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

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

By now, many of us have heard about director Lee Daniels' directorial masterpiece "Precious," and how Oprah Winfrey produced, and how it won the Audience Award at Sundance, etc., but finally the New York Times thought enough of it's many accomplishments to feature it in their October 21st Magazine. "Precious" is controversial and demanding, and the subject matter makes many --especially in the African American community--

When the economy is down in movie-land, movie makers turn to horror. Horror films are America's obsession with the great unknowns that can hurt you. So it's no wonder that horror films gain ground during difficult economic times. (Granted, who wants to be scared of the great unknown, and then drive home in a Hummer. ) For many African Americans, horror movies were a little too

Sundance 2009 grand Jury Prize and Audience Award Winner "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" screened to an enthusiastic audience at this year's Toronto International Film Festival! Media moguls Oprah Winfrey (Harpo Films) and Tyler Perry backed Lionsgate Films' acquisition of North American distribution rights to the film. Lionsgate acquired the film February 2, 2009. This is the first film distributed under Tyler Perry's 34th

New mommy Jennifer Hudson (DREAMGIRLS, SEX & THE CITY) helps Oprah Winfrey to kick off her 24th season of the Oprah Winfrey Show on ABC. Both ladies are Chicago's favorite divas, and to celebrate their achievements, the show is being broadcast on Michigan "Magnificent Mile" Avenue, the "Rodeo Drive" of Chicago.