Lynn Whitfield

Active since 1981 with her role as Jill Thomas in the television series "Hill Street Blues". Lynn is mainly known for her role alongside Martin Lawrence in "A Thin Line Between Love And Hate",  "The Cheetah Girls" as Dorothea,  "Eve's Bayou" as Samuel L. Jackson's wife, and "Madea's Family Reunion" as Victoria. Lynn won the NAACP image award for her performance in "The Josephine Baker Story", Touched By An Angel", and "Redemption: The Tookie Williams Story" alongside Jamie Foxx about the co-founder of the Crips gang. Lynn is from Baton Rogue, Louisiana and started out in television and theatre before roles in film.
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Must See

Joseph Levitt

Has been active since 1988. He is known for previous roles in movies such as "50/50", "10 Things I Hate About You", "500 Days of Summer", and "Beethoven". Joseph is the owner and founder of "hitRECord" that started in 2004. He directed an adaptation of a short story and it was selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2009.
http://www.hitrecord.org/

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5 Things You Only See In Movies

http://www.zergnet.com/news/35088/5-things-you-only-see-in-movies

Angela Bassett

From Harlem, NYC but relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida due to her parents separation. Her mother was a social worker and a Civil Servant. Angela went to Yale University and received a B.A Degree in African American Studies. She also received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale School of Drama. In 1985 she made her first appearance as a prostitute on the television movie "Doubletake" and has been active in her career since then. The first official film appearance was in the 1986 movie "F/X", as a news reporter.
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/4466/Angela-Bassett

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The Fighter

A biographical sports drama. Starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. It's a story based on the life of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward in the 1980s. His brother Dicky helped him train the majority of the time while most times he showed up late to training due to his crack addiction.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71l-kIhJ5j8

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The Boondock Saints

This movie was written and directed by Troy Duffy. It's about two Irish brothers getting in a fight with Russian mobsters who wants to close down the pub they're in on St. Patty's Day celebrating. The brothers ends up killing the mobsters out of self defense and after turning themselves in the police and locals see them as heroes.
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The Man With Iron Fists'

Audio Review

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blogs/the-man-with-the-iron-fists-audio-review

The Sitter

Noah is a suspended college student, has girlfriend issues and somehow gets coaxed into helping his mom babysit her friend's children so she can go on a date with a new guy she was introduced to. Unfortunately he thought it was going to piece of cake until he meets the kids he has to babysit especially adopted son Rodrigo. His girlfriend then calls him to make a cocaine run, Noah brings the kids along and that's when things get worse.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=japyVYImEcM

The After Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBnB3iClS6g&feature=related

Colombiana/Zoe Saldana

Colombiana is a French-American action film co-written by Robert Kamen, produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton. 

Fabio has a meeting with a drug lord to pay off his debt and to leave his employment but Don Luis Sandoval refuses to let Fabio go so easily....
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Born in New Jersey, raised in the Dominican Republic then back to Queens NYC. In D.R she went to Espacio de Danza Academy. She studied jazz, ballet, and modern latin dance. Everything she learned from the academy helped her to get the role in her first film "Center Stage". Zoe started performing with the Faces theater troupe that spoke on issues such as substance abuse, and sex. She has made appearances on "Law & Order" and "Six Degrees". She is also a supporter of the Microfinance organization.

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Enjoy

Rosewood Massacre

'Til this day no one wants to speak of it and denies what ACTUALLY happened. The state of Florida says only 8 black people were killed but the survivors including one Caucasian says 40 to 140 blacks were killed. 8 bodies were PROBABLY all that they found since the majority was burned. Who do you believe?...A state trying to cover it's ass or the individuals who actually suffered and refused to return to that part of Florida for DECADES? This has been continuously swept under the rug and reparations for what when there are still innocent people of different ethnicity getting glass bottles thrown at them, racist acts/comments, etc? This all happened because of a LIE. The woman was cheating on her husband, was upset because her side man didn't care about her like she wanted/thought and to save herself the embarrassment she said "Niiiiggggggerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it was a niggerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr". She was raped then switched up the story and said she was beaten. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_massacre

