THIS PROTEGE OF TYLER PERRY NOW HELPS BLACK FILMMAKERS FINANCE THEIR FILMS. Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Jon Gosier, Founder, and CEO of FilmHedge is being recognized for driving innovation in Atlanta – disrupting how finance, media, and technology intersect. His cross-industry expertise as a serial entrepreneur, investor, author, and screenwriter uniquely positions him to lead the...
Some masterpieces don’t make it to the box office, Traces of Indignity is one of them. With new film releases grinding to a halt in response to the spread of the coronavirus, many have used these weeks of self-quarantine to cast an eye backward over their favorites, and to fill in what they have missed....
This past week, the 27th Annual Convention of the National Black Chamber of Commerce took place at the Auburn Avenue Research Library in Atlanta, GA at the Auburn. The Convention consisted of Receptions, Exhibits, Business Matchmaking and more. The Agenda consisted of sessions and panel discussions lead by industry professionals in the areas of Fashion,...
Every year the top Oscar nominees receive swag bags that have included gifts from luxury holidays to sweat-absorbing patches, worth upwards of $100,000. This year, they can calm their nerves ahead of the awards on Sunday with a range of cannabis-infused products that will be included in the goody bags. Chocolates infused with 10mg tetrahydrocannabinol...
The box office king and Trump golf antagonist beat a crack addiction to build a film career unrivaled in modern stardom, and the 70-year-old ‘Glass’ actor aims to work well into his 80s — if Marvel and the rest of Hollywood can afford him: “I’m a gunslinger now.” He arrives exactly on schedule, not a...
The Yale grad counts fellow alum and ‘Black Panther’ star Winston Duke as a friend (“helped me move”) and is paying it forward to the next generation of the drama school’s Black students. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is stepping out with his biggest film yet as the villainous Black Manta in Aquaman. For the 32-year-old New...
Michael Ealy and Meagan Good also star in the Deon Taylor-directed film. Sony Pictures Entertainment on Monday released the first trailer for The Intruder. The psychological thriller film follows young married couple Scott and Annie Russell (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) after they buy their dream house in Napa Valley. When the seller, Charlie (Dennis...
He didn’t invent comic book heroes, but Marvel’s late mastermind brought them down to earth, creating a universe of ultra-lucrative superhumans whose humanity altered the face of entertainment. There were superheroes before Stan Lee. DC Comics’ Superman and Marvel’s Captain America had been around since the 1930s. But it was Lee — who died Nov....
On Instagram today, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence confirmed that Sony’s Bad Boys for Life is finally going forward, and they’re respectively reprising their roles as Detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett. “It’s official Bad Boys 3 is happening, it’s official,” screamed Smith from the Santa Monica, CA beach. Production is starting in mid January with Belgian directors Adil El...