(Photo source: @jerryharris/Instagram) “Cheer” star Jerry Harris has been denied bond. On Oct. 16, a judge ruled agreed with prosecutors and said Harris must remain behind bars as he awaits trial on child porn charges, according to TMZ. Prosecutors believe…
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Controversial French-Senegalese Filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré Talks ‘Cuties’
Despite all that’s going on in the U.S., French-Senegalese filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré landed in the center of controversy when Netflix released her award-winning feature film, Cuties (Mignonnes in French), about a pre-teen French-Senegalese girl growing up in Paris. Rumblings of…
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Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield join cast of Jay-Z-produced western for Netflix
Lakeith Stanfield (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Kathy Hutchins) Regina King and Lakeith Stanfield have joined the cast of Netflix western The Harder They Fall. Delroy Lindo and Zazie Beetz have also signed up for the movie, which will be produced…
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On Hold: Netflix Postpones Preview Of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Following Chadwick Boseman’s Death
Source: Alex Wong / Getty This weekend the unfortunate news of Chadwick Boseman’s passing added to an already devastating 2020. First, we lost The Black Mamba, Kobe Bryant. Now, before we’ve had enough time to heal, we lost our Black…
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BOOM BOOM CLAP! “The Game” Premiered On Netflix & Stirred Up Hilarious Hysteria
After weeks of chitter-chatter (and debate) over “Moesha,” Netflix released popular “Girlfriends” spin-off “The Game” starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Pooch Hall, Wendy Racquel Robinson, Brittany Daniel, Hosea Chanchez and Cody Bell that, at its height, was must-see TV on social media…
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Netflix gifts young Nigerian filmmakers with new state of the art equipment
Ikorodu Bois (Image source: Instagram [email protected] ikorodu_bois) As a kid with a dream, there is nothing more exciting than having someone show you that they believe in your talent. That is exactly what Netflix has done for a group of…
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Ife Idowu Takes Us Inside Netflix’s Nollywood Deals
In 2015, Netflix contacted Kunle Afolayan to acquire his psychological thriller October 1. That conversation led to one of the first Netflix-Nollywood deals. Since then, more Nollywood films have gone on the streaming platform. The number has increased in recent…
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Mo’Nique can continue with discrimination lawsuit against Netflix
Mo’Nique (Photo credit: Splash News) Mo’Nique has been given the go-ahead to continue with her race and gender discrimination lawsuit against Netflix. The Precious actress filed documents last year in which she alleged the streaming service had offered her significantly…
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Viola Davis admits she possibly ‘betrayed’ herself with ‘The Help’ role
Photo credit: Bang media The Help actress Viola Davis feels like she “betrayed” herself with her role in the 2011 movie because the film didn’t “tell the whole truth.” The 2011 civil rights movie became the most viewed film on…
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Netflix’s ‘8’ Is a Win for South African Horror
The recurring words spoken in Harold Holscher’s new Netflix horror 8 are ”moths” and ”worms.” These things are weaved into the film’s horror infrastructure, not necessarily as elements to gross out viewers, but as allegories about death and transfiguration. Coming…
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