Posts Tagged ‘Antoine Fuqua’
Antoine Fuqua to direct war movie ‘Siege of Bethlehem’
Antoine Fuqua is to direct Siege of Bethlehem. The Training Day filmmaker will helm the flick — based on the book A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War by Joshua Hammer — for Bron Studios. The movie is based on a true story and tells how a Muslim, an Israeli Jew and a Christian American united…
Read MoreWill Smith to star in Antoine Fuqua’s runaway slave thriller ‘Emancipation’
Will Smith is to star in Emancipation. The 51-year-old actor will play a slave named Peter in the movie, which is being directed by Training Day filmmaker Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by William N. Collage that is based on a true story. Peter had to show his body during a medical exam for the…
Read MoreK. Michelle blasts Nicole Murphy for kissing Lela Rochon’s husband (video)
Lela Rochon has remained conspicuously silent about Nicole Murphy getting caught kissing her husband, but others have had a lot to say on the matter, including acerbic singer K. Michelle. K. Michelle of “Love & Hip Hop” fame torched Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife on Atlanta’s V-103’s “The Morning Culture” for having romantic relations with Training Day…
Read MoreNicole Murphy apologizes on ‘Wendy’ for kissing Lela Rochon’s husband (video)
Nicole Murphy is apologizing to Lela Rochon again, this time publicly on the “Wendy Williams Show,” for getting caught kissing her husband. Murphy, the ex-wife of comedic legend Eddie Murphy, has been branded a homewrecker and a bottom-feeding husband chaser when she was caught having a romantic moment with Rachon’s husband, director Antoine Fuqua, while…
Read MoreLela Rochon back on IG with ring after Antoine Fuqua kissed Nicole Murphy
Lela Rochon Fuqua has emerged from her emotional bunker after her filmmaking husband Antoine Fuqua (famous for directing Denzel Washington’s Oscar-winning performance in Training Day) was caught kissing Nicole Murphy in Italy a few months ago. Ending her self-imposed moratorium on social media, Rochon boasts photos rocking her wedding ring while living her best life…
Read MoreNicole Murphy apologizes for kissing Antoine Fuqua, didn’t know he was married
Nicole Murphy has changed course and is now offering her mea culpa for being caught passionately kissing Training Day director Antoine Fuqua at a hotel in Italy on Saturday. Fuqua has been married to actress Lela Rachon for 20 years. At first, Murphy, 51, defiantly downplayed the kiss in a message to blogger Love B.…
Read MoreWhy the court of public opinion is so critical in Fuqua-Murphy scandal
Instagram and Twitter have been buzzing with comments after a popular gossip blog posted a picture of a very married Antoine Fuqua and Nicole Murphy kissing in Italy. To add fuel to the social media fire, it was noted that Fuqua’s wife actress Lela Rochon deleted her social media pages. The next morning Nicole Murphy…
Read MoreLisaRaye blasts Nicole Murphy for kissing married Antoine Fuqua
Nicole Murphy is being ripped apart as a man-stealer and homewrecker after Italian paparazzi captured her and director Antoine Fuqua kissing passionately poolside at a hotel in Italy. Fuqua is married to actress Lela Rochon (Harlem Nights, Waiting to Exhale). Actress LisaRaye tore into Murphy for trying to steal a man, again, because the claims…
Read More‘THE EQUALIZER 2’ trailer starring Denzel Washington is fire
The Equalizer 2 action thriller stars Denzel Washington who plays an American vigilante in the highly anticipated Antoine Fuqua picture. The film is a sequel to the 2014 movie The Equalizer, loosely based on the TV series. The Equalizer 2 is scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures on July 20, 2018.
Read MoreDirector Antoine Fuqua to shine Oscar night with Walmart ‘receipt’ short film
A-list director Antoine Fuqua (Shooter, Olympus Has Fallen, The Equalizer and Southpaw) is one of the four directors Walmart partnered with to create short films based on a single Walmart receipt to debut their new campaign during commercial breaks on Oscar Night, February 26. As a part of Walmart’s “behind every receipt, there’s a great story”…
Read MoreJay Z signs TV and film deal with Weinstein Company
Jay Z has signed a television and film deal with The Weinstein Company (TWC). TWC announced Thursday that the deal will allow the company to have first-look options with the rapper to produce both scripted and unscripted television projects and film projects. In the coming weeks, projects TWC and Jay Z already have in development…
Read MorePilot for a ‘Training Day’ TV series is in development for CBS
A pilot script for the 2001 cop thriller Training Day, which starred Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, is being developed for CBS. The film’s director, Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw, Olympus Has Fallen), has signed on as director and executive producer of the television adaptation. Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys, Pirates of the Caribbean) will also serve as…
Read More50 Cent makes his own rules
It’s hard to put Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson into a box of any design. He slays on the mic, creates constant social media chaos with humorous yet biting commentary about his contemporaries, and he’s one heck of businessman. To add, Jackson displays his chops as an actor in the lauded cable TV drama “Power,” for…
Read MoreJada Pinkett Smith claims she’d ‘abandon’ Will Smith if …
For 15 years, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been enjoying married life and thriving as black Hollywood’s most beloved long-standing couple. Despite never-ending rumors of infidelity, open marriage and divorce, the couple continues to survive and have claimed that divorce is not an option for them. But in a new interview, Jada claims…
Read MoreFilmmaker Tony Clomax talks about passion, Antoine Fuqua and Steve Jobs
“My passion for what I do drives me, as well as my desire to entertain people and be a positive representative of my family. I followed my heart, but there were many detours along the way. I stayed true to my passion and to myself, which eventually led me back on the course that I…
Read Morev: Antoine Fuqua talks ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ movie review
Olympus Has Fallen Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett When the White House is attacked and the president (Aaron Eckhart) is captured by terrorists, and Speaker of the House Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) entreats a discredited Secret Service agent (Gerard Butler) to “open the gates of hell” to rescue the president, you know…
Read MoreBlack millionaire: 7 top-earning black directors
Black talent is rare behind the camera, but as our black millionaire list proves, the talent does indeed exist. Click continue for the top seven black directors making big moves behind the scenes. –ruthie hawkins
Read MorePresident Barack Obama reveals how he keeps the fire going with Michelle Obama
For four years, the nation has looked to President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, for inspiration in times of great uncertainty and need. But beyond their civic duties, the president and the first lady have also become one of the nation’s most beloved and inspiring couples. During a recent interview with Barbara Walters,…
Read MoreWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Reveal Secrets of Long-Lasting Marriage
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are one of Hollywood’s most beloved couples as well as one of the longest-standing couples the industry has ever seen. And while most industry romances crumble under the strain of Hollywood’s flashing lights and crushing rumor mill, Will and Jada have remained together for 14 years. In Smith’s latest…
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