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INDIE WIRE/THE SOURCE Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Bourne Legacy”) leads an all-star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney in the “Selina Kyle” episode of GOTHAM on FOX. eurweb.com “Gotham”, which already had a larger-than-usual 16-episode original order from FOX, has been picked up for six more episodes to bring its total to a full-season 22, reports Deadline.com. Normally, shows get an initial order of 13,…

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eurweb.com Steve Harvey is taking things a step further for those looking for love with the launch of Delightful.com. The dating website, which targets relationship-minded individuals is the result of Harvey’s partnership with IAC, the company behind Match.com, OkCupid and Tinder. The syndicated talk/radio show host previously worked with IAC as a spokesman for one…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Terrence Howard  (Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com) eurweb.com So, does Terrence Howard score points for coming up with a pretty crafty scheme to keep his ex-wife Michelle Ghent from getting her hands on nearly half a million dollars of his money? Or, is he at risk of going to jail for it? You see,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Boris Kodjoe and Sharon Leal  in a scene from Addicted.   Interview with Kam Williams From his big screen and television roles to his theatrical and entrepreneurial skills, Boris Kodjoe has proven to be one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents. He is probably best known for his role as Damon Carter on the…

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By Lèo Holder A little more than a week after developing pneumonia, Geoffrey Holder made a decision. He was calling the shots as always. He was done. Two attempts at removing the breathing tube didn’t show promising results. In his truest moment of clarity since being rolled into I.C.U. he said he was good. Mouthing…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Beyonce, Rihanna, and Nicki Minaj In the last 90 days the SUN’s cover stories have featured at least three spectacular African American female stars—notably Jada Pinkett-Smith, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer—each one leading the cast of a major new television show this season. Even more splendid is the creative force behind Ms. Davis’s show,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cam Anthony and Mo’Ne Davis were honored recently by the NeoDaviso Foundation and Philadelphia’s Young Professionals at the Social Sundays event.  (Photo courtesy: Kiarra Solomon)   By Kiarra Solomon @by_kiarra  Every other month, young professional Nehemiah Davis, hosts Social Sundays at Manayunk Brewery on Main Street. This event brings young professionals together for an evening of…

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By David Porter ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and other people in a limousine struck from behind by a Wal-Mart truck on a highway in June are at least partly to blame for their injuries because they weren’t wearing seatbelts, the company said in a court filing Monday. The filing was made…

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Review by Kam Williams  On the surface, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is a perfectly-pleasant, hail fellow well met. By day, the affable widower is employed as a sales associate at a hardware superstore where he jokes with co-workers who call him “Pops.” Evenings, he retires to a modest apartment in a working-class, Boston community, although…

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