Black Folks On Screen

The trailer for the much anticipated television adaptation of Lorraine Hainsberry's classic play, "A Raisin In The Sun" has surfaced.

The film, which stars, Phylicia Rashad, Sean Combs, Audra Macdonald, and Sanaa Lathan is scheduled to air February 25th on ABC.

A trailer for Tyler Perry's new film 'Why Did I Get Married" has just been released. The film stars Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, and Malik Yoba among others.

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett headline David Fincher's upcoming "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Even superstars need moms though, and Taraji P. Henson is playing Benjamin (Pitt)'s mom, Queenie.

"I age from 26 to 71," said Henson. "It's early 1900s mixed with modern times and flashbacks. I play Brad Pitt's mother because he's born with this rare aging disease, left on my doorstep and I adopt him like any good southern woman would. My character runs an old folks home and a lot of the extras were senior citizens."

The story has Pitt age backwards, and mommy is there most of the time. "She's with the beginning, she teaches Benjamin Button everything he needs to know. Then there's a part where he goes off into the world to become a man, then he comes back. He comes back home to momma. So there's one little segment I'm not in but pretty much the whole movie."

It sounds like a more whimsical film than the usual Fincher fare, but the dark director compensated for that. "He's very dark and he's very upset that he's made a beautiful film. He's walking around, 'Ah, I can't believe I made a ****ing beautiful movie. Rrr, rrr." He still tried to make it dark. He had the smoke machine. Trust me, it's still dark where it can be, but it's beautiful. Beautifully dark."

And as for aging, Henson enjoyed seeing herself in old age makeup. "I just laughed because it's going to happen. It's going to happen and I embrace it."

MTV has announced that the next season of 'Pimp My Ride' will be its last. The final season of the aut0-makeover show hosted by rapper Xzibit will begin this sunday at 10:30 PM.
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Just when you thought the saga was over, R. Kelly has been tapped by the IFC to create 10 more episodes of his infamous trapped in the closet series. The channel will also air the 12 previously released parts of his "hip-hopera".

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Jill Marie Jones, formerly of "Girlfriends," is set to star alongside buxom babe Jessica Simpson in "Major Movie Star." The film will begin shooting this fall.

Synopsis Via Hollywood.com

"A naive pop singer attempts to win approval from a producer and a studio that think her unsuitable for their upcoming military-themed movie. To prove them wrong and win the role, she enlists in the Army."

Hmm sounds interesting. I guess we'll see how it turns out.

Can season 4 even hold a candle to season 3? My guess is no, but I'll still tune in to see the fight where Diddy allegedly tried to hit Laurie Ann with a chair.