Producer Will Packer is on a roll. Girls Trip was the breakout hit of 2017 bringing us the brightest comedy star of the year – Tiffany Haddish. Now, Packer is teaming up with Gabrielle Union on a violent home invasion thriller for Mother’s Day – Breaking In. After the untimely death of her Dad, Shaun Russell (Gabrielle Union) takes her kids back to her childhood home in order to pack up and sell the estate. Instead, she discovers a fortress of a house filled with secrets, unwanted and unexpected visitors. Shaun then finds herself in a race against time to save herself and her kids from being snuffed out by…
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Melissa McCarthy is the Coolest Mom in Life of the Party
Watching my mother graduate from college was the best day of my life. It was that day that I realized anything is possible and that the one thing no one can ever take away from you is an education. However, I can’t imagine what life would’ve been like walking through the campus of Howard University and running into mother as a student. I imagine the gamut of emotions would be somewhere in the vicinity of elated, mortified, confused, yet knowing the one person on earth the loves me unconditionally would be there to see me make some of the biggest triumphs and failures as a college student is somehow slightly…
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Charlize Theron’s Real, Raw Take on Motherhood Gives Tully Heart
Mommy Bloggers are my favorite influencers. They love hard. They work hard. They play hard. Mothers, in general, have the hardest job on the planet. Imagine having to teach a human being from inception how to walk, talk, eat, potty , etc. all while being completely sleep deprived covered in baby food and who knows what else. I’m not a Mom, but I am a daughter. Being the first child in my family, I have been blessed with a plethora of stories regarding my no sleeping antics as a newborn from my parents and Godparents. Hilarious doesn’t even begin to cover it. My hat is tipped to every mother…
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Avengers: Infinity War is Exhilarating, Jaw Dropping Superhero Yumminess
I’m a geek. Yup. I said it out loud. I love superheroes and any movie that centers around one. So, when for the 10th anniversary of Marvel Studios they busted out with Avengers: Infinity War the suspense was simply more than I could bear! Let me tell you Marvel nor the film disappointed. I laughed. I gasped. I mourned. I cried. The gambit of emotions felt in the 2.5 hour epic was insurmountable and made for the best movie going experience EVER!!!! Avengers: Infinity War, the third installment in the “Avengers” franchise and 19th Marvel Studios film to date, marks the 10-year anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which began…
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Amy Schumer Redefines Female Empowerment in I Feel Pretty
I love Amy Schumer. There I said it. Why? She is unapologetically Amy no matter what version of her she reveals with a sprinkle of truth serum on top. I Feel Pretty is a reinforcement message for all those women and young girls who think their packaging isn’t enough to make an impact in a world of perfection in the eyes of social media and fashion. The truth is there is no perfection. Everyone has something they don’t like. The truth is embracing what is uniquely YOU…your rolls, double chin, knocked knees, fallen arches, big lips, kinky hair, flat butt and whatever else on your body feels whack is…
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Paula Patton is Action Vigilante in Deon Taylor Indie Film Traffik
Trafficking of young women in America has turned into a form of modern-day slavery. Living in Southern California, there are daily breaking news items concerning some white van full of young non-speaking English women who have been bought, sold and transported like cattle to a farm. As a woman of color, it breaks my heart to watch women being treated with such disdain and disrespect. Even more to the point, watching these same women drugged, raped and beaten so that some man somewhere can make a quick buck. Thank goodness for indie filmmaker Deon Taylor for dramatizing a very real issue and putting it in the capable hands of Executive…
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How Taraji P. Henson Get Stunt Moves Tight for Proud Mary
Enough was movie a while back that starred Jennifer Lopez where in order to protect her and her daughter from an abusive husband she learned self-defense. I always wondered what taking a class like that would look and feel like. It was terrifying and empowering all at the same time. Armed with some wicked allergies, a metal knee and enthusiasm, I popped into Shield Women’s Self Defense in Culver City, CA to learn the same moves taught to Taraji P. Henson for her latest Sony Pictures release of Proud Mary. Eternally grateful for the knowledge I am now armed with…y’all better watch out… a new Curvy Superhero is on the…
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Joaquin Phoenix Plays Troubled Hit Man in You Were Never Really Here
Say what you want about Joaquin Phoenix, but the boy can act his buns off. In the new psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here, Phoenix is a former soldier turned FBI agent, no nonsense hitman-on-a-mission who now devotes his time rescuing kidnapped young women from a sex traffickers.
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The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine Turns 50 in July
NEW YORK / LONDON / LOS ANGELES – APRIL 04, 2018 – Abramorama announced today a deal with Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group (UMG) to theatrically release The Beatles’ classic 1968 animated feature film, Yellow Submarine, across North America this July in celebration of its 50thanniversary. Abramorama, Apple Corps Ltd. and UMG have teamed to give Beatles fans of all ages the opportunity to come together and share in this visually stunning movie and soundtrack. Abramorama originally partnered with Apple Corps, Imagine Entertainment, White Horse Pictures, StudioCanal and UMG’s Polygram Entertainment on the Ron Howard documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years. Abramorama has a…
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Caroline “Line” Found Lives on in The Miracle Season
Being a cheerleader was the closest I ever came to being a part of a sports team. When find your “people” everyone becomes a tight-knit family and feel like nothing is impossible. But, there’s always that one person who stands out just a little bit bolder. A person whose future is so bright it burns your eyes (as Oprah would say). Caroline “Line” Johnson was that light for the Women of Troy West High Volleyball team in Iowa. Caroline was their light, their star, the glue that held that volleyball team together through thick and thin. When a cruel twist of fate took Caroline away from this realm, it was…
