Kevin D. Kinsey

Well, it wasn’t too long ago that we informed you about gospel legend Mahalia Jackson‘s biopic in the works.  Based on the book Got To Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel, the screenplay is being written by Jim Evering and the film will star singer Fantasia Barrino.  Sitting in the director’s chair is Euzhan Palcy (Sugar Cane Alley, A Dry […]

Jamie Foxx will have his name above the title of upcoming music documentary  “Thunder Soul.” The “Ray” star will “present” the Roadside Attractions film in the hopes of broadening the audience, much as  Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry did for “Precious.” The film has been a fixture of the festival circuit, picking up a nomination for […]

Canadian hip hop star Drake is in negotiations to join the financial thriller “Arbitrage.”    Nicholas Jarecki (“The Outsider”) is writing and directing the indie film, which follows a hedge fund magnate who is in over his head and desperate to complete the sale of his shady trading empire to a major bank before his […]

Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment has partnered with Chinese filmmaker Eva Jin to develop a crime drama set in China that’s set up at 20th Century Fox TV, reports Variety. The still untitled hour-long series will follow a crime-fighting female college student studying abroad, and the network has already given the project a […]

When Ron Isley talks about the three years he spent in prison for tax evasion, there’s no bitterness or anger in his voice: At times, there almost seems to be a bit of nostalgia.  In this Oct. 19, 2010 photo, recording artist Ron Isley poses for a portrait in New York. “I made a lot […]

From Broadway to Hollywood, triple-treat thespian Anika Noni Rose is a beautiful brown woman who believes in the value of self-worth. Disney’s first Black princess is currently starring in Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls,” which is in theaters this Friday.  I sat down with this Rose, who shares stories of being pampered like a princess, […]

The jet-setting is over for NBC’s spy drama “Undercovers” and it’s star Boris Kodjoe. NBC announced today that it will not pick up additional episodes from the freshman series beyond the original 13-episode order, according to Deadline.com. The Warner Bros TV-produced show is currently filming Episode 12. The news follows Wednesday night’s episode hitting another […]

The year was Oct.25, 1985 and prior to that date, there had a been only a few films featuring rappers. ‘Rappin” had been released months earlier and took in $2 million from 1150 theaters. ‘Beat Street‘ had been released in 1984 and grossed $16.5 million from 1380 theaters. Then came ‘Krush Groove‘ and it was […]

N-Secure An Interview with Lammar Rucker by Wilson Morales 2010 is shaping up to be a good year for Lamman Rucker. Not only has the Pittsburgh, PA native starred in Tyler Perry’s ‘Why Did I Get Married Too?,’ but he acted in the off-Broadway play, ‘Black Angels Over Tuskegee,’ while on break from his TV […]

Exodus Entertainment’s Kevin Kinsey, Executive Producer and Nikole Wilkerson, Co-Executive Producer join development team to bring about the much anticipated film “Nappily Ever After” starring Academy Award Winning Actress Halle Berry, who will also Produce along with longtime friend Producer Marc Platt. The film is set to release sometime in 2012. By Administrator