With each passing day, it seems like remakes of old properties are materializing out of the ether like clockwork and taking over our television screens and movie theaters. So, what about a sequel to the 1997 comedy B*A*P*S? This is the question The Five Heartbeats director Robert Townsend posed to Twitter users on Tuesday. View image on Twitter […]
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Comedian, writer, director, and producer Robert Townsend announced today via social media that he’s debuting his latest project, which we discovered is a documentary of the making of one of his hit films, The Five Heartbeats. The film, which was directed by Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans, and written by Townsend, starred Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry […]
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On this day in comedy on February 6, 1957, Comedian, Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Robert Townsend was born in Chicago, Illinois After honing his skills at Chicago’s X Bag Theatre; The Experimental Black Actors Guild and at Second City, Townsend got his start in comedy at The Improv. He moved to New York to further […]
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On this day in comedy on March 28, 1997, Halle Berry’s B*A*P*S was released by New Line Cinema! Directed by Robert Townsend and written by Troy Beyer, B.A.P.S stars Halle Berry and Natalie Desselle-Reid as Decatur, Georgia waitresses trying to come up. They want to open the first combination beauty shop / soul food joint […]
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On this day in comedy on March 20, 1987 Hollywood Shuffle was released by The Samuel Goldwyn Company Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, this film is a satirical attack on Hollywood’s systematic stereotyping of blacks in the media. Townsend financed the indie with his own credit cards and used the storyline of a […]
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As you already know, the comedy industry has taken a big hit during the coronavirus. So many comedians are trying to figure out ways to entertain themselves and their audience. With that being said, comedians Deon Cole (of black-ish fame) and Tony Roberts (of Uncle Buck fame) decided earlier today to entertain their fans by conducting […]
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