Actress Viola Davis and "The Help" Nominated For Multiple Oscars
 Films nominated for Best Picture include “Hugo,” “The Artist”, “The Descendants”, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”, “The Help”, “Midnight in Paris”, “Moneyball”, and more. Best-actress nominees include: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close as a 19th century Irishwoman masquerading as a male butler in “Albert Nobbs”, Viola Davis as a black maid going public with tales of white Southern employers in “The Help”; and Rooney Mara as a traumatized, vengeful computer genius in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” [Read More]
REVIEW: "Red Tails" Starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Terrence Howard
 Red Tails is an eye-popping, special-f/x driven adventure which recreates these belatedly-appreciated veterans' daring exploits in the skies, while chronicling their simultaneous, uncompromising quest for dignity in the face of the incessant humiliation mandated by Jim Crow. The picture was produced by George Lucas' Lucasfilm, and it features an ensemble cast topped by Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding and Oscar-nominee Terrence Howard. [Read More]
Legendary Blues Singer, Etta James, Dies At 73
 Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait.
In real life, little about James was as genteel as that song. The platinum blonde's first hit was a saucy R&B number about sex, and she was known as a hell-raiser who had tempestuous relationships with her family, her men and the music industry. [Read More]
INTERVIEW: Cuba Gooding, Jr on Playing A Tuskegee Airman in New Film "Red Tails"
 In 1997, Cuba Gooding, Jr won an Academy Award for his memorable outing as Rod "Show me the money!" Tidwell in Jerry Maguire, and was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People Magazine the same year. Since then, he has garnered many other prestigious awards for other outstanding performances. Here, he talks about his latest outing as Major Emanuelle Stance in Red Tails, a World War II epoch about the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. [Read More]
Remembering MLK: From The DC Memorial To Broadway
 On the National Mall in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. is a towering, heroic figure carved in stone. On the Broadway stage, he's a living, breathing man who chain smokes, sips liquor and occasionally curses. As Americans honor King's memory 44 years after he was assassinated, the image of the slain civil rights leader is evolving. The new King memorial, which opened in August in the nation's capital, celebrates the ideals King espoused. [Read More]
VIDEO: What Ever Happened To Ted Williams, the "Golden-Voiced" Homeless Man?
 Ever wonder what happened to Ted Williams, the homeless man with the “Golden Voice,” after he was plucked out of obscurity and thrust into the viral limelight? It’s been just over a year since Williams became a star, after a YouTube video featuring the then-homeless Columbus, Ohio man presented his pitch-perfect, classic radio voice to the world. Entertainment Tonight caught up with him to see how the past year has dramatically changed the former panhandler’s life. [Read More] |
