas is right around the corner, which means it’s time to begin pondering gift ideas. Buying a loved one his or her all-time favorite movie or TV show series on DVD or Blu-ray Disc is a popular choice nowadays, because they’re relatively inexpensive and can last a lifetime. But what if the big retailers in […]
