Exclusive: Billy Porter has come on to exec produce Black As U R, the first in the independent documentary segment dedicating a feature length film to the misunderstandings of Black queerness and the Trans experience. Porter will produce through his Incognegro Productions with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim.
The emotionally charged documentary has won multiple Best Feature accolades and special awards on the festival circuit along with crowd pleasing Q&As with director, Micheal Rice, and subjects from the film.Porter spotted the film as a standout among many films screening at LGBTQ+ film festivals and reached out to director Micheal Rice.
“Black As U R aligns with our production philosophy to focus on Black and Lgbtqia joy and realism to shine a light on these stories. We are grateful to be part of this team and excited to share Micheal’s vision with even more audiences” said Porter and Gugenheim.
The emotionally charged documentary has won multiple Best Feature accolades and special awards on the festival circuit along with crowd pleasing Q&As with director, Micheal Rice, and subjects from the film.Porter spotted the film as a standout among many films screening at LGBTQ+ film festivals and reached out to director Micheal Rice.
“Black As U R aligns with our production philosophy to focus on Black and Lgbtqia joy and realism to shine a light on these stories. We are grateful to be part of this team and excited to share Micheal’s vision with even more audiences” said Porter and Gugenheim.
- 2/15/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Television has changed so much in the last generation that it’s hard to imagine a time of only three networks and a limited number of shows premiering every fall. But in the 1970s there were two such TV series, “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries,” starring Parker Stevenson, and “What’s Happening!!,” starring Ernest Thomas. They both made appearances at the “Hollywood Show” in Chicagoland.
The “Hollywood Show” is an event in which fans can mingle, take photographs and get autographs from the celebrities who appear there, and takes place in Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The next session will take place in Los Angeles on January 8th-10th, 2016. For complete details and ticket purchase information, click here.
Parker Stevenson of “The Hardy Boys,” “Baywatch,” “Stroker Ace”
Parker Stevenson at the “Hollywood Show’ Chicago
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Parker Stevenson began...
The “Hollywood Show” is an event in which fans can mingle, take photographs and get autographs from the celebrities who appear there, and takes place in Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The next session will take place in Los Angeles on January 8th-10th, 2016. For complete details and ticket purchase information, click here.
Parker Stevenson of “The Hardy Boys,” “Baywatch,” “Stroker Ace”
Parker Stevenson at the “Hollywood Show’ Chicago
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Parker Stevenson began...
- 1/2/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Jill Connors, a star of Bravo's Married to Medicine, is facing charges after an assault on her doctor husband that was witnessed by two of their three children in their Alpharetta, Georgia, home earlier this month, according to police reports obtained by People.
Jill, 38, allegedly attacked Dr. John Connors, 46, her husband of 11 years, after he "recently discovered his wife was having an affair" based upon text messages he'd discovered between her and the unidentified male, according to the police report.
On the evening of Aug. 13, "John stated he and Jill started arguing about the matter in the kitchen, and he...
Jill, 38, allegedly attacked Dr. John Connors, 46, her husband of 11 years, after he "recently discovered his wife was having an affair" based upon text messages he'd discovered between her and the unidentified male, according to the police report.
On the evening of Aug. 13, "John stated he and Jill started arguing about the matter in the kitchen, and he...
- 8/28/2015
- by Jeff Truesdell, @ jhtruesdell
- People.com - TV Watch
As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized after being found unconscious in her bathtub on Jan. 31, troubling stories are emerging about the friends she surrounded herself with before. After her mother Whitney Houston died in 2012, Brown had trouble coping with the legend's death, turning to boyfriend Nick Gordon and close friends to help her deal with her monumental loss, sources tell People. But some are now wondering about the people she spent time with - and the influence they had on the emotionally fragile 21-year-old. Brown "is plagued by demons," a source close to the family told People last month. "She...
