In 2009, people are still asking the question: “Where is Lauryn Hill?”
Well, in 1993, the question was more like “Who IS Lauryn Hill?” The world soon found out when the future Grammy-winning singer/rapper made her debut in Whoopi Goldberg’s hit Sister Act 2 (premiering on TV One Saturday at 8pm [ET]).
Check out little Lauryn as Rita, a girl who seems dead-set against learning or working with her new teacher. Wonder if she’ll change her tune?
Welcome to March Movie Madness, the month TV One airs some of the biggest premieres with some of the biggest stars including Samuel L. Jackson in The Cleaner, Terrence Howard in Spark, Pam Grier in Friday Foster and more.
Each week in March, we pit two of our biggest stars against each other in a Fame-off, which actor do you think delievered the goods in a scene from their film?
LAST WEEK: Pam Grier vs. Alfre Woodard
THIS WEEK: We though we’d switch things up and instead of pitting actors against each other, we’d have movie scenes duke it out for supremacy. So we’ve picked three of the most hilarious scenes from the blaxploitation-spoof <em>I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (premiering Friday and Sunday at 10pm [ET]) and are leaving it up to you to decide which is truly the funniest.
Scene 1: It’s barely longer than a minute, but Chris Rock’s cameo scene has produced the film’s most quoted line. Everybody together now . . . “How much for one rib?” Watch and judge.
Scene 2: In this age of plastic surgery, contact lenses and weaves, it’s hard for a brother to really know who he’s dating. Jack Spade (Keenan Ivory Wayans) learns this lesson the hard way in one of funniest scenes in the film. Watch and judge.
Scene 3: “It’s hard out here for a pimp.” Retired man-of-leisure Flyguy (Antonio Fargas) found no love when he stepped out in his 70s threads, including the most inventive shoes we’ve ever seen. Watch and judge.
Now that you’ve seen all the scenes, it’s time to vote for the best.
Loading ...Making movies is hard to do, especially if you’re damn near broke. Still, that didn’t stop Robert Townsend who hooked up with a few of his friends to create a modern classic. Hollywood Shuffle, a funny, but scathing look at 1980’s Hollywood treatment of Black actors and Black themes, was financed on Townsend’s credit cards — an amazing feat, especially now since NO ONE can get credit. That’s why Robert Townsend’s Hollywood Shuffle made our list of the 100 Greatest Black Power Moves.
Not only did Hollywood have some big comedy stars — including icon Paul Mooney and Franklin Ajaye — but it launched the careers of major talent like Keenan and Damon Wayans, John Witherspoon and Anne-Marie Johnson all who went on to star in features like In Living Color, Friday and I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.
In the end, Townsend’s classic did what so few do. Instead of just complaining about Hollywood, he literally did something about it by creating a new Black Hollywood himself.
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