The legendary Apollo Theater is presenting a limited engagement of the revival of "Dreamgirls." Turned into a major motion picture starring Oscar Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce Knowles, and the voice of the upcoming Disney film "The Fairy Princess," Anika Noni Rose. [imagebrowser id=5] The musical garnered major attention in 1981 when it debuted on Broadway and starred Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, Phylicia (Ayers-Allen) Rashad, and others, who went on to star in film

[imagebrowser id=6] Miss Jackson --Janet, if you're nasty-- is back! After the stunning and untimely passing of her closest brother, Michael "King of Pop" Jackson, she's been the sane and professional face of the Jackson Family. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fi_wtNT2uo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards stunned audience members who may have forgotten why she reigned the top of the charts and dance floor for many years, and proved herself as a consummate professional. Many have tried to dethrone her

Attention Artists! SURVEY ABOUT ARTISTS & THE RECESSION San Francisco Arts Commision: Cultural Equity Grants Please take 15 minutes to complete the Survey by Monday, 23 November 2009 or, forward to artists you know. We want to make sure your experience is represented! Is the recession over in the Bay Area, or still going strong? How are these economic times affecting artists around San Francisco?  The conditions that artists face in this current economic climate should be understood and addressed. The Artists and the

According to the New York Times, media mogul, producer, actress and talkshow host queen Oprah Winfrey will end her talkshow on September 9, 2011... which is a blip in the media world timeline. Other contenders have been rumored to want her crown, including recent guest, Ellen DeGeneres. Who should inherit the queen's crown? IBWFF has some ideas... Tyra Banks Pros: Miss Tyra is becoming a media mogul in her own right. Transforming her career from cheesecake modeling in Victoria's

Post-"Precious" there's another rumor circulating about the dynamic duo producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry: They will be producing a screen version of radical poet Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning choreopoem, "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf." Rumors are also circulating that superstars Halle Berry, Lynn Whitfield, Angela Bassett, and Jill Scott will star. There are even murmurings that the queen herself --no, not First Lady Michelle Obama-- will star in the

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With all of the talk and marketing around the phenomenal hit indie movie "Precious," it's easy to overlook some of the other contributors outside of the realm of stars and heavy-hitters. The Root columnist Felicia Pride interviews former Def Jam music insider and Yale graduate Lisa Cortés about her role in bringing "Precious" to the screen. According to Ms. Cortés: The transformative power of the film is on so many levels. Precious is quite real. Even if

On November 7, 2009, comedienne Wanda Sykes kicked off a brand new, late-night talk show which aired on Saturday night. It's aptly named "The Wanda Sykes Show." Sykes show replaces the long running "MadTV" and the short-lived talkshow "The Spike Ferestein Show." Wanda joins a surge of talkshows that are cropping up to possibly be front runners --or at least contenders-- to replace talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey. Whether Ms. Sykes leaves her current role on "The

Sophie Okonedo stars in the true story of Sandra Laing, a Black woman born to white parents in apartheid era South Africa. The complicated story explores race and class and the tenuous relationship between them all in an unjust society. Unlike many of the "tragic mulatto" films, this story takes a deeper look at how we define race, and how it effects every aspect of who we are and who we think we are. This

Video gaming (or "gaming") is dominated by the male psyche, and they've been dominating how games are marketed. Attend any gaming conference, and you'll be assaulted by "boobage" and pink shorts as ex-possible-Playmates try to get you to buy the latest video game. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt2rGmUmm2A&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Even with the introduction of such characters as Laura Croft, and the growth of female gaming communities like WomenGamers.com, women have been far and few...especially Black women. The second installment in the highly