"Love For Sale" Premiere

Celebs hit up the Love For Sale premiere at the The 12th Annual American Black Film Festival in LA on Friday. The new Russ Parr film stars Mya, Clifton, Powell, Melyssa Ford (straight to video I see), Jackie Long and Jason Weaver.

Mya I guess Mya's music career is finished since her album, Liberation sank without a trace but I guess she can always fall back on her blossoming acting career. She was due to make her broadway debut in Chicago in May but had to postpone it because of a broken foot.

Essence Atkins

Toccara Jones

Melyssa Ford and Angela Conwell

Eva Mendes @ "The Wendell Baker Story" LA Premiere

Eva Mendes looks stunning at the LA Premiere of her new film, "The Wendell Baker Story".

"The Wendell Baker Story" is the first movie directed by actor Luke Wilson and his eldest brother Andrew Wilson, Eva co-stars as Luke Wilson's character's love-interest.

Synopsis: Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted conman named Wendell Baker whose latest scam lands him in jail and alienates him from his longtime girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes), best friend Reyes (Jacob Vargas) and even his dog, Junior. Eternally optimistic, Wendell makes the most of his time behind bars and vows to turn his life around. Upon release, he gets a job at the Shady Grove retirement hotel, where he befriends residents Boyd (Seymour Cassel), Skip (Harry Dean Stanton) and Nasher (Kris Kristofferson). Wendell's new friends advise him on how to win back his girlfriend, while he helps them battle the hotel's evil head nurse, Neil King (Owen Wilson) and right-hand man, McTeague (Eddie Griffin).

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PREMIUM DVD starring Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper in stores now!

Standout thesping by stars Dorian Missick and Zoe Saldana, along with fully fleshed-out secondary roles, distinguish Pete Chatmon's gentle comedy "Premium," about a black actor juggling concurrent crises on the love, work and home fronts. While the satirizing of black stereotypical movie roles was angrier and funnier in Robert Townsend's breakthrough 1987 laffer, "Hollywood Shuffle," Chatmon's laid-back rhythms smack more of soft-shoe than shuffle in this thoroughly engaging film. With careful handling, marginal indie could provide an unpretentious alternative to raucous mainstream fare. - Ronnie Scheib, VARIETY


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Cast: Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper, Tonya Pinkins, Eva Pigford, Frankie Faison, William Sadler

Synopsis: Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African-American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. While working his day job, his ex-fiancée - and one true love - reappears after three years of silence. Discovering that it's only 36 hours until her wedding to a local lawyer, Cool embarks on last-ditch attempts to win her back. In the process, he takes on the biggest "role" of his life, while also learning the secret to mastering his craft.

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"Redline" LA Premiere

Denyce Lawton
Wesley Jonathan
Nadia Bjorlin
Eddie Griffin
Wyclef Jean
Kel Mitchell



Release Date (US): April 13th, 2007
Cast: Nathan Phillips,Nadia Bjorlin, Angus Macfadyen, Tim Matheson,Eddie Griffin, Fachoina Stewart

Synopsis: A gorgeous young automobile fanatic--and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West coast--finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competitions organized for the pleasure of a bunch of bored billionaires.

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"Proof" Documentary Coming to Theaters

One year after the death of D12 rapper Proof, a new movie featuring the slain lyricist will hit theaters.

The documentary, titled Time A Tell, provides a look at the Detroit Hip-Hop scene, while featuring Proof and DJ Jewels in the studio as they put together a complete 18-track CD full of original lyrics and beats within 24 hours for a segment called The Challenge.

Presented by Jewels, Priceless Music and Iron Fist Records, Time A Tell is the last creative work of Proof, who was fatally shot one year ago today (Apr. 11 2006) at the Triple C club on Eight Mile Road following a heated argument with 35-year-old Keith Bender Jr.

The alleged shooter, Bender’s cousin Mario Etheridge, avoided murder charges in the case after a court determined he shot and killed Proof in an act of self-defense.

Since the incident, Bender’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Proof's estate, claiming the rapper was responsible for escalating a fist fight that resulting in Proof pulling a gun on Bender and shooting him.

Time A Tell will premiere at 8 p.m. Thursday (April 12) in the GM Theater at the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit.

The event will be followed by a reception and after-party at 9:45 p.m.

To view the movie trailer, visit myspace.com/pricelessmusic


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"Fracture" Los Angeles Premiere

Emmanuelle Chriqui
Anthony Hopkins
Idris Elba
Former Bond Girl, Rosamund Pike
Leonard Roberts
Ryan Gosling

Release Date: April 27, 2007
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, and Bob Gunton

Synopsis:When a meticulous structural engineer (Hopkins) is found innocent of the attempted murder of his wife (Embeth Davidtz), the young district attorney (Gosling) who is prosecuting him becomes a crusader for justice. Fracture is packed with twists and turns that weave in and out of the courtroom as the pair try to outwit each other.

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Aishwarya Rai @ 'Provoked' Photocall

Actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai poses at a photocall for the general release (on April 06, 2007) of the film 'Provoked: A True Story' at the Courthouse Hotel in London, England.



Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews, Robbie Coltrane

Drama based on a landmark legal case, revolving around battered Punjabi housewife Kiranjit, who grows tired of constant beatings and abuse at the hands of her alcoholic husband. Determined to save herself and her two children from the cycle of violence, Kiranjit kills her husband and sets him alight, and she is subsequently found guilty of first-degree murder. When Kiranjit's wealthy cellmate learns about the case, she introduces Kiranjit to her brother, a respected lawyer who agrees to file her appeal.

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'Are We Done Yet' Premiere

Nia Long
Tyler James Williams
Marques Houston
Aleisha Allen
Ice Cube
Tia Mowry
Tamera Mowry

Camille Winbush



Release Date: April 6, 2007
Cast: Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden

Synopsis: "Are We Done Yet?" is a follow-up to Revolution Studios' hilarious 2005 family comedy "Are We There Yet?" and picks up where the last story left off. Now married to Suzanne (Nia Long), Nick Persons (Ice Cube) has bought a quiet suburban house to escape the rat race of the big city and to provide more space for his new wife and kids Lindsey and Kevin (Aleisha Allen and Philip Daniel Bolden). But when his new home quickly becomes a costly "fixer upper" and he finds himself at the mercy of an eccentric contractor (John C. McGinley), Nick's suburban dream soon becomes a riotous nightmare.

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Source: Blackfilm