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After watching the Mariah Carey movie Precious, Tyler Perry writes on his website about the physical and sexual abuse he suffered as a child.

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Police say four men were stabbed at a New York City nightclub advertising an after-party for the film premiere of “Notorious” about rapper Biggie Smalls.
Police said Saturday a 21-year-old victim stabbed numerous times was in critical condition at Brookdale Hospital. Three others were stable.
The Djumbala club is in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn. Police did [...]

Lil Kim was a big part of the Notorious B.I.G.’s life, but she’s not happy about the way she’s portrayed in the new biopic about the late rapper.
The Notorious B.I.G. was Lil Kim’s mentor and was also romantically linked to the rapper. Their sometimes rocky relationship is depicted in the new movie “Notorious,” but Lil [...]

The trailer for “Obsessed,” starring Beyoncé and Idris Elba, has hit Youtube. The movie, which doesn’t open until April 24, 2009, looks as thrillingly suspenseful as “Fatal Attraction,” which should have made a heck of a lot of men think twice about straying but probably didn’t.
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You can always count on Will Smith to get great media coverage on the heels of one of his new movies opening.
Next month, the box-office kingpin, will offer audiences the drama ‘Seven Pounds.’ 
To wrap around all the marketing blitz that surely will come with a surefire box-office tally, the former ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air‘ is making [...]

Fan outrage is boiling online over the delayed release of the next installment in the Harry Potter film franchise.

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Potter fan sites MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron are bubbling with dismay and anger about the scheduling move, announced Thursday by Warner Bros. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is now scheduled to hit theaters in [...]

In what may be his first big screen role since ‘Blade II’, Entertainment Weekly posted the first look of Wesley Snipes, along with Don Cheadle, in ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’, which is being directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.
Snipes will play a drug [...]

While Bernie Mac remains in the hospital under treament for pneumonia, his rep slammed widespread media reports that the comedian is in very critical condition.
“Bernie Mac is still alive and being treated in a Chicago hospital for pneumonia and is expected to make a full recovery,” his rep, Danica Smith, told People.com. “We once again [...]

Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman is in a “serious condition” in hospital today after a car accident in Mississippi.
The 71-year-old Hollywood veteran was driving on a freeway near his home at around 11.30pm on Sunday when his car left the road and flipped over several times, according to police.
The actor, who co-starred in the latest [...]

Alicia Keys as a Bond Girl?
Not exactly.
But I just got word that the songbird is the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.
No official announcement has been made, but a source tells me, “I believe Alicia is the winner.”
There have been a lot of rumors surrounding [...]

Starting today, The 9th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF), presented by HBO, gets rolling with films and events, featuring over 100 national and international films, documentaries and shorts. An estimated audience of over 25,000 is expected to come out and enjoy the work of some of the most acclaimed and sought-after Latino [...]

Spike TV’s critically acclaimed anime series Afro Samurai will return as an original movie in January, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Lucy Liu.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection is based on the original art and story telling of manga artist Takashi Okazaki, of a black samurai’s quest for revenge and justice for his murdered father. Samuel L. Jackson (“The [...]

 
Lionsgate has provided BlackVoices.com with an exclusive look at the final poster for ‘Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys.’
Directed and written by Tyler Perry, his talented cast includes Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodward, Tyler Perry, Cole Hauser, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji P. Henson, Kadee Strickland, Sebastian Siegel, and Robin Givens.
Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates and Academy [...]

Alicia Keys as a Bond Girl?
Not exactly.
But I just got word that the songbird is the top contender to sing the title song for the next James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace.
No official announcement has been made, but a source tells me, “I believe Alicia is the winner.”
There have been a lot of rumors [...]