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Film Review: ‘Steel Magnolias,’ Still The Same?

Posted on October 8, 2012 by | 2 Comments

By Eartha Watts-Hicks

When I first saw Steel Magnolias, it was 1989. I was a teenager, my mother’s daughter. I remember thinking the original was a good movie. Continue reading →

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Salters Scene: Queen Latifah and the Steel Magnolias Crew At the Paris Theatre

Posted on October 7, 2012 by | Leave a comment
Queen Latfiah and Rita Owens

On Wednesday October 3rd, Queen Latifah and the cast of the Steel Magnolias remake were at the Paris Theatre in midtown Manhattan for the premiere of the Lifetime movie. The cast includes Queen Latfiah, Jill Scott, Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad.

Jill Scott

It was a very festive night and good time to celebrate.   There were a lot of hurdles that were jumped for this movie’s Lifetime October 7th showing.  With the challenges behind them, the cast was able to enjoy making their appearance on the red carpet.

Ahmad Rashad and Condola Rashad

Condola showed up with her father Ahmad Rashad. Queen Latifah attended with her mother Rita Owens. Alfre Woodard attended with her Husband Roderick Spencer.  Besides cast members, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition Judges Abby Lee Miller and Robin Antin walked the carpet and Singer Keri Hilson was there to show her support for this fantastic cast.

Keri Hilson

Check your local listings to see the time for the October 7th Lifetime television premiere of Steel Magnolias.

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Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds Official Trailer ’12 (video)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what’s expected of him, whether it’s assuming the helm of his father’s company, tolerating his brother’s misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancée, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). Continue reading →

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HW Pick: “For Coloured Girls” Audio CD

Posted on November 9, 2010 by | Leave a comment

“For Colored Girls” is the soundtrack to Tyler Perry’s new movie starring Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, Phylicia Rashad and Macy Gray among others. The movie is an adaptation of a stage play, and Perry’s translation of this to a movie has earned tonnes of harsh reviews. Continue reading →

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HW Bio: “For Colored Girls” (video)

Posted on November 7, 2010 by | Leave a comment

For Colored Girls is a 2010 American film directed, produced, and written by Tyler Perry. Continue reading →

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Perry Premieres “Precious Formula” In ‘Colored Girls’ (update)

Posted on October 31, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The book written by Ntozake Shange in the 1970s breaks out onto the big screen as a film with a star studded cast this week on November 5th. The focus on the negative of African American life by Tyler Perry is what we call “The Precious Formula.” Continue reading →

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Faison Firehouse Harlem Hot Spot

Posted on August 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The building at 6 Hancock Place in Harlem was once home to firefighters at Hook and Ladder Number 40. Continue reading →

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Faison Firehouse Theatre in Harlem

Posted on June 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

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The Faison Firehouse Theater is home to the American Performing Arts Collaborative (APAC), Inc. a not-for-profit (501c3) organization co-founded by Tony Award Winner, George Faison  and Tad Schnugg in 1997.

For more than forty years, George Faison has been a driving force in the theater as well as film, video, television, concert dance, concert staging, television commercials and trade shows. George is internationally recognized as having achieved a preeminent place among the world’s most important directors, choreographers and writers and is known for his uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence and the production and nourishment of socially relevant art and artist. Continue reading →

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