Ray (movie)

When it comes to movie making...New Orleans is Oscar gold.  The Crescent City is rich in it's Oscar history.  Many movies filmed in New Orleans in the past have been nominated and taken home Oscars.  Henry Griffin with the University of New Orleans' Film...

Oscars: Predictions? There may be more suspense off-stage than on. Billy Crystal hosts, Sacha Baron Cohen frolics and Meryl Streep attempts to win at the 84th annual Oscars....

The Hampton University players are hanging out in good company for their next production. One of the actresses in the blockbuster hit'The Help' will guest star with the student cast. Aunjanue Ellis has an impressive list of credits, including 'Men of...

Surprising stats from the most famous awards show of them all...

Fans of comedy could look at the 84th Academy Awards nominations and debate whether the seltzer bottle is half-full or half-empty. Half-full: The comedies "Midnight in Paris" and "Bridesmaids" combined for six nominations while "The Artist," a romance...

Gardening course An "Introduction to Square-Foot Gardening" will be offered from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 14, 21, and 28, at the Pascal Senior Activity Center, 125 Dorsey Road in Glen Burnie. Students will learn the "10 Basics of Square-Foot...

Doyle Bramhall Bluesman collaborated with Stevie Ray Vaughan Doyle Bramhall, 62, a blues singer, drummer and songwriter best known for his collaborations with the late guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, died Saturday at his home in Alpine, Texas, the Houston...

Few can own a room like Robert Downey Jr., but the never-dull "Iron Man" star opted to concede the spotlight to Jamie Foxx at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago hotel. Well, more like share it. Foxx, who received the Renaissance Award Saturday at the Gene Siskel...

It's a shame that Black History Month doesn't come around more than once a year -- especially when it brings with it work this excellent. Thursday, Feb. 24, HBO presents "Thurgood," starring Laurence Fishburne in a role that could define his mature...

Right now it looks like Colin Firth is far ahead in the Academy Award race for lead actor. All Oscarologists know that voters are suckers for actors who portray real-life characters (Forest Whittaker in "Last King of Scotland," Philip Seymour Hoffman in...

A Broadway-bound stage musical inspired by the life and career of Ray Charles appears stuck in legal limbo, with its chances of opening in New York in the near future looking unlikely. "Unchain My Heart," which was scheduled to open......

Twenty-five years after director Taylor Hackford (“Ray,� “An Officer and a Gentleman�) and future wife Helen Mirren met while making “White Nights,� the two have finally reunited professionally with the period drama &#...