Reel Caricature | Morgan Freeman

Here is a caricature of actor, film director, and narrator Morgan Freeman, courtesy of my buddy and artist, Kerry Johnson and featured on his Pinterest page.

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Bassey’s Golden Night!

It’s been two days and we still can’t stop thinking about Dame Shirley Bassey’s performance of Goldfinger at the Academy Awards. The song is almost 50 years old but Bassey’s commanding voice still is an elegant match with the imposing, muscular score!!! #classic #Bond

Casting News | Quvenzhané Wallis

Two-time Black Reel Award winner Quvenzhané Wallis, the Oscar-nominated star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, will play the title role in Annie. The film is scheduled to be released during the holiday season, 2014.

Reel Funny | Gary Oldham

Last night on the Jimmy Kimmel show, The Dark Knight Rises’ co-star Gary Oldham performed a hilarious dramatic reading from R. Kelly’s latest book, Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me that left the audience in stitches.

First Look | The Paperboy

Black Reel Award-winning director Lee Daniels is a talented lightning rod. This fall, after failing to locate any stateside distributors for his film, The Paperboy, Millennium Entertainment has decided to release his film themselves.

Reel Images | Madea’s Big Happy Family

Here are latest two parody posters from Tyler Perry as he continues to spoof this year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees. Perry takes aim at the British nominee, The King’s Speech with, what else, The Queen’s Speech. Wonder what Perry has in store for Toy Story 3, The Kids Are All Right and Inception?

Foxx Presents “Thunder Soul”

A couple of years ago, both Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey lent their names and weight to get a distribution deal for a Precious. Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx has found his passion project and will present a film about a legend from his hometown in the upcoming documentary, Thunder Soul.