The names of everyone is completely accurate and not a land nor money could hide this story and be considered as an apology. The Black people that were killed, the majority of them weren't even buried and IF they were, the graves weren't even marked out of respect. But the graves are still there today if you know where and how to locate the ones they didn't show. No one was ever arrested

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The main characters in this movie is Ving Rhames, Elise Neal, Don Cheadle, Esther Rolle, Loren Dean, Jon Voight, and Michael Rooker. Most of these actors have been active since the 1980s. Esther Rolle is from Pompano Beach, Florida and was born 1920. I'm glad they chose her to be apart of this movie. She passed in 1998, a year after Rosewwod from complications if diabetes. She was only married once and had no children. In this movie she played as Aunt Sarah which was an important character/role. 

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Every few years something always happens. Have you ever thought of why things like this keeps happening and won't stop? Today Rosewood is now Cedar Key, Florida and I don't know if it happens today in 2012 but those who left Rosewood and decided to come back or those who knew the history of Rosewood and moved there will NOT be seen at night time. They go inside before dark.

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Innocent men were lynched then burned, women were beaten to death or raped or raped AFTER they were beaten to DEATH and children were raped as well and killed. Today there's only maybe 3 visible small ranch houses and that's it, everything else is blocked off and what isn't blocked off is just burned down to the core and non-existent anymore. Some people think it's haunted, but OBVIOUSLY. Burned and slaughtered innocents. Half of Rosewood's Caucasian men were MOST likely pecking Fannie Taylor themselves but just needed a false reason to kill the Blacks. One of the characters in the movie said it best "A nigger with a piano in his house! I'm white and I don't even have a piano". There's a term called "Badmind" or "Red Eye", which basically means you never want to see someone have something good for themselves and you want to be the only one with it.
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Kid Friendly Movies 2012

Paranorman:

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Hotel Transylvania:

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Toys In The Attic:

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book of dragons:

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She Wants Me

Sam writes a script and promises his girlfriend the main part in it........Until someone famous comes along and wants the part.

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Josh Gad has been active since 2002 and has appeared in shows such as E.R, The Daily Show, Modern Family, etc. He's mainly know for playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical "The Book Of Mormon". He's from Florida and attended Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts where he graduated with his Bachelors.
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Hilary Duff has been active since 1997 with her career but she's mainly known for the Disney comedy "Lizzie McGuire" and movie "Casper Meets Wendy". She's also a singer and an author of the novel "Elixir". She grew up between Houston and San Antonio, Texas and also home schooled since she was eight years old.
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Kristen Ruhlin started in small roles for the Tribeca Film Festival
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More GOOD Movie Trailers:

Lawless: starring Tom Brady & Shia Labeouf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2pjH_dQQDg


Sinister:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9tZSpv5mNs


The Great Gatsby: starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o


Deadfall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=1IWaBAwTf2U&NR=1

2012 Scary Movies To Go See

The Apparition

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The Possession

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The Pact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ztc5Nq1JL4&feature=relmfu


Backwoods

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWp2zi2X0Uo&feature=related


Roommates/D-Day

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Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood plays as a Korean War Vet who loses his wife. He also has to deal with his neighbor trying to steal his prized possession

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Clint Eastwood is from San Francisco. His mother was a factory worker and his father was a steel and migrant worker. He is of Irish, Dutch and Scottish ancestry. When in school he did competitive swimming, basketball, football and gymnastics. He was a lifeguard for the U.S Army during the Korean War. He also held other jobs prior such as a grocery clerk, paper carrier, golf caddy and a forest firefighter. Clint has been acting since 1955. He is also a director, producer, and composer. He has lived to see age 82 and hopefully he lives to see many more.

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Top Shottas

Yes yes yes. Wayne(Spragga Benz), Biggs(Kymani Marley), Mad Max(Paul Campbell),Teddy Bruck Shut(Louie Rankin), and the list goes on but these are the main characters. For those who don't know this movie, yes it is about friendship, loyalty and greed but it also shows how easy it is to fall into that lifestyle and how hard it is to stop. Living dirty always costs someone their life. This is a movie but it does happen and not only in Jamaica but poor black people in general. When you've been struggling for so long and the first opportunity you have to get out you take it but it shouldn't be an excuse to kill people, rob, etc. Everything else is self explanatory.

