Actor Harrison Ford has signed on to play famed Major League Baseball executive Branch Rickey in the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic. “Ford will star as Branch Rickey, the innovative Major League Baseball executive who is best known for breaking MLB’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract in 1945,” Legendary Pictures […]
Just last week, at the Las Vegas premiere of Cirque Du Soliel’s “Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour,” Paris Jackson said she planned to follow in her father’s footsteps and enter the entertainment world, as an actress. It’s been confirmed the 13-year-old has lined up her first feature film role. Paris will star as an […]
Actor Harrison Ford has signed on to play famed Major League Baseball executive Branch Rickey in the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic. “Ford will star as Branch Rickey, the innovative Major League Baseball executive who is best known for breaking MLB’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract in 1945,” Legendary Pictures […]
Two self-described Disney “fanatics” have purchased a house in Utah modeled after the colorful home featured in the animated movie “Up.” Discovering the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Herriman, Utah, was a dream come true for Clinton and Lynette Hamblin of Petaluma, Calif. The couple had been looking for a house with […]
Tyler Perry always seems to be one step ahead of the game with new projects, new TV shows and new movies steadily in the works. During the intense filming of his forthcoming film “The Marriage Counselor” based on the stage play of the same name, Perry has begun to shoot his role in the reboot […]
The State Capitol in Richmond, VA won’t look anything like Christmas anytime soon. In fact, the Cap City has officially canceled Christmas! Can you believe it? No, Ebenezer Scrudge didn’t get his wish, but a certain film producer did after choosing Hollywood over the holidays. Steven Spielberg’s new movie “Lincoln” will be shooting on location […]
The Hollywood Reporter announces that Notorious director George Tillman Jr. is developing a feature film about jazz great Miles Davis. The project will compete with Oscar-nominee Don Cheadle’s own plans to make a Davis biopic, which the actor has been trying for years to get off the ground. Both projects have the blessing of one […]
Disney bosses have been hit with a lawsuit from a New York nun who alleges that her autobiography was the inspiration for the “Sister Act” movie and musical. Delois Blakely claims she was a “young, black, singing nun serving the street people and youths of Harlem” when she wrote her 1987 book, “The Harlem Street […]
Are you ready for “The Fall Guy: The Movie”? Deadline.com is reporting that director Martin Campbell (“Green Lantern,” “Casino Royale”) could take on the planned film. Which leads to the big question: There’s going to be a “Fall Guy” movie? You might remember the 1981-1986 show, with Lee Majors as a stuntman-bounty hunter. Majors’ ex-wife […]
Singer/actor Tyrese Gibson has found a source of stability in a successful career in film. Now, after the commercial disappointment of his 2006 album, Alter Ego, the triple threat actor/singer/author has returned with the recent release of his fifth studio album, Open Invitation. Tyrese told BET.com that this project is his best work to date. […]
Detroit is known for amazing talents such as Aretha Franklin, The Clark Sisters, Dwele and most recently Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter KEM. As one of music’s most highly sought after R&B/soul crooners, KEM is now poised to add the title of actor to his list of accomplishments in entertainment as official word of his decision to join […]
Radio One Richmond is beyond elated this Friday morning after the success of our “Evening with Michael Baisden,” including a special private screening of Baisden’s new film/documentary “Do Women Know What They Want?” If you missed the event with special guest comedian/actor George Wilborn, shame on you, but just in case you were there or […]
