OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Nov. 18
'Happy Feet Two,' 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,' 'Another Happy Day,' and more
2011-11-18
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun Read the complete article
Travel Website Builds on Black Blogger's Love for the Great Outdoors
Rue Mapp's OutdoorAfro.com blazes trails through the web
2011-11-17
Lisa Loving Of The Skanner News
Rue Mapp travels around the country as a blogger for her website, www.OutdoorAfro.com. But just this year her efforts at encouraging more people to get active and shape a relationship with nature has taken off, with invitations to the White House and an advisory role on Fist Lady Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ initiative Read the complete article
Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun
'Immortals,' 'J. Edgar,' Jack and and Jill,' and more
2011-11-14
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
Weekly summaries of new releases Read the complete article
Film Review: ‘J. Edgar’
Biopic uncovers skeletons in closet of legendary FBI director
2011-11-14
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) served as director of the FBI from its founding in 1935 until his death in 1972. Over the course of that tenure, the legendary G-Man singlehandedly built the agency into an intimidating espionage and crime-fighting operation feared by gangsters and law-abiding citizens alike. Read the complete article
Film Review: 'Tower Heist'
Victims turn tables on Wall Street crook in Murphy-Stiller buddy comedy
2011-11-10
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
By the time Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) was charged with running a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme, it was already too late for the authorities to find the fortune that he had ostensibly hidden in offshore accounts. As a condition of being released on bail before trial, he was ordered kept under house arrest in his luxury penthouse at The Tower, an exclusive high-rise located on Central Park West. Read the complete article
New Documentary Goes Behind the Scenes with Choreographer Bill T. Jones
American Masters series screens Bill T Jones A Good Man Nov. 11
2011-11-09
Of The Skanner News
Public Broadcasting will unveil a portrait of America’s foremost choreographer, Bill T. Jones, Friday, November 11 at 9 p.m. The documentary ‘Bill T. Jones: A Good Man’ is broadcast as part of the American Masters 25th anniversary season. Read the complete article
OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Nov. 4
Tower Heist, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Dragonslayer and more
2011-11-04
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun Read the complete article
Film Review: 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'
Holiday-themed sequel features “pot”-pourri of stoner hijinks
2011-11-02
Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
As with Cheech and Chong’s string of classic stoner comedies of a generation ago, it looks like longevity might also be in store for relatively-nerdy Harold & Kumar’s series of similarly-themed, Marijuana misadventures. Read the complete article
Kal Penn: The ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas’ Interview
From Hollywood to the White House and back to the big screen
2011-11-02
By Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News
Here, he talks both about acting and about taking a break from his career to work for President Obama an associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement. Read the complete article
Lady Gaga Launches Foundation With MacArthur, Harvard
Singer’s Born This Way nonprofit focuses on youth empowerment
2011-11-02
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lady Gaga is launching a foundation with the help of the MacArthur Foundation and Harvard University. Read the complete article