Imagine that your beautiful wife is brutally raped. While she lies in a hospital bed struggling to recover, you are approached by a gentleman who says he knows who the perpetrator is. His name is Simon (Guy Pearce), and he says that he is not affiliated with the New Orleans Police Department but he seeks […]

At the Sundance Film Festival, Spike Lee stated that as America becomes more diverse, it is smart for the entertainment business to become more diverse, in order to capitalize on the dollars of different ethnic groups. Lee stated that by 2045, America would no longer be majority-White and the current business model in Hollywood will […]

You’re happily married. You’ve found a New York apartment that fits your budget in an affluent neighborhood. You’re up for a promotion on your job and your wife is on the verge of fulfilling her dream of directing HBO documentaries. All of a sudden, your marriage is not that fulfilling. Your company is raided by […]

When I saw the facial expression of CNN’s Don Lemon, who interrupted the special “Black in America: The New Promised Land-Silicon Valley” with breaking news, I knew something tragic had happened in America. My mind raced a mile a minute trying to figure out who had gone on to glory too soon. When Lemon announced […]

You are not a true Southern hip-hop fan if you did not grow up jamming UGK (Pimp C and Bun B). From “Something Good” to “International Players Anthem,” UGK let it be known that they did not make hip-hop records, they made country rap tunes. And those country tales with that Southern drawl, made everyone […]

So you think skin care is just for women. Think again. Although entrepreneur Kim Roxie began LAMIK (Love And Makeup in Kindness) cosmetics, which can now be purchased in stores and at Macy’s.com, for ladies, it did not take long for “boys” and men to take advantage of her skin care tips for men. Mr. […]

Academy-Award winning actor Denzel Washington (Glory, Training Day) is one of the best thespians of our generation. His repertoire of work puts him in the same category as the legendary actor Sidney Poitier. That fact alone should let moviegoers know that anything he attaches to his name will be legendary, and the Safe House movie […]

“Dancing in the Street,” “Please Mr. Postman” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” are some of the timeless classic songs that made Motown Records “the sound of young America.” But what it’s legendary founder Berry Gordy accomplished with an $800 loan from his family is a living testimony to the dream of all Americans. That […]

Sadly, Andrew Detmer, played by Dane DeHaan is the typical teenager. Already going through those awkward teen years, he is not only bullied at school for being different, but is bullied at home by an alcoholic father as well. His father was forced into retirement from the fire department after suffering an injury on the […]

Ottway (Liam Neeson) is at a crossroads in life. He has lost the woman he loves and is forced to work at an Alaskan petroleum plant with drifters and ex-convicts. He even contemplates suicide, putting a shotgun in his mouth, feeling that he does not have much to live for. Nevertheless after the working season […]