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Filmmaker Menelek Lumumba Interview: 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN
Tinsel & Tine’s 5 QUESTION INTERVIEW with FILMMAKER MENELEK PATRICE LUMUMBA 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor In preparation for the 7th Annual BlackStar Film Festival (August 2-5, 2018), I sent interview questions to many of the filmmakers screening short films; because it seemed to me since their work is shown in blocks, it would be nice to highlight each individual director and/or writer. Click HERE for Short Interviews with Shorts Filmmakers.But that doesn’t mean I can’t give some love and attention to a filmmaker debuting his first feature length film – Menelek Lumumba’s film “1 Angry Black Man” had its World Premiere in Philadelphia during #BlackStar18.…
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Movie Blog Post: GIRLS TRIP
Tinsel & Tine’s Look at GIRLS TRIP By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I first saw the trailer for Girls Trip back in like February or March and thought it looked pretty good and in addition to the known cast of Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall and Queen Latifah, I saw it had the team of super producer Will Packer (THINK LIKE A MAN, Ride Along, ALMOST CHRISTMAS, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON and many more) and the talents of director Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man and THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY) but still I worried that the movie would fall flat, that it wouldn’t have cross over appeal both to other races…
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Fireside Chat with ICE CUBE & DEON COLE – BARBERSHOP 3: THE NEXT CUT
By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Half the fun of writing Tinsel & Tine is never knowing what kind of exciting invitation is right around the corner – who would have thought I’d get a chance to interview rapper, writer, producer, mogul, actor Ice Cube! Of course, it was hard not to ask questions about Straight Outta Compton, but I knew I needed to be a professional and stick to things pertaining to the movie at hand – Barbershop 3: The Next Cut, which I screened the night before with Cube and comedian/cast member Deon Cole on the red carpet. Sidenote: I did however, get Cube to autograph my Straight Outta…
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EMPIRE INTERVIEW with Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray (Fox TV)
Tinsel & Tine Got a Chance to be on a Conference Call with Two of the Lyon Brothers Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray Here’s a video excerpt of the audio from the call (Note: video will not be visible to those receiving T&T via RSS feed Here’s a link to the Jamal & Hakeem Interview on Youtube) In the video the two actors talk about their reaction to their growing fan base; the brotherhood of Jamal & Hakeem; the scenes they found hardest to shoot. Jussie and Yazz the Greatest also talked a lot about being active in their communities, giving back. In fact, Angela Davis is Jussie’s godmother.…
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BLACK TRIBBLES: Le Anne Lindsay Joins Tribble Nation
POST UPDATE 5/24/17 Tinsel & Tine aka Buttercake Tribble on Black Tribbles Podcast “Spoiled Tribbles” BLACK PANTHER Pirates of the Carribbean: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES LOGAN DOCTOR STRANGE STAR TREK BEYOND GHOSTBUSTERS 2016 Batman V Superman: DAWN OF JUSTICE Geek at Heart: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON James Bond: SPECTRE Geeks in the Round: FANTASTIC FOUR Summer Female Bond Spoof: SPY Summer Disaster Movie: SAN ANDREAS POST UPDATE 1/16/15: I DID IT! First time on live radio. Of course anal me had made lots of notes, but after I got into the rhythm of things I was able to start winging it and join in the…
