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ABOVE PHOTO:  Terrence Howard hands Sterling K. Brown his first Emmy for “People vs. OJ Simpson.” “The People vs. OJ Simpson” take home five Emmys; three for stars Courtney B. Vance, Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paulson By Lynn Elber Associated press LOS ANGELES — “Game of Thrones” conquered the Emmy kingdom Sunday, honored as…

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Top Ten DVD List for September 27, 2016   By Kam Williams   Hunt for the Wilderpeople https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01IGFGG2G/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 Blood Diner https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01IN8E04M/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 The Shallows https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01HH7KC60/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 Rod Serling’s Patterns https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B013T7MH2Y/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: 30th Anniversary Edition https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01EFSSLNK/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 A Dangerous Game: Donald Trump vs. the Environment https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01HFRBJ5U/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 The Disappearance https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01HHGAKD6/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01GWAW51I/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20 Talent…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Madina Nalwanga and Lupita Nyong’o in Mira Nair’s Queen of Katwe. For movies opening September 23, 2016 by Kam Williams BIG BUDGET FILMS The Magnificent Seven (PG-13 for intense violence, smoking, profanity and suggestive material) Remake of the 1960 classic Western revolving around a rag-tag team of gunslingers recruited by a desperate widow…

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Film Review by Kam Williams Directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa in 1954, Seven Samurai was a groundbreaking film which had a profound influence on the evolution of cinema for generations to come. Superficially, that seminal work merely reads like a martial arts epic set in 16th Century Japan. Yet, over the years, it has…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine In a world where money and materialism are king and queen, many have lost sight of what is really important.  The link to footwear as a status symbol has lead to countless conversations about the newest Louboutins and Jordans in communities with much larger issues, i.e., dilapidated houses and horrible school systems….

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By Kharisma McIlwaine There was an array of flashing lights and smiles as the director and cast of  A House is Not a Home arrived for the movie’s red carpet premiere at The Kimmel Center. This indie horror film tells the story of a family who unknowingly moves into a house with a dark history. …

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Poster and full trailer released Shadowandact.com Just last week, ahead of the much-anticipated premiere of her first series with the premium cable TV network (“Insecure”), Issa Rae inked a 2-year first-look production deal with HBO which will see Rae develop new programming for all of HBO’s platforms, with an emphasis on diverse voices. This is…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sheryl Lee Ralph  (Photo: Joe Seer / shutterstock) On September 17th “An Evening to Celebrate Greatness” at the Marriott Louisville Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky, actress and honored AIDS activist Sheryl Lee Ralph will receive the prestigious Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for her dedicated commitment to raising HIV/AIDS awareness and erasing the hate and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Morris Chestnut stars as John Taylor in Screen Gems’ WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS.  (Photo Credit: Sony Pictures) Interview with Kam Williams Morris Chestnut has been appearing in television and movies for the past two decades. In 2014, he shot the feature film Heist (aka Bus 657) opposite Robert De Niro and Jeffrey Dean…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Award-winning journalist Ed Gordon returned to primetime television on Tues. Sept. 13 when Bounce TV world premiered its first-ever news magazine show, “Ed Gordon.”  (PRNewsFoto/Bounce TV) SHADOWANDACT.com Award-winning journalist Ed Gordon returned to primetime television Tuesday Bounce TV premiereed its first-ever news magazine show “Ed Gordon” at 10 PM ET. Nate Parker, Maxwell…

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