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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 12, 2011
For Better of Worse airs this fall. Will you be watching?
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August 12, 2011
This week on the Confab: Join Associate Editor Lauren Williams as she chats with Washington Reporter Cynthia Gordy and Senior Editor Teresa Wiltz about the nation's credit rating, The Help and Tyler Perry's latest venture.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 10, 2011
Lionsgate thinks he has the star power to carry an entire channel. Do you?
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by Akoto Ofori-Atta onJuly 7, 2011
Her wildly controversial novel, Push, became an Oscar-nominated movie. She talks to The Root about her new novel, why the New York Times is wrong and why she killed Precious.
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by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. onMay 29, 2011
Very few folks have the power to green-light a picture in Hollywood. None of them are black. But these power players are finding a way to make films on their own terms.
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by Clay Cane onApril 25, 2011
With yet another lucrative opening weekend under his belt, Tyler Perry should celebrate the positive and learn that criticism from fellow blacks and fellow directors -- namely, Spike Lee -- is just a part of the game.
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by Hayat Mohamed onApril 20, 2011
The director loses his cool during a press conference.
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by Helena Andrews onApril 7, 2011
Back in the day, Love Jones was the ultimate in black romantic-comedy fare. But that was then; this is now. At the multiplex, no rom-com -- whether it stars a Reese or a Gabrielle -- can hold a candle to those old-school love stories.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 22, 2011
A slide show breaks down the scope of his influence but won’t change anyone's mind about the value of his work.
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by John McWhorter onMarch 8, 2011
Enough with the talk about Tyler Perry perpetuating racial stereotypes. How is what he's doing any different from the much loved Sanford and Son? There's a reason the man sells out at the box office. It's called commercial entertainment.
