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Rochelle Aytes & Carl Payne
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Casting Complete: Rochelle Aytes & Carl Payne Join TLC Movie

Posted March 15, 2013 by jmurray

VH1′s TLC bio-pic has completed casting by finding actors to play the roles of music mogul L.A. Reid, R&B singer/manager Peri “Pebbles” Reid and music producer Dallas Austin. The movie, “Crazy, Sexy Cool: The TLC Story” will capture the life of female pop trio made up of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Rozonda [...]

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Good Times
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In Development: Film Adaptation Of “Good Times”

Posted March 12, 2013 by jmurray

Iconic 70′s sitcom “Good Times” is being adapted into a feature film. The show, which originally starred Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ja’net Dubois, Bern Nadette Stanis, Ralph Carter and Johnny Brown, is being turned into a movie by Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin. According to Deadline.com, the studio has tapped writer Phil [...]

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Jesse L. Martin & Marvin Gaye
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Sexual Healing: Jesse L. Martin To Play Marvin Gaye

Posted March 4, 2013 by jmurray

Lenny Kravitz is out and “Law & Order” alum Jesse L. Martin is officially in as Marvin Gaye in the biopic about the late singer’s life. Martin is now confirmed to play the Motown legend in the Julien Temple-helmed “Sexual Healing,” which is slated to start filming in later this month in Europe according to [...]

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Drew Sidora & TBoz
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TLC Movie: Role Of T-Boz Cast

Posted February 21, 2013 by jmurray

Principle casting is complete for VH1′s bio film about pop trip TLC. Now Drew Sidora has been selected to star as Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins in the film. Sidora has appeared in films like “Step Up” and “White Chicks,” and had a recurring role on the TV series “The Game.” AlwaysAList.com previously reported that the roles [...]

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Beyonce
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High Note: Beyoncé’s Documentary Beats Decade Record For HBO

Posted February 20, 2013 by jmurray

Critics may have had big issues with Beyoncé’s HBO documentary and the reviews were not good, but it did not stop fans from tuning in. The superstar’s “Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream” hit a high note for HBO, being watched by 1.8 million viewers during its 9pm premiere this past Saturday. Beyonce’s documentary ratings [...]

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Blacks at the Oscars
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Oscars Add Color: African-Americans Among New Presenters & Performers

Posted February 20, 2013 by jmurray

As the 85th Annual Academy Awards ceremony closes in, new presenters and performers have been added to Hollywood’s biggest night in film. Oscar winners Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry and Octavia Spencer have been named as presenters, as have Oscar nominee Queen Latifah, who will present along with “Chicago” cast members Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger and [...]

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KeKe & Lil Mama
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TLC Film: Lil’ Mama & Keke Palmer Cast

Posted February 18, 2013 by jmurray

Pop trio TLC originally said they did not want to cast known actresses in the VH1 bio-film about the group, but apparently that has all changed. Two casting choices have been revealed for the film. Rapper Lil Mama has been cast as the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in the movie. Left Eye died in [...]

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TLC & Monique Coleman
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TLC Movie: Group Won’t Cast Known Actresses

Posted January 17, 2013 by jmurray

Casting is underway for the TLC bio film for VH1. TLC group member Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas confirmed the movie’s development during a recent appearance on the “Wendy Williams Show.” The 41-year-old singer told Williams that she and group member Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins are looking at undiscovered talent to play them and the late Lisa “Left [...]

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Tyler Perry: Sued Over Movie “Good Deeds”

Posted November 28, 2012 by jmurray

Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry is being sued over his 2012 movie, “Good Deeds.” A U.S. author filed suit against the filmmaker in a Philadelphia Federal Court on Tuesday accusing him of taking the plot of his movie from her 2007 book, “Bad Apples Can Be Good Fruit.” The author, Terri Donald, writes under the pseudonym [...]

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Isaiah Washington & John Allen Muhammad
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Isaiah Washington: Photo & Video Of Him As The DC Sniper

Posted November 15, 2012 by jmurray

In the upcoming film “Blue Caprice,” actor Isaiah Washington will play John Allen Muhammad, the Beltway DC sniper who terrorized DC, Maryland and Virginia in October 2002. The Alexandre Moors’ film will chronicle Muhammad’s shooting spree on the DC Metropolitan area with his young accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo. The film will show the months leading [...]

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