Pharoahe Monch – W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) Duck Down/War Media You often hear MC’s, producers and artists in general trot out the old quote “if you don’t like it, it wasn’t made for you.” Normally it’s a cop-out reserved for projects that just so happen to be tanking with the critics and fans alike. But […]

Tune in for an all new episode of ‘Cinema in Noir’ on BlogTalkRadio tonight, Sunday February 27th at 6PM EST. The show is co-hosted by Candice Frederick (http://ticketstubz.blogspot.com) , Kimberly Renee (http://reelsistas.tumblr.com/), Invisible Woman (http://invisible-cinema.blogspot.com/) and the The Urban Daily’s ReBecca Theodore-Vachon–four film critics who discuss the latest in black film and Hollywood news. Tonight’s […]

As a fitting close to Black History Month, actor Idris Elba was the featured speaker for the Lens Project’s “Artist Spotlight” series. Held at the Paul Robeson Center of Rutgers University’s Newark campus this past Thursday evening, the lecture was moderated by Ms. Baraka Sele, the current Assistant Vice President of Programming of the New […]

Tyler Perry is teaming with director Rob Cohen to star in a new on-screen adaptation of the popular Alex Cross detective series. Morgan Freeman has starred in two previous films (Along Came A Spider and Kiss The Girls ) based on the books by James Patterson. According to TheHollywoodReporter an indie version of the film […]

Before you settle in for the umpteenth “Law & Order” marathon, add “Luther” to the DVD rental queue. Idris Elba stars as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther in this Golden Globe nominated BBC series. Luther is both brilliant and impulsive, a lethal combination that makes him just as dangerous as the criminals he seeks to […]

Movies

Lots of good movies this year, not too many Black ones. Here are my Top 10. I didn’t see every movie but these are the one I saw. 10. Expendables Being a big Rambo and Commando fan, I appreciated this tribute to the action movies of the 80s. Good action and good chemistry between our […]

A Missouri based group of white supremacists called the Council of Conservative Citizens have come out against the casting of Idris Elba in the film Thor.

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations for 2011 are in!

(AllHipHop News) Despite early weekend box office estimates reported Monday morning (August 30), Takers has actually edged out The Last Exorcism as the highest-grossing film for the weekend ending August 29, AllHipHop.com has confirmed.

Testosterone Alert!  ‘Takers’ hits the big screen today and women everywhere will be flocking to witness some of the most diverse male eye candy so yummy, pink slips might be going out in Tyler Perry’s casting department.

T.I took over radio station 93.9 for an hour where he discussed “Takers” while also taking phone calls from fans.