Have you ever noticed how few African-American Republicans there are? At any Grand Old Party gathering you see on TV, there are generally so few Blacks in attendance that they tend to stand out like a sore thumb. Read the complete article
Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun Read the complete article
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Laurence Fishburne is the narrator for an upcoming PBS documentary on black workers in the post-slavery South.
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Are you overweight? There’s a very good chance that the National Institute of Health (NIH) might consider you obese. That’s because in 1998 it lowered the threshold from 28 to 25 on the Body-Mass Index (BMI) index. Read the complete article
Fair warning: This revealing expose’ is not for diehard supporters of Sarah Palin. The damning biopic essentially paints the former governor of Alaska as less of a Mama Grizzly Bear than a power-hungry witch who goes to great lengths to crush her adversaries, whether they be political or personal. Read the complete article
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Three men released nearly two decades after they were convicted of killing three Arkansas Cub Scouts are in New York for a movie screening about their case. Read the complete article
“The Ides of March” (R for pervasive profanity): George Clooney wrote, directed and co-stars in this adaptation of the play “Farragut North,” a political potboiler about an idealistic press secretary (Ryan Gosling) who compromises a presidential candidate’s prospects by becoming embroiled in a scandal while on the campaign trail. With Marisa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman Jeffrey Wright and Evan Rachel Wood. Read the complete article
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s classic intro song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the country singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama. Read the complete article
A moving, modern parable not to be missed by anyone who’s always wondering why they don’t make wholesome movies with uplifting messages anymore Read the complete article
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela's granddaughters are considering a proposal to star in a TV documentary about young African professionals and the continent's potential, one of the women told The Associated Press Thursday. Read the complete article
