NEWS & REVIEWS
Louis Gossett Jr. on post-Oscar hearbreakLouis Gossett Jr. has been in the acting game for a long time. In 1953, a 17-year-old Gossett made his Broadway debut in "Take a Giant Step." His first turn on the silver screen came as Beneatha Younger's bourgeois suitor, George Murchison, in the 1961 classic film "A Raisin in the Sun." More » |
Toure weighs portrayal of blacks in 'Django,' 'Lincoln'Toure, host of MSNBC's "The Cycle," gave a candid lecture at the African Meeting House last Saturday about the portrayal of blacks in two Oscar-winning films, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." More » |
Trivia night builds community for local hip hop sceneHip hop heads and amateurs, veteran members of the Boston Hip Hop scene and newcomers fill the basement level of Good Life in Boston. More » |
Onion's tweet about young star no laughing matterAt the Oscars on Sunday, 9-year-old Best Actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis took in her first Academy Awards sporting a fancy blue dress, sparkly headband and puppy purse. Though she didn?t nab the Oscar that night, she was seen pumping her arms in triumph when she was announced as a nominee, signifying that in one sense, she had already won. More » |
