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“Strings Dream” – Movie Trailer (A film about Being U and Learning 2 Love Yourself)

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Premiers March 25th at Community Of Hope. Movie trailer of a film brought to by a team of brothers and sisters from the DMV who have turned their lives around and are now attempting to help someone else. Written by Backyard’s own Anwan “Big G” Glover (of “The Wire”), and starring Russ Parr, Raheem Devaughn, Deja Perez and Elijah Torres. Don’t Bully; B.U.L.L.Y. is a youth-led, multi-jurisdictional initiative that utilizes the arts to educate and build awareness regarding bullying. With approximately one in five teens reporting being bullied at school, bullying is an epidemic that has more increasingly terrorized many … Continue reading “Strings Dream” – Movie Trailer (A film about Being U and Learning 2 Love Yourself)

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Remember When HILLSIDE Was The Last Drive-In Standing?

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Hillside Drive-In 5210 Marlboro Pike, Coral Hills, Md. (1 mile outside of D.C.) capacity: 715 cars years of operation: 1953-88 currently: demolished in 1998; sold to Maryland National Park and Planning Commission; school and community center planned for land. With its final show — the Chuck Norris actioner Hero and the Terror and the horror B-flick Night of the Demons starring Linnea Quigley — the Hillside brought the curtain down on the Washington drive-in era on November _, 1988. As late as 1993 it still stood, with the lot leased by the state of Maryland as commuter parking, and the … Continue reading Remember When HILLSIDE Was The Last Drive-In Standing?

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Marlon Wayans Headed To Pryor Biopic

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Marlon Wayans is in advanced talks to play comedy legend Richard Pryor in “Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said?” for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions and Sony Pictures. The $20 million production will follow Pryor’s controversial brand of comedy and his battle with drugs reports, Entertainment Weekly. “Dreamgirls” and “Gods & Monsters” writer/director Bill Condon will direct from his own screenplay, while Chris Rock, Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor and Mark Gordon are also on board as producers. Wayans beat out Eddie Murphy who was originally attached to star. Sources tell EW.com that Wayans fought for the role, blowing … Continue reading Marlon Wayans Headed To Pryor Biopic

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NOTORIOUS ‘an essaysandthings’ Q & A w/ Director George Tillman Jr.

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By Lisa Ellis I thoroughly dig The Notorious B.I.G. He is clearly one of the best to ever touch the mic. He’s a story teller, an icon. What other rappers struggle to do came easy to BIG. It’s been 12 years since Biggie was ripped away from us. While Hip- Hop is the hottest genre of music today, Big’s absence has forever bent its structure. I caught up with George Tillman Jr. the other day. We chatted a bit about his experience directing the film NOTORIOUS and his thoughts on Christopher Wallace, the man, the rapper. LBE: First of all … Continue reading NOTORIOUS ‘an essaysandthings’ Q & A w/ Director George Tillman Jr.