- 2/21/2015
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains hospitalized after being found unconscious in her bathtub on Jan. 31, dark stories are emerging about the friends she surrounded herself with before - and after - her famous mother's death. After Whitney Houston died in 2012, Brown had trouble coping with her mother's death, turning to boyfriend Nick Gordon and close friends to help her deal with her monumental loss, since the two were so close, sources tell People. But some are now wondering about the people she spent time with - and the influence they had on the emotionally fragile 21-year-old. Brown "is plagued by demons,...
- 2/21/2015
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
Whatever problems Bobbi Kristina Brown had before, all that matters now is getting her the best care possible. Amid reports that there was an active warrant for Brown's arrest when she was found unresponsive in her tub on Jan. 31, Executive Public Information Officer George Gordon tells Us Weekly that the warrant has been recalled, and that the department's main concern is Brown's family. "I confirm the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety had an active arrest warrant for [Ms.] Bobbi Kristina Brown. The warrant was issued because [...]...
- 2/6/2015
- Us Weekly
Bobbi Kristina Brown isn't the only one with bad motoring skills. On the same day the late Whitney Houston's daughter crashed her car in Alpharetta, Ga., her adopted brother/erstwhile boyfriend, Nick Gordon, was busted for reckless driving. E! News confirms that Brown's former fiancé was pulled over at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday by Alpharetta police, who clocked him going 82 mph in a 35 mph zone. He was behind the wheel of a grey Chevy Camaro—not unlike the black Camaro Bobbi Kristina was driving when she hurtled off a roadside embankment earlier in the day and escaped without injury. George Gordon, executive officer of the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety, tells E!...
- 11/29/2012
- E! Online
It's been a rough couple of weeks for Bobbi Kristina Brown. First, she issues a series of cryptic tweets basically announcing that she and boyfriend/adopted brother Nick Gordon have broken off their engagement. Now E! News has learned that the late Whitney Houston's daughter has crashed her Chevy Camaro not far from her home in Alpharetta, Ga. George Gordon, executive officer of the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety, tells us his department received a 911 call at 11:46 a.m. Wednesday from a passerby who reported that a black Camaro had traveled down an embankment. Police who arrived on scene discovered Bobbi Kristina's vehicle with moderate damage and the reality star standing by the vehicle...
- 11/28/2012
- E! Online
Fox is planning to turn EA Games' hit video game Battlefield: Bad Company into a TV series! The project is being developed John Eisendrath who worked on the J.J. Abrams TV series Alias. It will be an hour long action comedy that will also be written by Eisendrath. The series, Bad Company, will feature the main characters from the game, and will follow four renegade soldiers as they exit military life and enter the private sector.
The game is set in a near future war between the Russian Federation and the United States. The four main characters are composed of troublemakers whose use in the battlefield is limited to the role of cannon fodder. Private Preston Marlowe is the game's protagonist, newly transferred to the company. The more intelligent but nervous Private Terrence Sweetwater serves as a foil to Private George Gordon Haggard, Jr., a pyromaniac and the comic relief of the story.
The game is set in a near future war between the Russian Federation and the United States. The four main characters are composed of troublemakers whose use in the battlefield is limited to the role of cannon fodder. Private Preston Marlowe is the game's protagonist, newly transferred to the company. The more intelligent but nervous Private Terrence Sweetwater serves as a foil to Private George Gordon Haggard, Jr., a pyromaniac and the comic relief of the story.
- 10/8/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A few years back, film director Stuart Gordon had the thought that his gore-filled 1985 horror movie Re-Animator might be improved with the addition of some songs. It was an odd idea — but an ultimately successful one. In the spring of 2011, Re-Animator: The Musical opened at Hollywood’s Steve Allen Theater to great reviews (Variety hailed it as “an entertainment of rich rewards and high accomplishment”) and tonight the play officially starts a second run at the Hayworth Theatre, prior to engagements at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and the Edinburgh Festival. The H.P. Lovecraft-inspired tale stars Graham Skipper...
- 5/3/2012
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
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