http://www.blackpower.com News, commentary and blogs for metropolitan thinkers Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.blackpower.com/arts-culture/kausar/ http://www.blackpower.com/arts-culture/kausar/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:01:35 +0000 jamdonaldson http://www.blackpower.com/arts-culture/kausar/ ]]> http://www.blackpower.com/arts-culture/kausar/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/a-bp-interview-with-tracey-morgan-and-bruce-willis-cop-out/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/a-bp-interview-with-tracey-morgan-and-bruce-willis-cop-out/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:41:25 +0000 Stephanie R. Green http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10667 Warner Bros. Pictures opened CopOut nationwide in theaters on Friday, February 28th. CopOut is directed by Kevin Smith (aka the Twittering customer thrown off of Southwest Airlines) from a screenplay by Robb Cullen and Mark Cullen, and stars Bruce Willis as Detective Jimmy Monroe, Tracy Morgan as Detective Paul Hodges, Seann William Scott as [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/a-bp-interview-with-tracey-morgan-and-bruce-willis-cop-out/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/from-paris-with-love-a-bp-interview-with-john-travolta/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/from-paris-with-love-a-bp-interview-with-john-travolta/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:00:45 +0000 Stephanie R. Green http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10663 John Travolta is back or should I say he never left as he consistently gives the viewers more than their monies worth.  John stars in Lions Gate Film “From Paris with Love,” as Charlie Wax, a special agent who tends to handle operations in his own unorthodox, eccentric but fool-proof manner.  From Paris with Love [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/from-paris-with-love-a-bp-interview-with-john-travolta/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/the-only-problem-with-precious/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/the-only-problem-with-precious/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:20 +0000 Ronke Idowu Reeves http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10611 The release of Precious in 2009 was epiphany for me. Months before it hit theaters I found the trailers for the film riveting; Mo’Nique was unrecognizable, and just who was the lead actress? She was so refreshingly un-Hollywood.  Plus the quick cut flashes of Lenny Kravitz and The View’s Sherri Shepherd piqued my interest and [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/the-only-problem-with-precious/feed/ 5 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/nas-and-damian-marley-bring-distant-relatives-together/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/nas-and-damian-marley-bring-distant-relatives-together/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:00:51 +0000 Black Power Staff http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10510 And its all irie...]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/nas-and-damian-marley-bring-distant-relatives-together/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/the-beat-goes-yawn/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/the-beat-goes-yawn/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:39:14 +0000 Black Power Staff http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10512 The 'Element' of no surprise]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/the-beat-goes-yawn/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/10426/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/10426/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:08 +0000 Ericka Blount Danois http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10426 Solid as a rock.]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/10426/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/a-film-precious/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/a-film-precious/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:00:11 +0000 Black Power Staff http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10394 By Courtland Milloy  Now that I have seen the movie “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” I’m all the more bewildered by its enthusiastic reception, especially in the white media. The fictional story revolves around a black teenager, Claireece “Precious” Jones, who is raped by her father, gets pregnant by him — twice — [...]]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/a-film-precious/feed/ 6 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/sympathy-for-lady-vengeance-rihannas-rated-r/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/sympathy-for-lady-vengeance-rihannas-rated-r/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:39 +0000 Black Power Staff http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10404 Her new album is as angry and profoundly uncomfortable as you might have suspected.]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/sympathy-for-lady-vengeance-rihannas-rated-r/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/jada-will-jay-z-present-a-west-africa-story-fela-on-broadway/ http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/jada-will-jay-z-present-a-west-africa-story-fela-on-broadway/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:57 +0000 Black Power Staff http://www.blackpower.com/?p=10367 A fantastic new musical will soon find out just how fantastic it has to be to survive]]> http://www.blackpower.com/entertainment/jada-will-jay-z-present-a-west-africa-story-fela-on-broadway/feed/ 0