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In The Hateful Eight, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in those parts as “The Hangman,”…

Last night’s Golden Globe Awards was definitely packed with a bunch of headline-worthy highlights, and one of those surprising moments was when veteran actor Sylvester Stallone seemed to snub his Creed co-star, Michael B. Jordan, during his acceptance speech. Well, the snafu didn’t go unnoticed and Stallone ended up receiving some stern words from two…

Over the course of his outstanding career, veteran actor Samuel L. Jackson has been known to deliver an emphatic line or two laced with profanity. Jackson’s ability to add extra umph when going on one of his character’s curse filled tirades is so resounding that the tirades have been celebrated and marked in pop culture. You may not…

Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq opens with a declaration of emergency and shortly thereafter, you hear the voice of Father Michael Pfelger, a white priest from Chicago’s South Side who has long been active against violence in the community.

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Check out the official trailer for the new Spike Lee Joint, CHI-RAQ, featuring an all-star ensemble cast, including Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Cannon, Samuel L. Jackson and Wesley Snipes. The film is set to hit theaters on Dec. 4.

The creator of the hit ABC comedy “Black-ish,” Kenya Barris, is moving his writing talents to the big screen. He has been chosen to pen a remake of the blaxploitation film, Shaft, but with a comedic twist. Shaft — the 1971 film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft, who is in search of a…

(Photo courtesy of IMDB) In an outcome that caught no one by surprise, Fifty Shades of Grey, the film adaptation of E.L. James’ wildly popular steamy novel blew the competition out of the water to claim the No. 1 spot at this weekend’s box office. With a seemingly perfect set up of debuting over the Valentine’s Day…

Black actor and Morehouse man, Samuel L. Jackson, is not a one to shy away from controversy. Despite the rest of Hollywood, especially Black Hollywood, remaining silent on the recent protests against police violence, Jackson has issued a challenge. “All you celebrities that poured ice water on your heads, here’s a chance to do something…

Kite is about a young woman, Sawa (India Eisley), who is orphaned following the murder of her parents and is later taken off the streets by a crooked, Svengali-like detective (Samuel L. Jackson) who employs homeless children to do his dirty work. Trained as a killer, Sawa exacts street justice against the detective’s chosen targets…

Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Robert Redford Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is the least interesting Marvel superhero. His costume is lame; the guy is vanilla. No sprinkles, no chocolate syrup, none of the gooeyness that would make him more interesting. But then they decided to sauce him up a…

It’s no secret that Paula Deen has a way with words that can make you want to hug her or fire her from her job and completely erase her from your network. Recently, Deen leaned toward the latter option when she awkwardly compared her plight over the use of the n-word to the plight of…

RoboCop Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Douglas Urbanski, Abbie Cornish, Gary Oldman, Michael K. Williams, Samuel L. Jackson In the not-too-distant future, 2028, to be exact, a Detroit cop sustains horrific wounds after being injured on the job. And just like in the original 1987 film, doctors put him back together with a combination of weird science…

Samuel L. Jackson Laurence Fishburne mixup When a seasoned entertainment reporter made the very stupid mistake of confusing Samuel L. Jackson for Laurence Fishburne, he was given the shaming of his life by the actor. L.A.’s KTLA channel 5 reporter Sam Rubin confidently asked Jackson about his recent Super Bowl ad, referencing Laurence Fishburne’s Kia…

Hollywood marriages, walking down the altar one day and walking to their divorce lawyer the next day but not all marriages end in divorce. Morris Chesnut and Pam Byse, have been married since 1995 and have 2 children. Check out four other celebrity couples that have been married for over 15 years. –Joi Pearson @joiapearson

Oprah, her beau, Stedman Graham, and her best friend, Gayle King, shared an intimate photo on Instagram sending holiday well wishes to their followers. Check out Trey Songz, Mary J. Blige, Swizz Beatz and more pics in the gallery. –joi pearson @joiapearson

Oldboy Stars: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley Director Spike Lee had trouble getting financing to make this film, (and why is a director of his caliber still struggling to get his movies made?) and he had difficulties retaining his original cast, but despite the fact that the project was beset by…

Samuel L Jackson has played nearly every kind of character under the sun during the decades of his career – and donned nearly every kind of crazy wig during the process. Now the acting legend is taking his chameleon skills with him into uncharted territory as he plays his first gay character in an upcoming Stephen…