Winfrey Says She’s Dedicated to OWN Despite Rocky First Year

Channel has struggled with executive turnover and a lack of programming featuring Oprah herself

2012-01-04

Lynn Elber AP Television Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey earned the rare opportunity to convert her media charisma into a monogramed TV channel. Now she's the one tasked with rescuing OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, after a disappointing first year. Read the complete article

Lock My Body, Can’t Trap My Mind: Q&A with Mumia Abu Jamal

This interview was conducted via letters. Abu-Jamal’s answers arrived a week before the announcement that his three decades on death row have finally ended

2012-01-03

Dream Hampton Special to the NNPA from the Michigan Citizen

Angela Davis, in her introduction to Mumia Abu-Jamal‘s 2009 book “Jailhouse Lawyers,” called him one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. “As a transformative thinker,” she writes of Abu-Jamal, “he has always taken care to emphasize the connections between incarcerated lives and lives that unfold in the putative arenas of freedom.” Read the complete article

News Briefs


Queen Latifah: The ‘Joyful Noise’ Interview

Here, she talks about her latest movie, “Joyful Noise,” a musical comedy co-starring Dolly Parton

2012-01-03

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Latifah made her screen debut in Spike Lee’s 1991 film “Jungle Fever,” and her other film credits include “The Bone Collector,” “The Last Holiday,” “The Secret Life of Bees” and “Just Wright.” Here, she talks about her latest movie, “Joyful Noise,” a musical comedy co-starring Dolly Parton. Read the complete article

Film Review: ‘Pariah’

A sobering look at what it might very well be like to grow up lesbian in the ‘hood

2011-12-27

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

17 year-old Alike (Adepero Oduye) has been hiding a big secret from her parents, namely, that she’s gay. But that fact is becoming more and more difficult for the latent lesbian to suppress, given the raging hormones which have her yearning for a girlfriend. Read the complete article

Hector Elizondo: The ‘New Year’s Eve’ Interview

On director Garry Marshall: 'The ball hit him in the chops and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship'

2011-12-27

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Currently, he can be seen in the ABC comedy hit "Last Man Standing" starring Tim Allen. Here, he talks about his latest outing as Kominsky in Garry Marshall’s holiday-themed ensemble comedy, “New Year’s Eve.” Read the complete article

OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Dec. 23

'Adventures of Tintin,' 'The Darkest Hour,' 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,' and more

2011-12-22

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun         Read the complete article

Cynthia Addai-Robinson: The ‘Spartacus: Vengeance’ Interview

On the show, Cynthia assumes the role of “Naevia,” a slave girl/lady in waiting captured in the first season

2011-12-22

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Here, Cynthia talks about Spartacus’ upcoming season which is set to begin on Jan. 27, 2012.  Read the complete article

Film Review: ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’

An intricately-woven, edge-of-your-seat whodunit as graphic and grisly as it is cerebral and mind-bending

2011-12-22

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Fincher Makes First-Rate Adaptation of Grisly Swedish Crime Saga Read the complete article

Opening This Week: For Movies Opening Dec. 16

'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,' 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,' 'Addiction Incorporated' and more

2011-12-16

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun         Read the complete article

Film Review: 'Sherlock Holmes 2 -- A Game of Shadows'

Anyone open-minded enough to forgive the blasphemous action sequences is in for a cinematic treat every bit as cerebral as it is visually captivating

2011-12-16

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Holmes and Moriarty Match Wits in Action-Oriented Sequel Read the complete article