Film
EDGE Events: The 44th Annual NAACP...
On Friday, February 1, 2012 at the Shrine Auditiorium in Los Angeles, CA, some of the best and brightest in entertainment gathered for the 44th Annual NAACP Image Awards. This year the ceremony honored Kerry Washington and Harry Belafonte. Watch Kerry’s moving acceptance speech below: Kerry also took home two awards for Outstanding Actress for her work in Django Unchained as… Continue »
EDGE TV: “Off The Chain”...
With all the hoopla surrounding Django Unchained and the “mockery” made of the institution of slavery, it’s only right that artists continue to push the boundaries on what’s funny and what’s not funny about what our ancestors endured. Creator and AFI Graduate, Davey Johnson has release a webseries entitled “Off The Chain” in which slaves deal with the everyday experiences of… Continue »
EDGE Film: Alicia Keys and Jennifer...
Film and music stars alike have rolled into Park City, Utah for the annual Sundance Film Festival. Last night, Alicia Keys debuted a film that she executive produuced, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete. The film stars Jennifer Hudson, Anthony Mackie, Jordin Sparks and Skylan Brooks. The score was done by Mrs. Keys-Beatz. Check out her interview about the film: And… Continue »
EDGE News: Quvenzhane Wallis Becomes...
The 85th annual Academy Awards are right around the corner and today host Seth McFarlane took to the stage in Los Angeles to present the nominees in all 567897697 categories. (doesn’t it seem like that many?). There were no doubt surprises both in who was nominated and who was left out (the Academy HATES Leo Dicaprio, that’s clear) but the… Continue »
EDGE Cuteness: Tamera Mowry and Baby...
We’re fans of the clean and ultra cute fabulousness of Tia and Tamera Mowry. Both women are intelligent, beautiful, loving, successful and are juggling being wives and mothers. Through two seasons of their show, audiences have seen both sisters go through a myriad of changes professionally and personally but the one thing that has remained constant is their love… Continue »
EDGE Artist You’ll Love: warsan...
I was first introduced to the brilliance and beauty of Warsan Shire via tumblr. A couple hundred reposts later and I still find myself clinging to every word she writes. She twists words into a awe-inspiring tornado of your deepest desires with such elegance that she could not have been put on this planet for any other purpose. She is,… Continue »
EDGE Film: Django Unchained Review by...
Sometimes you have to question your own enjoyment of any art form. Whether it is painting, poetry, music or film, a project comes along that makes you wonder why it is that you are enjoying such a depiction of human life. Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained has done just that. An almost three-hour epic depicts a freed slave who has made… Continue »
EDGE Tidbits: Sam Jackson and Anne...
Film icon Samuel L. Jackson and actress Anne Hathaway teamed up in a FunnyOrDie video for their films which both opened on Christmas Day. Both equally depressing in theory, Django Unchained and Les Miserables deal with some of the most touchy subjects in American history: slavery and the lives of ex-convicts. The two stars came together to share a little light laughter of… Continue »
