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August 25, 2010

 

  Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton for Gospel Film

(August 23, 2010) *Like all strange pairings, there is a purpose for
Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton’s hook up. The two will co-star in an upcoming studio production “Joyful Noise,” a gospel film to be released by Alcon Entertainment.
    Source: www.eurweb.com
  Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen Confirmed For TIFF

(August 24, 2010) Hollywood might seem like a ghost town Sept. 9-19, as hundreds of celebrities head east for the Toronto International Film Festival.   TIFF released its much-anticipated list Tuesday of nearly 500 top actors, directors and other celebrity guests expected at its annual 11-day celebration of world cinema.
    Source: www.thestar.com - Peter Howell
  The Switch - Film Review

The well-saturated blurb for The Switch asserts that the film comes “From the people who brought you Juno and Little Miss Sunshine.”  Unmarried Kassie Larson (Jennifer Aniston), a career-oriented, NYC television producer, is desperate to have a baby because she hears her biological clock ticking. She reflexively rejects the offer of her BFF Wally (Bateman) to serve as the sperm donor because he’s a hypochondriac, and she doesn’t want a child carrying DNA with the same traits.
    Source: by Kam Williams
  Tip “T.I.” Harris - The “Takers” Interview

Tip “T.I.” Harris
is one of his generation’s most captivating speakers and one of the biggest hip-hop artists of all time. Whether they see him conversing with a room full of young people about staying in school and following their dreams, or moving tens of thousands at one of his concerts, audiences are always engrossed by the words of the “King of the South.”
    Source: by Kam Williams
  Groundbreaking Documentary Explores Sensitive Subject of Biraciality

You know you’re watching a groundbreaking documentary when it not only forces you out of your comfort zone but also manages to persuade you to reassess your point-of-view without resorting to potentially-alienating polemic. This is the case with Biracial, Not Black, Damn It!, a poignant, thought-provoking and ultimately most-enlightening film directed by the brilliant Carolyn Battle Cochrane.
    Source: by Kam Williams
  Coppola And Godard Getting Special Oscars

(August 25, 2010) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Directors Francis Ford Coppola and Jean-Luc Godard, actor Eli Wallach and historian Kevin Brownlow are this year's recipients of the Governor's Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Source:  www.globeandmail.com - The Associated Press
 

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