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Oscar 2012 Predictions? Upsets? Hopes? Let's Talk...
Step right up folks... place ya bets... anyone bold enough to make their Oscar predictions before this Sunday's broadcast?
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Thoughts On "Think Like A Man" After Its World Premiere?
It screened publicly for the very first time last night at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, where I'll be by this time next week; so I obviously wasn't present for the premiere. I had to make some decisions on when I could be there, and it turned out that the latter half of...
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Vote For Your 10 Favorite Focus Features Films ("Talk To Me" Made The Cut)
Help us celebrate 10 years of bringing the world award-winning, original and daring entertainment. Vote for your 10 favorite Focus films below.
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Netflix Users Streamed Over 2 Billion Hours Of Content In 4th Quarter 2011; How Will You Watch In 2012?
"Streaming has been a rocket ship for us... The amount of streaming is just going through the roof... With more U.S. members watching instantly, and aided by global expansion, Netflix streaming hours grew dramatically in 2011..."
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Help: I Want To Connect With Black Filmmakers/Actors In Your City; Where Should I Go? What Should I Do?
For almost as long as I've been running Shadow And Act, a question I'm asked often, whether via email, or when I meet folks in person (mostly black filmmakers and black actors) is whether I can connect them with any "support groups" for black filmmakers/actors/etc in their res...
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What's Your Favorite Denzel Washington Film Or Performance?
We've had all kinds of smackdown debates and conversations here at S&A about films, directors, actors and actresses but one person that's virtually never come up in all those discussions is Denzel Washington and with good reason...he's the consummate actor. You may or may not l...
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What Were Your Favorite Films Of 2011? (Survey)
So this is the time of the year where every film critic and association on the planet makes their list of the top films for 2011. However, I though it would be nice to ask YOU, the savvy S&A reader, what films made your "Best Of 2011" list? I'm actually quite curious.
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Survey Says "The Hobbit," "The Avengers" Are 2 Of 2012's Most Anticipated Movies; What Are Yours? (Survey)
The short story goes... Fandango surveyed over 1,000 Fandango users, asking them what films are they most anticipating in 2012. Fandango then sorted the results by gender, and these were the results:
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Cast This: Bonnie And Clyde-Style Crime Drama With 20-Something Year Old Black Leads
While posting the new poster for Matthew Cherry's feature debut, The Last Fall, I thought about its 2 young stars, Lance Gross and Nicole Beharie; and that led to thoughts on up-and-coming young black actors and actresses who'll eventually replace *our* current seasoned veterans.
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Thoughts On Common In AMC's New Post-Civil War Drama "Hell On Wheels"?
AMC's post-Civil War drama series titled Hell On Wheels, one of 7 or so Civil War-themed projects (TV and film) currently in development at various studios, premiered last night, Sunday, November 6 at 10/9c on the network. This one co-stars rapper-turned-actor Common, who plays a character named...
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