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BBC1 Makes History With Two Black Actors in Primetime

In a historic first for BBC1, and television in the UK, it has been announced that Sophie Okonedo, Oscar nominated in 2004 for her role in “Hotel Rwanda” and Adrian Lester, both actors of African descent, will be the central characters followed in the new primetime political drama series “Undercover,” written by award winning playwright […]

Sophie Okonedo and Adrian Lester star in the BBC 1 series "Undercover". Photograph by Des Willie courtesy of the BBC.

Canelo vs. Khan Tour Ends With Trump Sized Bang

It was the end of a whirlwind three city international press tour for the  Saul “El Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) vs. Amir “King ” Khan (31-3-0, 19KOs) Cinco De Mayo weekend fight that Donald Trump built, according to Golden Boy Promoter Oscar De La Hoya last week in Los Angeles – the final stop on the tour: “The […]

Saul " Canelo" Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya and Amir "KIng" Khan in Los Angeles, California. Photo credit Kylie Krabbe

Mark Wahlberg And NBA’s Caron Butler Set To Do Movie

NBA Champion and Sacramento Kings Forward Caron Butler is about to stretch his admirable journey from the streets to the NBA just a bit further into Hollywood proper.  To the delight of NBA fans everywhere, Butler has inked a deal with A-list Hollywood big hitter, actor/producer Mark Wahlberg to make his memoir “Tuff Juice: My […]

Caron Butler. Photo Credit Keith Allison.

Trump Gets No Love From “The Brothers Grimsby”

While social media has been literally “atwitter” with regards to the numerous little moral deaths governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie appears to be suffering silently after endorsing his former GOP rival Donald Trump for the Republican Presidential Nomination, actor Sacha Baron Cohen, star and creator of Borat, Brüno and Ali G Indahouse, is clearly in no […]

THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY, starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” Proves WTF Good

Typically, when you hear the words coming of age, forty something and uterus involved to describe the key components of a good movie, unless Steve Carell is involved, no dude under forty or otherwise is going near it with a ten foot pole… that is unless he’s chained to his wife, girlfriend, boyfriend or someone […]

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT, starring Tina Fey. Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

“Deadpool” Is A Dead Ringer For Success

If you think that it is mysterious that you haven’t heard anything bad about “Deadpool”, there’s nothing more to be said about it except that the movie is just that good in it’s own very special p#### mouthed way. As a counterculture masterpiece, it works studiously well in spite of what most would call the […]

"Deadpool" starring Ryan Reynolds. Photo credit Joe Lederer courtesy of 20th Century Fox.

“Triple 9” Promises Big But Comes Up Light

At first glance, “Triple 9” has everything going for it as a made to order cops and crooks morality to morass type of tale. The cast is bananas, starting with no less than Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet rounding things out in a close to unrecognizable […]

"Triple 9" Movie Poster courtesy of Open Road Films

“Empire” Hood By Air Winners Announced

For those of you who thought we forgot on our Empire Hood By Air contest at the end of 2015, the winners are in! Huge congratulations to our all girl winner’s crew of Keesha Robinson, Tabitha Nauser and Jeandra Le Beauf.  For those Johnny Come Lately dudes who want to hate because it was all […]

Zoolander 2: Less Than Picture Perfect

To the credit of it’s creators and press team, “Zoolander 2” has had an incredible social media campaign leading up to the release of the actual movie itself this February 12, 2016 in advance of Valentine’s Day weekend. Indeed the intricacy and spot on nature of the campaign is a wholly self sufficient and brilliantly satisfying […]

Left to right: Owen Wilson plays Hansel, Penelope Cruz plays Valentina Valencia and Ben Stiller plays Derek Zoolander in Zoolander No. 2 from Paramount Pictures.

“How To Be Single” Gives Good Valentine

Going into this Valentine’s Day holiday weekend, “How To Be Single” does something that is refreshingly different from your typical Valentine’s Day Chick Flick movie fare. Rather than staying inside it’s box via delivering come cute laughs and an obligatory good cry scene about the difficulty of being alone, “How To Be Single” actually investigates […]

"How To Be Single" Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Golden Boy’s Next Big Fighter? Julian Ramirez

It would appear that Golden Boy Promotions is betting big on Los Angeles boxing prospect Julian Ramirez.  With a perfect record of 15-0, with 8 of those wins via KO, Ramirez is set to fight his greatest opponent yet as the headliner against Chris “the S.D. Kid” Martin (28-6-3, 9 KOs) for the vacant WBC […]

Golden Boy Prospects Abraham Lopez, Julian Ramirez and Pablo Rubio Jr. Photo credit Kylie Krabbe for Whyufight