Movie Review: 88

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/17/2023
©2023 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Brandon Victor Dixon, Naturi Naughton, Orlando Jones, Thomas Sadoski, Michael J. Harney, Amy Sloan, Jon Tenney, Kenneth Choi, Kelly McCreary, Amanda Seales, Jeremiah King, Anthony Lee Medina, Pegah Rashti, Brian Norris, Vinny Chhibber, Shellye Broughton, William Fichtner Writer: Eromose Director: Eromose Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: February 17, 2023 88 manages to pack an enormous amount of ideas into its two-hour running time. The film is articulate and well-acted. However, like its protagonist, Femi Jackson (Brandon Victor Dixon), it doesn’t ultimately know what it ought to do with all it has on its hands. Femi […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EMPEROR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/31/2020
EMPEROR Movie Poster | ©2020 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Dayo Okeniyi, Ben Robson, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, Kat Graham, Naturi Naughton, M.C. Gainey, Mykelti Williamson, Keean Johnson, Patrick Roper, Harry Lennix Writers: Mark Amin & Pat Charles, story by Mark Amin Director: Mark Amin Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: August 18, 2020 EMPEROR is based on the life of real-life pre-Civil War figure Shields Green, played here by Dayo Okeniyi. Green was one of the men who fought beside abolitionist John Brown (James Cromwell) in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry in Virginia. While the raid itself did not get the desired result – enslaved Black […]Read On »


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POWER: Omari Hardwick on the final season of the Starz series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/14/2019
POWER - Season 6 - Omari Hardwick Key Art | ©2019 Starz

In the sixth and final season of POWER, Sundays on Starz, everything is coming apart for protagonist James “Ghost” St. Patrick, played by Omari Hardwick. Once a successful New York City nightclub owner and drug dealer (not necessarily in that order), Ghost has seen his empire crumble. His wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton) has left him, his teen son Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) despises him, his young daughter Raina (Donshea Hopkins) has been murdered, he’s (wrongly) implicated in the killing of his lover, prosecutor Angela Valdes (Lela Loren), and his erstwhile best friend Tommy (Joseph Sikora) is out for blood. Hardwick, […]Read On »


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POWER: Naturi Naughton talks about the final season – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/15/2019
Naturi Naughton in POWER - Season 6 Key Art | ©2019 Starz

In the sixth and final season of POWER, Sundays on Starz, Naturi Naughton continues as Tasha St. Patrick. Tasha is the estranged and entirely fed-up wife of club owner/drug dealer James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick). At the beginning of the series, created by Courtney A. Kemp, Tasha was concerned about her marriage. Now she just wants a life of her own, and the well-being of her and Ghost’s now-teen son Tariq, played by Michael Rainey Jr. Naughton, originally from New Jersey, played the real-life rapper Li’l Kim in the feature NOTORIOUS. Also a singer, Naughton was also in the […]Read On »


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POWER: Creator Courtney A. Kemp on the final season and the first spin-off – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/23/2019
POWER - Season 6 Key Art | ©2019 Starz

Starz’s drama POWER embarks on its sixth and final season Sunday, August 25, with the main characters at each other’s throats. Club owner/drug kingpin James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) is furious at the defection of his erstwhile best friend/lieutenant Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora); Tommy is homicidal over the fact that Ghost tricked him into killing his own father. Ghost’s estranged wife Tasha (Naturi Naughton) is livid at the mess both men have made of their lives and her own. At Starz’s session for the Television Critics Association press tour, an announcement was made that there would be at least […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the DAYBREAK Web series premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 06/27/2012
Jon Cassar, Ryan Eggold and Ryan McPartlin at the premiere of the Web series DAYBREAK | ©2012 Sue Schneider

A special premiere was held recently of the Web series DAYBREAK at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, along with an evening of Entertainment, Tech Demos, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Musical performance by DJ Skee and special guests. The Web series is collaboration between TOUCH creator Tim Kring and director of 24 Jon Cassar and AT&T. Walking the orange carpet were the stars of the Web series, which included: Sarah Roemer, Shannon Lucio, Michael O’Keefe, Ryan Eggold, Frank John Hughes, James Kyson Lee, Jessika Van, Ryan McPartlin, Scott Michael Campbell, Eugene Byrd, Esther Lee (AT&T/ Executive Producer), Raven Metzner (Writer/Supervising […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE PLAYBOY CLUB – Season 1 premiere – “Pilot”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 09/20/2011
Amber Heard and Eddie Cibrian in THE PLAYBOY CLUB - Season 1 | ©2011 NBC

Stars: Eddie Cibrian, Amber Heard, David Krumholtz, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Laura Benanti, Leah Renee, Naturi Naughton, Jenifer Lewis, Troy Garity Writer: Chad Hodge Director: Alan Taylor Network: NBC, Mondays @ 10 PM Original Telecast: September 19, 2011 Raise your hands if you know any women today who wished they could have been Playboy Bunnies working at the clubs back in the early Sixties. Come on, don’t be shy … Truthfully, me neither. There are no doubt a lot of men (and some women) who either wish they could have patronized a Playboy Club back in the day or even have fond […]Read On »


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