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Usher talks about playing Sugar Ray Leonard in the new film “Hands Of Stone,” why the people behind the film approached him with the script, and the steps he took before making the final decision to accept the role, which he then went on to spend about a year preparing for. He explains why he […]

Terri J. Vaughn talks about her new movie, which she directed and produced, titled “#DigitalLivesMatter.” She says they also refer to it as “Atlanta’s Friday.” It’s all about a real life social media star who wakes up to find that he has zero followers. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Click on the audio player to […]

This is easily a potential blockbuster.

T.I. chats with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show about all of the aspects of his multi-fasceted career as a performer. Headkrack mentions the1933 movie “Six Degrees of Separation,” to T.I.,  and he asks him if he would ever accept a role playing a gay man in a film or television series (just as Will Smith played a man in […]

Michael B. Jordan just leveled up in a big way.

Headkrack saw “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” and though he enjoyed himself, he can understand why some people wouldn’t. Plus, he explains what adjustments could have made to strengthen the film’s weaknesses. Click on the audio player to hear more on that story in this edition of the Hip-Hop Spot! Sign Up For Our Newsletter![sailthru_widgetfields=”email” sailthru_list=”Rickey Smiley Subscribers”] Listen […]

Just days after news broke about his alleged passport scandal and arrest in South Africa, Mos Def has followed up with some more news… He’s retiring from both the music and film industry! We hate to see a legend retire his belt. Maybe it will be another Jay-Z situation, where he announces retirement and then […]

Hollywood’s favorite couple is putting on their production hats for a new teen comedy, Shadow and Act reports. Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith landed…

Women In Motion, a series of talks that takes place at the Cannes Film Festival, and draws some of the most acclaimed women who work in…

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will finally have a shiny theatrical biopic to call his own come Christmas day with the release of Selma. Written and…

The highly anticipated Aaliyah biopic release date has finally been announced. “Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B” is scheduled to debut November 15. The actress who will be playing the deceased star has been a very controversial topic on social media, but will be played by Nickelodeon star Alexandra Shipp. The film will be based on […]

I remember the first time I heard Nas’ classic debut “Illmatic” like it happened three seconds ago. In April of 1994, I was an annoying…