This publicity photo released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine in a scene from the film, "The Wolverine." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Ben Rothstein) LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Wolverine" slashed monsters and minions to debut atop the weekend box office. The Fox film featuring Hugh Jackman's sixth turn as the claw-wielding superhero opened with $55 million in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Do you remember Trapper Keepers, skorts, Home Improvement, Bill Cosby sweaters, or the unstableness of a waterbed? Gas was $1.16 a gallon (no fuel perks) and Bill Clinton was recently elected as the 42nd President of the United States. In 1993, I was 5 years old. But I got a taste of high school in the early 1990s after watching CBS Films The To Do List starring Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, and Scott Porter. Brandy Clark (Plaza) recently graduates from high school and realizes that she's an inexperienced virgin. After pressure from her promiscuous friends and well-endowed older sister,
New Year’s Day 2009 there was a lot of buzz about the wrongful death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. After a night of New Year’s partying with friends, he was shot by a White Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer on the Fruitvale Station platform in Oakland, California. Produced by Forest Whitaker, Fruitvale Station, starring Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer, is a poster child story of life and redemption.
(NNPA)—The rags to riches stories that have defined the Hip Hop movement as a viable path to the American Dream may be the All-American distraction. Early Hip Hop artists experienced true bliss when their hard work and efforts paid off financially. Great artists with great lyrics were able to break through and perform on the world stage. From the gritty streets of New York they were around doing what they loved—and getting paid for it.
In this May 5, 2013 file photo, Justin Timberlake performs at the MasterCard Priceless Premieres concert in New York. Timberlake, who had four nominations including best male R&B artist and best collaboration for “Suit & Tie” with Jay-Z, at the 2013 BET Awards, also performed. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) The internet was abuzz with the news that a slew of A-List celebrities had joined Stevie Wonder‘s powerful boycott of Florida in the wake of George Zimmerman being found ‘not guilty’ of all charges for the February 26, 2012 slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. That news has been proven false.
GERALD ALBRIGHT Saxophonist Gerald Albright promised a big party when he, Dave Koz, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot graced Robert Morris University’s Sewall Center for Koz’s “Summer Horns” Tour.
