Lee Daniels, who has helped both Halle Berry (he produced Monster’s Ball”) and Mo’Nique (he directed “Precious”) get Oscars might be in that enviable seat…

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Cheryl Boone Isaacs has become the first African American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 86-year-old Academy is responsible for…

Spike Lee has been the nation’s leading Black cinema artist for many years. His groundbreaking film “She’s Gotta Have It” was released in 1986, and…

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In 1985, Halle Berry represented the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen All-American Pageant and won. A year later, she became the first runner-up…

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Black Women in Hollywood honoree Octavia Spencer is rewarding herself with a little plastic surgery, reports Parade. “I am going to get my boobs lifted,” said the SAG Award winner. “That’s going to be my first gift. I’m going to do that. I figure going into my 40s I want my boobs where they were […]

Nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning by actress Jennifer Lawrence (“Hunger Games”) and Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “The Help”earned Oscar nods for Viola Davis (Best Actress), Octavia Spencer (Best Supporting Actress), Jessica Chastain (Best Supporting Actres), as well as Best Picture. The […]

Billionaire Boys Club co-founder, super-producer and occasional rapper Pharrell, alongside composer Hans Zimmer, will serve as music consultants for the 84th annual Academy Awards! The prestigious award ceremony will air on ABC on February 26 with host Billy Crystal. Click here,  for the full story. Solange In The Studio With Pharrell Pharrell’s Qream Liqueur REVIEW

Congratulations to Pharrell Williams, who will be working on the 2012 Academy Awards! He’s been hired to work as a music consultant along with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. This is the first time either Pharrell or Hans has worked on the Academy Awards, but Pharrell has worked in the film arena when he wrote the […]

The news about Eddie Murphy hosting the Academy Awards was well-received, but he will no longer be the master of ceremonies of the 2012 Oscars.…

Carlos de Abreu, the Founder and Executive Director of the event, says that no fewer than a dozen of the film’s actors — including all of those who play its principal characters — have indicated that they will collect the award in-person at a gala ceremony on October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, […]