Octavia Spencer Bought Out A Screening Of ‘Hidden Figures’ For Low-Income Families
“Hidden Figures” star Octavia Spencer knows firsthand that many families won’t have the opportunity to see the movie while it continues its reign at the box office. “My mom would not have been able to afford to take me and my siblings,” the actor said in a message posted to her Instagram account. So […]
Marvel Serves Star-Studded Surprises At Comic-Con For New Film Slate
Amid fog and lasers on Saturday, Marvel gave frenzied fans at Comic-Con their first look at a new Black Panther movie cast, the mysterious Doctor Strange, a Spider-Man teen movie and an Oscar-winning actress as the new Captain Marvel. The 6,500-plus audience, many of whom had queued overnight at San Diego’s annual film and pop […]
The Name’s Elba, Idris Elba – and He Must Be James Bond
Reports that Daniel Craig has turned down eleventy million pounds to return as James Bond I can take with equanimity. Reports that bookies have stopped taking bets on Tom Hiddleston replacing him I cannot. Indeed, I may consider chaining myself to the gates of Pinewoood Studios if the role of Bond does not go to […]
Fox Inks Breakthrough Distribution Deal That Will See ‘Birth of a Nation’ & Other Titles Released Across West Africa
This is the first deal of its kind in West Africa for Twentieth Century Fox. The Hollywood major has entered into an agreement to distribute its film slate in a significant distribution deal with Nigeria and West Africa’s fastest growing theatrical film distribution company, FilmOne Distribution, under which FilmOne will distribute all Fox titles directly to […]
Morgan Freeman Explores The Story of God
On the heels of Holy Week, National Geographic presents The Story of God, an ambitious, expansive six-part series hosted by Morgan Freeman. This is an impressive interfaith study, with Freeman traveling to Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Guatemala, India and beyond in search of God, or at least humanity’s efforts to reach God. From the Temple Mount […]
Rival movie awards to highlight diversity gap days before Oscars
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is to stage a rival awards show just days before the Oscars with the aim of showcasing the diverse Hollywood talent ignored by the world’s most famous film ceremony. The All Def Movie awards are clearly designed as a reaction to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy which has overshadowed this year’s awards season […]
Seven African Films Streaming On Netflix Every Black Person Should See
We at WatchTheYard.com have compiled a list of “Seven African Films Streaming On Netflix Every Black Person Should See.” Whether it is a “Netflix and Chill” night or you are looking to catch up on that movie everybody always talks about that you never got a chance to see, this is a great list for […]
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Meryl Streep sparks uproar over ‘We’re all Africans’ remarks
Meryl Streep, the most admired actress of her generation, fueled Hollywood’s diversity controversy on Thursday when she said that all of humanity originated in Africa. The three-time Oscar winner, who is in Berlin heading up her first international film jury, made the comment at a news conference when she was asked if she was familiar […]
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