EMILY BLUNT AS DISNEY’S UPCOMING “MARY POPPINS RETURNS” #disney #d23expo @thecurvycritic

EMILY BLUNT AS THE PRACTICALLY-PERFECT NANNY FROM DISNEY’S UPCOMING “MARY POPPINS RETURNS” 

  We hope you enjoy this special image-in-motion of Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins from Disney’s original musical “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all-new sequel to the 1964 “Mary Poppins” which features a fresh sensibility while celebrating the spirit of the original. The moving image features the…

Keeping the Dream Alive! Happy Birthday Dr. King!http://wp.me/p2v8yf-2uU #kingholiday #civilrights #thecurvyfilmcritic

  As a young high school student in St. Louis, Missouri, I encouraged my classmates to protest our school not recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday as a National Holiday.  I convinced them all to come to my house and we would educate ourselves on the civil rights movement instead of going to school.  Bad idea…I know, but my heart and spirit were in the right place. Needless to say my…

Racism? America? Healing? James Baldwin had strong opinions on the subject #iamnotyournegro

As a person of color, I have lived to see myself referred to as Colored, Black, African-American and Negro. Do you know why we were called Negro?  Then let me hip you to some little known facts… Negro was the terminology most often used to describe us during the from the 18th century until it fell out of favor in the 70’s. Did you know that Negro is Spanish for “black”.  The Spanish language…

#LaLaLand brings #hollywood #musical #glamour back to the the silver screen #aafca #lionsgate

  Being a Broadway Baby, I live for a good musical movie!  LaLa Land is it!  Whiplash director Damien Chazelle takes the endearing old-school Hollywood musical, modernizes it with a Los Angeles back drop and drops in the vocal/dance stylings of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to add the cherry on top. As an actress, I could certainly relate to the scenes with Mia (Emma Stone) going to audition after…

Did American culture create #ojsimpson or was he own his own?http://wp.me/p2v8yf-2gv #aafca #documentary #bloggers

The day O.J. Simpson was acquitted of a double homicide, I was in Harlem watching the trial with millions around the world.  When the verdict of “not guilty” on all counts was announced, I could hear a wave of cheers pass my brownstone and reverberate throughout my apartment. However, when I arrived at work that evening, my co-workers behaved and treated me like I had personally set Simpson free.…

Do #allgovernmentslie and are all #politicians untrustworthy ? #election #bloggers #politics

I don’t know about you, but man am I ready for this Presidential election to be done!  All the name calling, 4-year old behavior and flipping of facts has been just a little more than  I can bear.  I am completely stressed out!!! Thankfully, on November 8th, we will either be celebrating the victory of having America’s First Female President or putting our lives and the future of our country in…

Do we really need to look outside ourselves for happiness or does it lie within? http://wp.me/p2v8yf-2ar #bloggers #trolls

Let me tell you something, Trolls had me singing and feeling happier than I had in months!!!  A smile stayed on my face for hours after I left the theatre.!!! Who knew that those little weird looking dolls would be able to elevate such a human emotion,  Trolls, the latest animated creation by Dreamworks is delightful and  are as adorable as a brand  puppy. Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Erica…

What would you do with a second chance at life? #thereturn #tribeca #carlarenatascorner #aafca

Many of us know someone, have a relative or have accidentally met an individual who has been incarcerated.  There are fewer of us who know someone who has had “three strikes” and even fewer who have had someone released as a result of the passing of Prop 36. In 2012, California voters passed Prop 36 to reform Three Strikes – the…