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“Cloud Atlas” will have cast changing genders as well as race–An interesting experiment, or an inadvertently divisive film?

September 1, 2011
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“Cloud Atlas” will have cast changing genders as well as race–An interesting experiment, or an inadvertently divisive film?

Picture found through Google I’ve just heard about this movie called Cloud Atlas that is weird, to say the least. The film, directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings, will have cast Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent and Bae Doona. The cast, however, will not only be taking on...

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Akshay Kumar and Ludacris team up for cross-cultural Bollywood film “Breakaway”

August 30, 2011
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Akshay Kumar and Ludacris team up for cross-cultural Bollywood film “Breakaway”

(L-R) Ludacris and Akshay Kumar connect Hollywood to Bollywood in Breakway. Credit: Sterling Media I love it when movies stretch across cultural and racial borders, so I was intrigued to hear about Breakaway, the latest Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar to be released Sept. 30 of this year. The film, which is a hockey drama...

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Native American Pride: A Martinez

August 29, 2011
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Native American Pride: A Martinez

A Martinez Pictures Credit: Fanpix Full name: Adolph Larrue Martinez Occupation: Actor Seen in: The Bold and the Beautiful, Castle, Criminal Minds, One Life to Live, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nation(s)/Tribe(s): Apache (father), Piegan Blackfeet (mother). Also has Mexican and Northern European heritage. Other hobbies/jobs/talents: singing, basketball, track Trivia: Made singing debut at 12...

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REVIEW: “The Help” is a fun, well-rounded story about the changing south

August 28, 2011
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REVIEW: “The Help” is a fun, well-rounded story about the changing south

Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minny (Octavia Spencer) watching someone read Skeeter’s (Emma Stone) book in the grocery store. Credit: Dreamworks I think a lot of people and some of the magazines/websites, including  black historians and this post from Entertainment Weekly, got hung up on the fact that this film about southern race relations in the...

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REVIEWS: “World of Archie Double Digest” # 9, “Jughead” #207, “Jughead” #208

August 21, 2011
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REVIEWS: “World of Archie Double Digest” # 9, “Jughead” #207, “Jughead” #208

A backlog of Archie reviews is coming your way! Let’s dive in, shall we? World of Archie Double Digest #9 Credit: Archie Comics SCRIPT: Tania del Rio ARTIST: Bill Galvan COVER: Bill Galvan, Al Milgrom Synopsis (from Archie Comics):In Love Me Baby, Mumbai, Raj Patel dreams of being a film director! His current ITube movie...

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REVIEW: “X-Men: First Class” is a mixed bag

August 21, 2011
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REVIEW: “X-Men: First Class” is a mixed bag

The main cast of X-Men: First Class: (l-r) Caleb Landry Jones, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Lucas Till. Credit: Marvel/Twentieth Century Fox I missed X-Men: First Class when it first came to theaters, but thanks to Twentieth Century Fox sending me a screener copy, I was able to watch it before its...

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Outsourced Weekly: Why the lack of “Outsourced” posts

August 20, 2011
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Outsourced Weekly: Why the lack of “Outsourced” posts

You’ve probably noticed a severe drop-off in Outsourced posts. Well, there’s a reason for that. As you saw in my last post about Outsourced, the DVD of Season One is coming out in less than a month. I tried to keep up with watching all of the shows online, but NBC was just taking them...

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Johnny Depp’s Disney film “The Lone Ranger” stopped; is it a point for Native audiences and actors?

August 16, 2011
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Johnny Depp’s Disney film “The Lone Ranger” stopped; is it a point for Native audiences and actors?

Johnny Depp at the French premiere of Public Enemies. Credit: nicogenin (Creative Commons Flickr) It was announced this weekend that Disney’s The Lone Ranger, which would have star Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as The Lone Ranger, has ended production. For some, this can be viewed as a lost opportunity; for those people, there’s...

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Book review preview: “Hire Me, Hollywood!”–Casting director Jackie Burch uses blind casting in her work

August 15, 2011
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Book review preview: “Hire Me, Hollywood!”–Casting director Jackie Burch uses blind casting in her work

Credit: Adams Media Hire Me, Hollywood! is a book that I’ve received today in order to review. The book is made up of interviews from 30 people all across the spectrum in Hollywood and focuses on how those people got to be so successful.  Upon my first scan through the book, I’ve found something very...

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Outsourced Weekly: “Outsourced” on DVD September 13

August 5, 2011
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Outsourced Weekly: “Outsourced” on DVD September 13

You might think it’s weird that I’m about to hawk Outsourced since I’m so contrary to the show. Well, 1) I still am not a big fan of the show, even though I like some of the individual characters and 2) I’m only talking about the DVD of Season One of Outsourced because it’ll help...

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Newsy talks Miles Morales, the new Spider-Man

August 5, 2011
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Newsy talks Miles Morales, the new Spider-Man

Miles Morales. Credit: Marvel More news on Miles Morales–the new replacement for Spider-Man might be gay as well as being a multiracial, multicultural character. Newsy gives the entire story: Multisource political news, world news, and entertainment news analysis by Newsy.com There is a part of the story that didn’t sit well with me, and that...

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Birmingham women help educate, empower others with natural hair

August 4, 2011
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Birmingham women help educate, empower others with natural hair

The June Birmingham Natural Beauties meetup event at Rogue Tavern. Pictured are Katrina Watson (bottom row, sixth from left) and Javacia Bowser (bottom row, far right). Credit: Katrina Watson   This article, which is about Birmingham-based women reaching out to others concerning natural hair and hair care, can be seen as a tie in to...

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