Day: August 2, 2013

BRITISH ACTRESS SOPHIE OKONEDO TO JOIN DENZEL WASHINGTON IN ‘A RAISIN IN THE SUN’ ON BROADWAY

August 2, 2013

The British Blacklist reports that British actress Sophie Okonedo will be joining  Denzel Washington, Diahann Caroll and Anika Noni Rose to star in the classic play ‘ A Raisin In The Sun’ on Broadway in New York City. According to Broadway.com the production will be directed by Tony Award-nominee Kenny Leon. Previews begin March 8, 2014, with opening night on April 3, 2014 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street), where the original production of A Raisin in the Sun opened 55 years ago. A […]

UK ARTIST: GEORGE THE POET – PERFORMS ‘GO HOME’ / ANNOUNCES SIGNING TO ISLAND RECORDS

August 2, 2013

Performance artist George the Poet takes on the government’s campaign against illegal immigrants, in which a mobile advertising hoarding is driven around diverse areas of London. George Mpanga, the son of immigrants, grew up in Stonebridge Park, north-west London, and recently graduated from the University of Cambridge. … That was really good! George also announced today that he has now signed to Island Records. https://twitter.com/GeorgeThePoet/status/363351064189214721 https://twitter.com/GeorgeThePoet/status/363351499138543616 Hmmmm…. It will be interesting to see how major label Island Records plans to promote and market an […]

FAMILY MEMBERS OF MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TYRELL MATTHEWS-BURTON APPEAL FOR WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD ON ‘DAYBREAK’

August 2, 2013

British teenager Myles Litchmore-Dunbar, 19, is accused of stabbing a fellow holidaymaker to death and  faces a one year wait in a Greek prison cell until he gets a trial. He will appear in court on Monday in an attempt to get bailed back to the UK. 19-year-old Tyrell Matthews-Burton was stabbed to death during a terrifying 30-man brawl outside a nightclub in the holiday resort of Malia, Crete, last Tuesday morning. Litchmore-Dunbar denies stabbing Tyrell and says he has no idea […]