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Forest Whitaker To Play Fiddler In A&E’s Remake Of ‘Roots’
Forest Whitaker, Anika Noni Rose and Derek Luke are among the actors newly cast in A&E Networks’ remake of “Roots,” the network an- nounced Wednesday.
Whitaker will play Fid- dler, a slave who risks his life trying to mentor and aid in the escape of protagonist Kunta Kinte.
Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (“The Good Wife”) will play Kizzy, “the cherished, smart daughter of Kunta Kinte who maintains her fam- ily pride and warrior spirit.”
Derek Luke has been cast as Silla Ba Dibba, “the military trainer of Juffure, charged with transforming teen boys into powerful Mandinka Warriors.”
The network had previously announced that Laurence Fishburne will play writer
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Alex Haley, whose novel about his family tree sparked the original 1977 miniseries.
The new four-night, eight- hour miniseries will draw on the late Haley’s book along with new research, A&E said.
Mario Van Peebles and Bruce Beresford were added as directors for the project, which is currently in produc- tion in New Orleans for an air- date yet to be announced.
The remake will debut on the History, A&E and Lifetime channels.
F.Gary Gray Is the Highest-Grossing Black Director of A Single Film
With regard to domestic sales, Los Angeles director, F. Gary Gray is currently in the No. 1 spot. Gray directed Black classics Friday and Set It Off , also directed the memo- rable TLC "Waterfalls" video?
F. Gary Gray’s experience and patience is finally getting him props and profit as the highest-grossing African- American director of all time with regard to the domestic sales of a single film, Vibe re- ports. The biopic about N.W.A sat comfortably in the No. 1.
spot at the Hollywood box of- fice three weeks in a row.
Moviegoers in the U.S. and Canada helped the movie rake in approximately $157.5 mil- lion, beating out Scary Movie ($157 million) and Fantastic Four ($154.6 million) for the top spot in domestic sales.
Out of those top three films, Straight Outta Compton is the only biopic, and the only film about serious issues facing African-American communi- ties.
Regina King and Uzo Aduba
Rapper That Brutally Stabbed Morgan Freeman’s Granddaughter Pleads ‘Not Guilty’
E’Dena Hines’ rapper boyfriend, Lamar ‘Lyric’ Dav- enport stabbed her 25 times, pleaded ‘not guilty’.
Morgan Freeman and his granddaughter, E’Dena Hines.
Regina King And Uzo Adubu Win Emmys, Too
It was a great night for African American women at the 67th Emmy Awards on last Sunday.
Viola Davis was the first Black actress to win the ‘best actress in a drama’ category. However, it didn’t stop there, Regina King won her first Emmy in the Outstanding Sup- porting Actress in a Limited Se- ries or Movie category for her role in the ABC drama Ameri- can Crime. And, Uzo Aduba of Orange Is the New Black won her second consecutive trophy for Outstanding Sup- porting Actress in a Drama Se- ries.
The rapper boyfriend who is accused of murdering Morgan Freeman's granddaughter in an apparent cocaine-fulled ex- orcism has pleaded not guilty to her murder in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday morning.
Lamar Davenport, 30, ap- peared with his attorneys to enter his plea after being on a psychiatric hold since the vio- lent death of E'Dena Hines on a sidewalk in Washington Heights, New York on August 16.
An initial report said that Hines was stabbed 15 times,
but the district attorney said in court that she was actually stabbed 25 times.
Prosecutors also said that the knife was still in Hines' chest when police arrived to the hor- rific scene, after witnesses say they saw the 3am attack hap- pen.
Davenport, who has been arrested six times across two states, was in a reportedly volatile on-off relationship with Hines for nine years, despite him seeing other women and having a history of violence.
Prison Documentary, ‘Fixing The System’ Airs Sunday
Inmates have a conversation with President Obama when he visited El Reno Prison in Okalahoma.
This Sunday, September 27, VICE on HBO will release their special report, "Fixing the Sys- tem," which details the mount- ing civil rights crisis taking place in our criminal justice system. The special also fol- lows President Barack Obama on his historic tour of the El Reno Federal Correc- tional Institution in Okla- homa—the first time in history that a sitting president has vis- ited a federal prison.
In this comprehensive spe- cial report VICE founder and
correspondent Shane Smith accompanies President Obama on his visit as he speaks with inmates. Shane also interviews members of the judiciary and community reformers about the current failings of the way we deal with crime in our country, and the challenges that lie ahead for those who want to change it.
The special will air on HBO this Sunday, Septem- ber 27 at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
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