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Octavia Spencer and Song Kang-ho To Star in indie sci-fi triller “Snow Piercer”

February 3, 2012
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Octavia Spencer and Song Kang-ho To Star in indie sci-fi triller “Snow Piercer”

Headshots of Spencer and Song (Song’s headshot found on Asian Media Wiki) The accolades from The Help are certainly going a long way for Octavia Spencer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress is set to star in high profile sci-fi indie film Snow Piercer. The film, written and directed by Bong Joon-ho, will...

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Notable links: Weeks of 1/23 and 1/30 and a note on Don Cornelius

February 3, 2012
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Notable links: Weeks of 1/23 and 1/30 and a note on Don Cornelius

Wang Leehom and Kanye West in The Kobe System video for Nike. Screencap: Me Here are some links of note. They’re listed below, but first, I thought I ought to talk a little about Don Cornelius, since I haven’t posted anything about him on Moniqueblog. Personally, I don’t like writing about death in any...

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ShockYa covers the SAG Awards

January 30, 2012
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ShockYa covers the SAG Awards

Cast of  The Help. Picture accompanies post at ShockYa. The Help cleans up again at the SAG Awards. Octavia Spencer won for her supporting role and Viola Davis won for her leading actress role. The entire crew (which also includes Mike Vogel, who plays Dean on Pan Am) also won for Outstanding Ensemble. Jean...

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Trailer for Steve Harvey’s “Think Like a Man”

January 27, 2012
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Trailer for Steve Harvey’s “Think Like a Man”

Credit: Official Facebook page for Think Like a Man The trailer for the film Think Like a Man is out! The film, based on Steve Harvey’s best-selling self-help book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, will be out in theaters March 9, 2012. According to Harvey, this film has had one of...

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More news on Tatyana Ali starrer “Home Again”

January 27, 2012
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More news on Tatyana Ali starrer “Home Again”

Tatyana Ali at the Presidential Inauguration (2009). Credit: Stazi (Wikipedia/Creative Commons) You might remember my post about three months ago about Tatyana Ali being cast in indie film Home Again (you can read the post here). Well, I’ve gotten more information on the movie in the form of a press release. Here it is:...

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Notable links: Week of 1/15 (part two)

January 22, 2012
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Notable links: Week of 1/15 (part two)

Credit: Angry Asian Man Here’s the second batch of Notable Links. Some of this is really old though…But, a lot of it deals with various things I’ve been writing on, like Pan Am and Sherlock, and other things dealing with race and culture in entertainment. Again, no small recaps this time, just the titles....

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Pictures, poster and trailer from “The Lady” released

January 17, 2012
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Pictures, poster and trailer from “The Lady” released

Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis in The Lady. Credit: Cohen Media You might have read about my mini-coverage of The Lady when I was giving a quick rundown of cultural films showing during 2011′s indie movie season. Now that the indie season is over, The Lady, starring Michelle Yeoh, is on its way to...

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Happy (belated) MLK Day!

January 16, 2012
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Happy (belated) MLK Day!

Credit: NBC/YouTube I’ve had a particularly trying day today,what with petty technology problems and computer viruses and general real life stress, but I realized that my trivialities are nothing compared to what the day was supposed to be about–the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. Me worrying about being able to have my...

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“The Help” clean up at the Critics’ Choice Awards

January 13, 2012
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“The Help” clean up at the Critics’ Choice Awards

Credit: Dreamworks I intended on having this up earlier, but now’s a good a time as any. The Help is on the path to awards stardom with the clean-up job they did at the Critics’ Choice Awards Friday. Octavia Spencer (who I learned a few months ago is from my home state of Alabama)...

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Notable Links: Week of 1/8

January 10, 2012
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Notable Links: Week of 1/8

Poster for 1911, starring Jackie Chan. Here’s another round of Notable Links. We’ve got so many links that I’ve got subsections: Star Trek J.J. Abrams says Star Trek sequel filming will start this week: According to The Daily Blam, Thursday is the date for the first filming session of the Star Trek sequel. Nazneen...

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“Akira” production shut down, reasons include casting, script development, budget

January 7, 2012
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“Akira” production shut down, reasons include casting, script development, budget

According to an exclusive from The Hollywood Reporter, Akira  has shut down its production offices in Vancouver. According to the site, the cause for shutting down the production for yet another time is due to issues concerning the budget and casting (however, Variety’s Josh Dickey tweeted that a source close to the movie said...

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“Pan Am”: Kal Parekh on playing Sanjeev, the state of Indian-Americans in the 1960s

January 6, 2012
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“Pan Am”: Kal Parekh on playing Sanjeev, the state of Indian-Americans in the 1960s

Kal Parekh. Credit: kalparekh.com This whole interview started with me tweeting Kal Parekh about how much of a fan I am of his character and him sending a response back. I thought that since the tweet worked so well, I’d try my luck and contact him directly to speak with him about his character...

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