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Robert Townsend turns serious with 'Diary of a Single Mom'
8:10 AM on 03/19/2010
theGrio recently caught up with Townsend to discuss his newest project and to determine whether Hollywood is still doing the shuffle...
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Slideshow: 20 films that uplifted black America
3:10 PM on 03/06/2010
Whether or not African-Americans make history at the Oscars, we can look back proudly on these films and performances...
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Tyler Perry's off-screen performances are worthy of NAACP honor
7:59 AM on 02/26/2010
OPINION - While I question his method behind his movie characters, at least Perry puts his money where his mouth is to support causes and issues he cares about...
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Is 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson a racist?
11:59 AM on 02/24/2010
Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob from the "Twilight" series, has upset a few people...
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Depardieu says he's not too white to play Dumas
3:54 PM on 02/19/2010
BERLIN (AP) - Gerard Depardieu has rejected the discussion over his right to play mixed-race author Alexandre Dumas because he is a blue-eyed blonde...
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Hollywood's most overlooked resource: black female directors
8:22 AM on 02/19/2010
OPINION - It took 74 years for the Academy Awards to acknowledge a black female as best actress. How long will it be before black woman is nominated for best director?...
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TheGrio's 100: Gina Prince-Bythewood, moving others through films
5:00 AM on 02/09/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Without having neatly-packaged shows ready-made in front of her, as a child, Gina Prince-Bythewood developed an appreciation for literature, reading voraciously...
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Screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is 'Precious'
2:50 PM on 02/05/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- On Tuesday morning, just before the 2010 Academy Award nominations were announced, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher couldn't get his TV to work...
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'The Book of Eli': A not-so-new parable of burnt-out beauty
8:13 AM on 01/15/2010
REVIEW - Albert and Allen Hughes return with another stylized, moody tale -- this time depicting a post-apocalyptic future featuring Denzel Washington as neo-prophet Eli...
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The 10 most important black films of the decade
10:20 AM on 12/23/2009
OPINION - For most readers, every "best of" list has a few near misses and at least one curious "WTF?" item that suggests the reviewer...
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'Gone with the Wind' shouldn't be romanticized
8:25 AM on 12/15/2009
OPINION - This film that is so highly revered in Hollywood as one of the best American films ever made, with all of its racism, stereotypes, and bigoted images, is still being celebrated 70 years late...
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'The Princess and the Frog' avoids the elephant in the room
9:41 AM on 11/27/2009
OPINION - A step away from Cinderella traditions, this film has the privileged would-be monarch being transformed by his association with a commoner...
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Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP
1:18 PM on 11/24/2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th...
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'The Blind Side' an obvious appeal to white guilt
8:52 AM on 11/20/2009
OPINION - First is the buzz over Hollywood's usual alternative to the raw black pathology selling "Precious:" the "feel good" paradigm for portraying African-American woes...
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Does 'Precious' movie stereotype big black women?
9:12 AM on 11/06/2009
Fears that the movie would be viewed as exploitative, or suggest that all black women are like Precious nearly prevented the film from seeing the big screen...
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Choose love when mothering our 'precious' daughters
7:58 AM on 11/05/2009
OPINION - The lesson we can learn as mothers from Precious is to think about our daily conversations and interactions with our daughters.
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'This Is It' is a final act fit for a king
7:21 AM on 10/28/2009
OPINION - Believe the hype. This Is It dispels any doubts about Michael Jackson's creative genius.
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Critics are jealous but Tyler Perry can't do bad all by himself
8:30 AM on 10/27/2009
OPINION - The constant jabbing that takes place every time a new Tyler Perry production opens...
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Michael Jackson may become king of music films
8:25 AM on 10/26/2009
VIDEO - Advance ticket sales have been brisk, but no one has a handle on how big the turnout might be this week. Some think it's likely to surpass the...
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Jamie Foxx talks about 'Law Abiding Citizen'
10:56 AM on 10/13/2009
VIDEO - Jamie Foxx reflects on the initial fan reactions to "Law Abiding Citizen," his movie co-starring and produced by Gerard Butler....
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