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Precious director Lee Daniels is working on a new film called The Paperboy, where Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron star. Daniels was caught on the set having a heated argument with one of the film’s producers, Avi Lerner. The pair seemed to be arguing about the movie going over its tight $15 million dollar budget. During the confrontation, Lerner can be heard screaming, “You call him a racist.
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Visionaries like Hype Williams, Robert Townsend and Kennen Ivory Wayans have leaped into the limelight, looking to expose the grit of the world, allowing us to experience (or rather re-experience) the magnitude of the ailments of mankind. It is because of this that these men are huge influences on pop culture. But, how influential? Here is the list of our 7 all-time favorite directors in black Hollywood.
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In this clip, writer and critic Stanley Crouch notes the wide separation, even appearance-wise, that exists between actress Gabourey Sidibe and the character of Precious.
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The film is said to largely center around the relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon Johnson. Beyond the core relationship between King and Johnson, the film also features the voting rights and desegregation campaigns and civil rights marches that centered in Selma, Alabama in the mid-’60s.
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The 82nd Annuals Academy Awards were a mix of highs and lows for African Americans. “Precious” was nominated for five Oscars. The Academy Awards brought the hope of Lee Daniels becoming the first African American director to win best director. He was only the second African American to be nominated for the award. But this was not his year.
The storyline of pitting James Cameron (“Avatar”) versus his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow (“The
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