The actor and comedian will be honored on March 30 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
Samuel L. Jackson is speaking up on the recent trend of Black British actors taking on American roles. When discussing the movie Get Out on the radio station Hot 97, Jackson was critical of British actor, Daniel Kaluuya, for being cast as the lead of a film about American racism. Jackson elaborates: “There are a lot of […]
Jackson argued that African-American actors should have a stake in portraying the Black experience in America on film.
As has been the case with quite a few celebs recently (Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson buying out theaters for Hidden Figures), fresh Grammy winner Chance the Rapper has gotten in on the action and rented out a movie theater on Sunday so folks could see Get Out, written and directed by Jordan Peele for free. […]
Meanwhile, the critically praised film raked in a whopping $30.5 million during its debut weekend.
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