Celebrity Profiles: Fools Gold
February 20, 2008
FOOL’s GOLD in Theaters on Feb. 8th
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Kate Hudson (Skeleton Key, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) and Matthew McConaughey (Amistad, A Time to Kill, We Are Marshall) re-team in the romantic comedy, FOOL’S GOLD, opening in theaters on Feb. 8th.
In this film, the two (Hudson as “Tess” Finnegan,” McConaughey as Ben “Finn” Finnegan) are a divorcing couple whose egos clash albeit they make a concerted effort to dig up buried treasure on the ocean’s floor.
Filmed in Australia, the story centers on the legendary 18th century Queen’s Dowry, chests packed with exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. The wildly hunt sends the squabbling couple –along with several bumbling cohorts– on a water-adventure fiasco, finally getting the gold. [Read more]
Ms. Ruby Dee Gets Nabs Oscar Nomination
January 23, 2008
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Decades of memorable acting performances to her credit, Ms. Ruby Dee received her first Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for AMERICAN GANGSTER.
Last year’s awards ceremony bestowed the award upon Jennifer Hudson for her role in DREAMGIRLS. Hopefully, Dee will go home with an Oscar this February, another crowning achievement during Black History Month.
GANGSTER was one of the most anticipated films in 2007 and is the Harlem-heyday epic, starring Academy Award winners: Denzel Washington (Glory, Training Day), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and acclaimed actress, Ms. Ruby Dee (Do The Right Thing, Buck and the Preacher, A Raisin in the Sun and TV’s Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters). [Read more]
Personal Pick: David E. Talbert’s First Sunday
January 9, 2008
Ice Cube (left) and Tracy Morgan star in “First Sunday”
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Hollywood embraces the church community in David E. Talbert’s First Sunday, opening in theatres on January 11th.
What happens when a down-on-his-luck single father fails repeatedly and the one thing that he’s good at is threatened? Durell (Ice Cube) may not win an award for parenting, but there’s no doubt he loves his son, Durell, Jr., and will do anything for him.
Young Durell’s mother, Omunique (Regina Hall) wants a better life and is tired of doing hair at the salon and at home to make ends meet. Plus, she needs over $17,000 to keep the shop open if they are to stay in Baltimore. Frustrated, broke and tired of big Durell’s empty promises, she plans to move to Atlanta.
Taking his son away would destroy Durell, emotionally. [Read more]
