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• Hollywood Goes Gangster at the American Gangster Premiere

  Published: October 20, 2007, 3:52 am

  Tags: Anthony Hamilton, Coco, Common, Cuba Gooding Jr, Denzel Washington, Grandmaster Flash, Ice T, Jay Z, Judge Hatchett, Method Man, Pauletta Washington, Questlove, Rev Al Sharpton, Ruby Dee, Rza

  YBF folks hit up the NY premiere of American Gangster last night: Anthony Hamilton and Questlove came out. Let’s follow the activator and curl juice shall we…. (more…) Share This

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• YBF Review: American Gangster

  Published: October 31, 2007, 4:43 pm

  Tags: Reviews, Common, Denzel Washington, Idris Elba, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe

  As for the ladies–Ruby Dee plays Frank’s mother and she’s still got it. I’m sure the casting director thought actress Lymari Nadal was a good fit as Eva “Miss Puerto Rico” Lucas, but seeing that I could barely understand a word she said throughout the movie, I beg to differ. Melissia Hill does a

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• Female SAG Nominees: Douchebag Rock Geniuses, Dead Mothers & Former Crackheads [Film Schooled]

  Published: December 20, 2007, 12:30 pm

  Tags: Amy Ryan, Anna Paquin, Cate Blanchett, Catherine Keener, Debra Messing, Ellen Burstyn, Film Schooled, Gena Rowlands, Golden Globes, Hookers Victims And Doormats, Queen Latifah, Ruby Dee, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Shirley Maclaine, Tilda Swinton, Ugly Betty, Vanessa Red

  When the Golden Globe noms were announced last week, we broke down the female honorees along the old Shirley MacLaine adage about good parts for actresses falling into either hooker, victim or... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• The S.A.G.'s! Better Than Oscar?

  Published: January 28, 2008, 1:40 pm

  Tags: Movies, Academy Awards, Daniel Day Lewis, George Clooney, Ruby Dee, Screen Actors Guild Awards

  Did the Oscars just happen? If you weren't watching, you might have missed it last night! There was the red carpet. Stars showed up. They wore designer clothes and had their hair done. All of the entertainment networks covered it....

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• Black models aren't the only creatives of ... [Diversity Watch]

  Published: February 22, 2008, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Carpetbagger, Diversity Watch, Oscars, Ruby Dee

  Black models aren't the only creatives of color getting the shaft: according to a U.S.C. Study quoted in the New York Times, females and non-whites are grossly underrepresented in films nominated for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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