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Actor Chadwick Boseman was born in 1982 in South Carolina, and went on to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in directing. He then attended the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.

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Born in Chicago on July 13, 1942, Harrison Ford was a late bloomer who only developed an interest in acting during his senior year of college. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as carpenter for almost a decade while struggling trying to launch his showbiz career.

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And the beat goes on for Condola Rashad, who is currently starring in another Broadway show, a revival of Horton Foote’s 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful, alongside Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Vanessa Williams.

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First announced on this site on December 3rd, Cicely Tyson is returning to Broadway for the first time in 30 years, to star in a revival of Horton Foote’s 1953 drama The Trip to Bountiful, which will be directed by Michael Wilson.

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The struggle of getting a Richard Pryor biopic made is real. Oscar Award-winning actor and producer Forest Whitaker is up for the challenge. He is the latest person to try to bring the life of the legendary comedian’s life to the silver screen.

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In countless films about emergencies, crimes and police work, the 911 dispatcher is but a bit player, an anonymous, robotic voice briefly heard on the other end of a breathless call made by our movie’s main players.

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Bobby Smith, co-founder and, for the most part, the lead singer of the iconic R&B group, The Spinners, has passed away at age 76, Soul Tracks reports. Smith passed away from complications of influenza and pneumonia; it was also reported that he had been suffering from lung cancer.

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I’d have been shocked if Will Smith agreed to do this, as is. I couldn’t see it AT ALL! Not only because the part didn’t suit him; not in the slightest; but also because this isn’t what I’d really call leading man material. As I already noted, Will Smith would essentially have to play second fiddle…

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Santana, 65, told Confidential: “I practice things that keep my mind from self destruction and self indulgence – which is what killed Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain. I could go on.

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Gymnast Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas was born in Virginia Beach on December 31st, 1995. At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the team and individual all-around competitions. Douglas is the first African-American gymnast…

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