Daily entertainment news covering John Singleton en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/12/attack_of_the_comic_book_movies Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:02:32 EST Entertainment News 110338@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bringing comic book heroes (and villains) to the big screen has meant big bucks for movie studios in recent years. With huge budgets and state of the art special effects, it's easier than ever for filmmakers

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/26/overrated_aamp_underrated_high_school_mo Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:17:41 EST Entertainment News 99210@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's the end of September, and now there's no turning back. Summer is too distant a memory, Christmas Break is a speck on the horizon and the work is beginning to pile up.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/27/why_are_so_many_rappers_acting_ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:46:41 EST Entertainment News 96615@http://www.starpulse.com/news This isn't to bash rappers, nor is it to say that these artists aren't allowed to pursue different paths in Hollywood. With so many prominent rappers acquiring roles

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/25/janet_jackson_s_feedback_debuts_jan_7_ne_26 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:00:00 EST Entertainment News 71900@http://www.starpulse.com/news International megastar Janet Jackson, who has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and is the newest signing to the Island Def Jam Music Group, has completed her first new single for the label with hitmaking producer Rodney Jerkins. "Feedback" will impact across-the-board at all radio formats on January 7th.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/18/director_john_singleton_to_revamp_the_a_ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:05:05 EST Entertainment News 71717@http://www.starpulse.com/news Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton is to lead The A-Team onto the big screen. The TV vigilante crew will return 20 years after becoming a massive hit on the small screen in a movie adaptation.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/05/halle_berry_next_film_delayed Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:28:54 EST Entertainment News 58673@http://www.starpulse.com/news Halle Berry's pregnancy has reportedly put her new film Tulia on hold. The producers of the movie, which also features Berry's Monster's Ball co-star Billy Bob Thornton, were hoping to start shooting the real-life legal drama in October. They've now put back plans to the new year, according to a TMZ.com report.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/27/john_singleton_will_not_face_charges_ove Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:00 EST Entertainment News 57609@http://www.starpulse.com/news Filmmaker John Singleton will not be charged after the SUV he was driving hit and killed a 57-year-old woman in Los Angeles on Thursday night. The Boyz 'N The Hood director stopped his car and waited for police to arrive after Constance Russell stepped in front of his car in the city's Jefferson Park neighborhood. She was not using a crosswalk.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/26/director_john_singleton_in_fatal_car_cra Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:14:27 EST Entertainment News 57375@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood director John Singleton has killed a 57-year-old woman in a car crash in Los Angeles. The Boyz 'N the Hood filmmaker was driving his SUV in the city on Thursday when Constance Russell stepped in front of his car.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/22/movie_review_illegal_tender_wallows_in_t Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:58:41 EST Entertainment News 56962@http://www.starpulse.com/news Quentin Tarantino would love ''Illegal Tender'': drug deals gone wrong, sassy Latina assassins in leopard-print pants, shootouts in suburbia and a buxom, pistol-packing mom at the center of it all.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/14/universal_pictures_presents_the_upcoming_24 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54944@http://www.starpulse.com/news After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers. Producer John Singleton (Four Brothers, Hustle & Flow) and writer/director Franc Reyes (Empire) join forces to tell the story of one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters in the new thriller Illegal Tender.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/14/black_assisant_director_fired_from_set_o Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:07:54 EST Entertainment News 47019@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - A black assistant director fired from the set of the Universal Pictures film ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' has settled his racial discrimination suit with the studio for an unspecified sum.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/06/taryn_manning_is_still_waiting_for_hustl Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:18:52 EST Entertainment News 37007@http://www.starpulse.com/news Crossroads and 8 Mile star Taryn Manning feels she has been hustled by the producer of her Hustle & Flow movie - because she's still awaiting payment. The actress, who played a desperate hooker in the acclaimed 2005 movie, claims she's still waiting to get paid after agreeing to make the small film for next to nothing.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/27/christina_ricci_nearly_quit_acting Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:50:56 EST Entertainment News 32021@http://www.starpulse.com/news Christina Ricci was on the verge of quitting her acting career before landing the lead role in new movie Black Snake Moan. The 27-year-old was ready to leave her career behind if she couldn't score a part that was perfect for her. And Ricci believes director Craig Brewer and producer John Singleton initially thought she was too unconventional to play the role of a backwoods survivor of sexual abuse.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/20/tyra_banks_is_looking_for_the_one Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:10:54 EST Entertainment News 30751@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former supermodel Tyra Banks is looking for love, but will wait for Mr. Right because disappointing relationships have left her heartbroken. The America's Next Top Model creator, who has been linked to singer Seal and film director John Singleton in the past, claims she won't settle until she meets "the one."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/02/hispanic_group_honors_john_singleton_wil Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:33:27 EST Entertainment News 17419@http://www.starpulse.com/news Acclaimed film director John Singleton, actor Michael Pena of World Trade Center, Wilmer Valderrama, of Fast Food Nation, and singer/songwriter Fanny Lu will be the featured guests at the Tenth Annual "Noche de Gala" dinner benefiting the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA) in Washington, D.C., on October 3.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/18/2_fast_2_furious_assistant_director_char Thu, 18 May 2006 10:24:31 EST Entertainment News 7086@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood studio Universal Pictures have been accused of firing assistant director Frank Davis from the 2003 racing movie 2 Fast 2 Furious because he was African-American. America's Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has accused Universal of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by sacking Davis from the movie and replacing him with a Caucasian man.

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