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Refuse Hate : Tyler Perry Addressed His Pained Roots

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki At this year’s unusual Oscar ceremony, actor/director/producer Tyler Perry gave a memorable speech when he accepted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work feeding and aiding others during the pandemic. Past honorees include Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Harry Belafonte, Debbie Reynolds and Geena Davis. The 51-year-old filmmaker made an impassioned…

Interview with actor Kingsley Ben-Adir for the film, “One Night in Miami”

British Actor Kingsley Ben-Adir Makes Quite A Trip In One Night in Miami And Wrestles With Issues of Race Supposedly, in a back room at the Hampton House in February 1964, a meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke took place celebrating Ali’s surprise title win over Sonny Liston. Based on…