We’ve discovered Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel in a rare television appearance on “The Ed Wynn Show” from back in December of 1959. During this era Ms. McDaniel was best known for her radio-sitcom “Beulah” (thus becoming the first African-American actress to star in her own radio-comedy, in which she played a maid who ended [...]
Throwbacks
Birthday shoutout time — Buggin Out from Do the Right Thing turns 54 today, but we bet he has a whole bunch of clean, brand new pairs of shoes now! Happy birthday (April 26) to thespian Giancarlo Esposito, the Danish-born American film and television actor and director best known for his roles in such films as The Usual Suspects and School [...]
Love is in the air; it’s Valentine’s Day and we thought you’d enjoy the throwback clip when former NFL Quarterback Rodney Peete proposed to actress Holly Robinson Peete on the set of “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper.” Also, the couple, who have been married since 1995, renewed their wedding vows last night. Holly also has been [...]
We bet you don’t remember the film Youngblood. Check out the short trailer below. Youngblood is a 1978 American film released by American International Pictures. It starred Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and featured Bryan O’Dell in the title role as Youngblood. Ren Woods had a prominent supporting role. The soundtrack to the film was written and performed [...]
We’re taking you back to 1974 for a Three the Hard Way throwback video! Three The Hard Way teamed up (for the first time ever) three of the biggest black action stars of the era: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, and Jim Kelly. The film is considered one of the classic action movies of the blaxploitation [...]
There aren’t many tv shows (if any) that can compare to the sitcoms of the 1980′s! I think Hollywood fails to realize that the KEY to having a hit show is all in the theme song! Think about it…the most popular shows always had a catchy opening tune that everyone wanted to learn and sing [...]
The year was 1957, the network NBC. Harry Belafonte and Nate King Cole perform Mama Look-A Boo Boo on The Nat King Cole Show. The Nat King Cole Show premiered on NBC as a fifteen-minute weekly musical variety show in November 1956. Cole, an international star as a jazz pianist and uniquely gifted vocalist, became [...]
1991 was a very busy year for black film (Jungle Fever, Boyz n the Hood, A Rage in Harlem, Straight Outta Brooklyn, New Jack City). There was another film that comically examined the role of blacks in the media. Livin’ Large came out September 20, 1991 and starred the relatively unknown actor Terrance “T.C.” Carson – this was a [...]
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