Before Barack Obama became the first African-American President (sorry, Bill Clinton does NOT count) the only time we saw a Commander-in-Chief of color was in the movies. Sometimes the portrayals were dignified (Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact) other times they were not (Terry Crews in Idiocracy), but nine times out of ten the world was […]
Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Lionsgate have partnered to develop “Will You Be My Black Friend,” a film – to star Chris Rock – based on a Nov. 2008 GQ magazine article of the same name. The article chronicled GQ senior correspondent Devin Friedman’s unorthodox and admittedly self-conscious quest to make “black friends.” “The cinematic […]
According to http://www.eurweb.com Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Lionsgate have partnered to develop “Will You Be My Black Friend,” a film – to star Chris Rock – based on a Nov. 2008 GQ magazine article of the same name. The article chronicled GQ senior correspondent Devin Friedman’s unorthodox and admittedly self-conscious quest to make “black […]
