“I don’t care if they like me. I didn’t come here to make friends. I don’t even care if they respect me, I know who I am. I got enough respect for myself. But I do not want them to … Read the rest
As she appears on the computer screen for AAFCA’s Virtual roundtable, Tracee Ellis Ross is the picture of casual glam: bare arms, elegant gold jewelry and her signature mane smoothed back to emphasize her expressive eyes and a mega-watt, magenta-from-MAC … Read the rest
“Lorrie, look…..isn’t that Eddie Murphy walking right in over there?”
It was a warm yet misty November night: I was surrounded by 30-odd fellow members of the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and we were sitting at assorted tables and … Read the rest
A couple of months ago, I was washing my hands in the sink at work and my co-worker Rhonda walked in. It was a Monday and we were discussing what we did with our weekends and the latest on her … Read the rest
“Hey man, how did my life get so damn small? I was gonna do it all, like Sammy Davis Jr: movies, concerts, TV, everything. I ain’t got nothing nobody want.”
Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore, Dolemite Is My Name… Read the rest