Some people, despite major success in one area, want to expand beyond the job the world knows them for. Kanye West, for example started out…

While Hollywood continues to scratch their heads about the opening weekend success  of “The Best Man Holiday,” director Malcolm D. Lee is taking it in…

Two days after seeing “12 Years a Slave,” scenes from the movie still play over and over in my mind. I’m not entirely sure that…

Chris Tucker was chillin’ for a good while, but when the IRS came after him for millions in back taxes, he jokes that he had…

It’s the 20 anniversary of “Living Single” but don’t expect a reunion anytime soon. Most of the cast, including Queen Latifah, who is reprising her…

The Winnie Mandela biopic hits screens on Friday with Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard as the iconic South African couple. It’s but one of two…

Everything old is new again. At least that’s the philosophy on TV this fall as both Queen Latifah and Arsenio Hall are once again hosting…

If you’re old enough to remember it, Arsenio Hall’s late night talk show which originally ran from 1989-1994 was the TV hangout in the 90′s.…

Spike Lee has been the nation’s leading Black cinema artist for many years. His groundbreaking film “She’s Gotta Have It” was released in 1986, and…

In a special Hollywood edition of Washington Watch, TV One political editor, host and radio personality Roland Martin will be featuring interviews and conversations with a wide variety of famous African Americans in the completion of a two-part series on “Black Hollywood” as they gathered in Los Angeles this past week for the 44th Annual NAACP Image […]

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Black Hollywood: the ebony Shangri-la of showbiz. In tinsel town, behind the flash bulbs of paparazzi snapshots, behind the casting cattle calls and behind a…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood loves the Next Big Thing, and four years ago, that was Barack Obama, the equivalent of a breakout movie star. SEE ALSO: How Ron Paul Got A Free Pass “He is `The One,'” said Oprah Winfrey, his biggest and most influential celebrity champion. “The best candidate I’ve ever seen,” said […]