Create Your Own Brand to Stand Out in the World of Entertainment

In the not-so-distant past, if you didn’t have a large budget for a public relations manager or a publicity firm, you were decidedly at a disadvantage with other entertainment people who did have this large budget.
 Welcome to 2010 and the world of free social media sites. 
 If you understand how to effectively use social media to [...]

Vessel Vibe Online Magazine for the Hip, Urban Christian

Okay, now there are urban lifestyle sites, and then there’s this!
I’m speaking of Vessel Vibe Mag – a website devoted to Urban Christian Culture and Lifestyle.  It both surprised and intrigued me:  you wouldn’t know that you’ve landed on a Christian site, as Vessel Vibe greets you with hip-hop/rap music pulsing, and the site’s radical [...]

Exclusive Interview with Terra Renee

WOW!  Recently I was privileged to interview Terra Renee, a driving force in cinema for women of color.  The founder of New York’s African American Women in Cinema Festival, now in its 13th year, Terra Renee vests her passion into promoting women of color in film and celebrating diversity in film-making, harkening back to the [...]

Nina Simone Biopic Starring Mary J Blige?

Hmmm… news to me! Further research revealed that this is a project that’s been “in development” for a number of years, and Mary J Blige has indeed been tapped to star as the songstress and activist – according to an old MTV report. IMDB Pro also confirms. And The Hollywood Reporter mentioned the project on [...]

Breaking! Tyler Perry Announces “Dream Cast” For Adaptation Of “For Colored Girls…” & Talks About Film’s Content!

Source: Shadow and Act
I don’t know how I completely missed this. The news is 2 freaking days old, and we’re usually pretty diligent about these kinds of items around here! I’m actually surprised it’s not as widespread as I’d think it would be, given all the noise that accompanied the original announcement of Tyler Perry’s [...]

Lifetime Acquires Double Wedding, Starring The Mowry Twins

Source: Shadow and Act
Lifetime Movie Networks has acquired Double Wedding, to star twin sisters Tamera Mowry and Tia Mowry.
The film, about twin sisters who begin dating the same man, will be directed by Craig Pryce. Jennifer Maisel is writing.
Production begins in September, and film is set to air in June 2010.
Tamera, Tia and Darlene Mowry, as [...]

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