Aspiring screenwriter, Suntrana T. Allen attended the American Black Film Festival’s (ABFF) Master Class: Robert Townsend’s “The Ultimate Pitch”.  She was delighted to be selected to pitch her story idea entitled “That’s My Child”. ABFF: Black Cinema’s Annual Retreat Returns To Miami Check out this video clip of “What’s Up With Downes?”  Hosted by Robin […]

Chris Rock recently stated that “I wanted to do something in New York,” right across the bridge from the New Jersey home he shares with his wife, Malaak, and daughters, Lola, 9, and Zahra, 7. USA Today reports that despite being the family man, the title of the new Broadway play that marks comedian and […]

On Tuesday, February 22nd the Elev8 team attended an exclusive listening session & performance from 3x Grammy Award Winning Duo Mary Mary. They performed songs from the upcoming release on March 29th of “Something Big”! The evening started out with a listening session of the new album, the audience gathered in great anticipation of the […]

Thankfully for many, holiday spending is behind us. Come January, the bills — and the New Year’s Resolutions — will start rolling in. When reflecting on habits you’d like to break in 2011, it’s important to take a look at your personal finances. Common problems such as being overweight, smoking and carrying credit-card debt could […]

Jennifer Hudson’s fans will have to wait until next year for her early awaited album. Billboard has announced that Jennifer Hudson’s new album has been pushed back to an early 2011 release. The “American Idol” star has also expressed her excitement at doing performances to promote the album since losing weight: “I can’t wait to […]