The new cast lineup for Season 11 of "Dancing with the Stars" is all confirmed and ready to go. This year --as with most-- the lineup of "dancers" gets more and more interesting. However, the shows producers must have a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor because this year's line up closely resembles the cast of any Seth McFarlane cartoon. With the current mix of reality and real

Okay, ladies. Get your photographs and attitudes on because media mogul Tyra Banks is casting for Cycle 16 of "America's Next Top Model"! If you ever watch the show, you know that it can be inspirational... or a big hot steaming pile of mess. Either way, it's always fun and entertaining! According to Tyra: "Here’s what I need from you. You need to be: * 18 – 27

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Last month Jennifer Hudson announced that she will play Winnie Manikizela-Mandela in the Equinoxe Film WINNIE (due out in 2011). The Creative Workers Union of South Africa (CWUSA) promptly issued a statement to South African newspaper The Citizen protesting the fact that a South African was not cast in the role, and locals haven't been sought to star in or work on the film.

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

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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

If you're younger than 45 years old, then PBS perennial "Sesame Street" is probably a huge part of your youth. "Sesame Street" was a huge change from [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Sesame Street alumna Tatyana Ali"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="100" caption="Sesame Street alumnus Raul Julia"][/caption] baby-boomer children shows in that: 1) It was set in the inner-city, and not the suburbs; 2) children of every hue were represented;

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