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Spragga Benz is a Dancehall deejay. He's been active since 1991. In the late 90s he founded the Stay In School program that provided help for needy students in Franklin Town which is also his hometown. His son played the younger version of "Wayne" in Top Shottas, and after his son's death he founded the Carlisle Foundation for helping local youths.

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Kymani Marley, son of Bob Marley. He's been active since 1996. His mother was a table tennis champion. At a young age he did relocate to Miami from Falmouth, Jamaica. Kymani is also featured in the movie "One Love". He plays the guitar and piano. As a teenager he was rapping and deejaying  with his first single being "Unnecessary Badness".
Albums: Like Father Like Son '96
               The Journey 2000
               Many More Roads 2001
               Milestone 2004
               Radio 2007
               New Heights 2012
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Paul Campbell is an actor who is best known for films "Third World Cop", "Dancehall Queen", and of course "Top Shottas". Paul also acted on Broadway(NYC), and is a painter whose work has been exhibited internationally. He beat his battle with Cancer and released a biopic which outlines the journey of his life. His film "The Lunatic" has been titled as a comedic classic.

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Louie Rankin was featured in film Belly alongside rapper Nas and DMX. He also deejays and his most successful song was "Typewriter" which was released in 1992. He calls himself "The original don dada". 
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The Help

This movie is based on a novel written by Kathryn Stockett 2009. A lot of African Americans may not like this movie because of what it shows and how it went from slavery to this. But this movie takes places during the Civil Rights Era and shows what it was like to be a Black maid. It wasn't just cooking and cleaning, they raised and took care of children as well. Most times the maids weren't even allowed to use the bathroom in the house where they worked, they were forced to go outside no matter how cold it was or if it was raining. 
  This is starring Emma Stone who plays "Skeeter", Viola Davis who plays "Aibileen", Octavia Spencer who plays "Minny", Bryce Howard who plays "Hilly", Jessica Chastain who plays "Celia", and Allison Janney who plays "Charlotte".

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Tia & Tamera Mowry

We all should know these lovely ladies from the "Sister Sister" show with Marques Houston of IMX music group which appeared on the WB/Disney channel. Their little brother is Tahj Mowry of "Smart Guy" who also guest appeared on "Sister Sister". Also known for their famous phrase "Go home Roger!". They were born in Germany to their mother who was a security guard and to their father who was in the U.S Army, that's why they call themselves "Military brats". Their mother is Bahamian(bahamas) and their father is British. Tamera is two minutes Older than Tia and I personally am able to tell them apart now due to the location of their moles. In this picture Tamera is on the left and Tia on the right. When their family was stationed in Texas they did talent shows and pageants. At age 12 they relocated to California to pursue their acting career but started off in commercials and small roles and they've been there ever since. They also appeared on "Full House", and did voice work for Kids WB show "Detention". They both attended Pepperdine University for psychology and Tia went on further to study humanities and Italian in Europe.

Tia and her husband Cory. For those who doesn't know him, he's also and Actor. He's from Chicago and has done movies such as "Dough Boys", "Driftwood", "He's just not that into you", "Never been kissed", "Creature unknown", etc. He also acted as Brandy's love interest in her music video "Right Here (Departed)". They dated for six years, got married in 2008 and had their son in 2011.

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This is Tamera and her husband Adam. Adam is a Fox News reporter who has even traveled to Japan and covered the tsunami/earthquake story. In 1992 he played on the National Champion College World Series Baseball Team and received a bachelors degree in Political Science and Telecommunications. Overall he has reported in eight Latin American Countries and is the President of his family's Winery "Century Oak Winery". They are also expecting their first child this October! They were married 2011http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UYCxWDKf-8

Tia & Tamera have a show on the Style Network called "Tia and Tamera" based on their current life such as Tia going through mother hood with baby Cree, Tamera getting used to being Mrs.Housley, how they're doing with their acting careers, etc. They've both been active in Acting since 1990 and have starred in movies such as "Double Wedding", "The Hot Chick", "Seventeen Again", "Twitches", etc. Tia has also become one of the main characters for CW/BET show "The Game" as Melanie Barnett.

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