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Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
Ballast Dir. Lance Hammer [Alluvial Film; 2008]96 minutes----Genre: dramaOthers: IssaquenaLinks: Ballast is a tough movie to wrap your head around, especially while you’re watching it. It vacillates between good and bad so frequently that you’re not sure what to think. And yet, after the film’s end, the grunts and sighs of discontent and disappointment that came from the audience around me (and there...
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FilmStew.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
No-budget Memphis filmmaker Mike McCarthy’s latest project suggests that smokers will pay a much heavier price for their addiction in the future.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Actor Terrence Howard sings and plays his own songs on his debut album, "Shine Through It," and sounds nothing like Djay, the character he played in "Hustle & Flow."
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BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
As mentioned previously, Katie Holmes is slated to appear on the sophomore season of ABC's Eli Stone. She'll be playing a lawyer and will also be part of a song and dance number when Eli Stone has one of his...
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SOHH.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Written By Cyrus Langhorne MTV New Media has joined forces with Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer to bring online audiences $5 Cover, a new series based on the musical uprisings and lives of Memphis, Tennessee’s own talents. [Visit SOHH.com for more information]
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Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
The Hustle & Flow director will be venturing into new media.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- From Elvis Presley and Isaac Hayes to Three 6 Mafia and Justin Timberlake, Memphis has a long history of nurturing diverse musical acts.
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NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Craig Brewer isn’t the first Hollywood name to jump into the web series game, but his pitch is one of the freshest. Brewer directed the indie hit Hustle & Flow, and his web series seems like it will capture some of the same sensibilities. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Brewer is creating $5 Cover as a [...]
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
When Terrence Howard first met with Sony music executives to discuss a recording career, the suits made an assumption.
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Skeptical Brotha (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Hat Tip: By Jody Callahan, Memphis Commercial Appeal A collection of musicians, politicians, celebrities and activists said goodbye to Isaac Hayes in a three-hour tribute at Hope Presbyterian Church today. Hayes died Aug. 10 after suffering a stroke. He would have turned 66 Wednesday. Stax veteran William Bell, serving as host, introduced Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, [...]
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ProHipHop - Hip Hop Marketing & Business News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Craig Brewer, director of Hustle & Flow, is working on a project called $5 Cover that will include rapper Al Kapone and more generally promote Memphis talent: "A planned series of 15 inter-linked short films (roughly eight minutes each) involving people and places in the...
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OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Thanks to “Anthroman” (also known as Dr. John L. Jackson, Jr., an anthropology professor and filmmaker, not to mention blogger) for his article in The Root, “Hustle and Show.” The article is about a book by Sudhir Venkatesh, co-author of Freakonomics, titled Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets, which [...]
