Ordinarily this would have been a regular FB post but I had a lot I wanted to address in a short space soooo… (1) Came across this NYT article that posted BEFORE the Grammys: Let me repeat: “spirited debate” and “suspicions” that ‘Beyoncé was trying to “run the table” on nominations in a diverse group…
I attended a screening of this excellent documentary last night (“You Laugh But It’s True”) with the filmmaker David Meyer, Comedian (and Harvard comrade) Baratunde Thurston (author How to Be Black, co-founder Cultivated Wit, formerly of The Onion) and my very good friend who is a superb manager of talent Adesuwa McCalla. It took place at Hub…
1. Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” 2. Best Documentary – “20 Feet From Stardom” 3. Best Adapted Screenplay – John Ridley, “12 Years A Slave” 4. Best Picture – “12 Years A Slave” 5. Best Selfie – Conceived by Ellen Degeneres, Photo taken by Bradley Cooper 6. Best Musical Artist…
Best Picture: “American Hustle” “Captain Phillips” “Dallas Buyers Club” “Gravity” “Her” “Nebraska” “Philomena” “12 Years a Slave” “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Director: David O. Russell, “American Hustle” Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity” Alexander Payne, “Nebraska” Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Actor: Christian Bale, “American Hustle” Bruce…
IN THEATERS NOW: Fruitvale Station “In the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2009, police responded to reports of an altercation on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train in Oakland. Not long after, 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who had been celebrating New Years Eve in San Francisco, was shot dead by police officer Johannes Mehserle while being…
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