The legendary director passed away on April 29.
Family and friends of director John Singleton will gather today for a private funeral service. The Oscar-nominated director died April 29th at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 51. Singleton went to the hospital complaining of leg pain and suffered a massive stroke on April 17th. His family later made the […]
Sometimes the one thing you need to make all of your dreams come true is someone who believes in you. For so many of Black Hollywood’s big names that person was John Singleton. Morris Chestnut credits his career and success to his very first film role as Ricky, in John Singleton’s Boyz N The Hood. He […]
Yesterday, we reported that director John Singleton’s mother filed legal documents claiming that her son had fallen into a coma as a result of the stroke he suffered last week. In the documents, she petitioned the courts to essentially give her access and power over his finances so that she can complete a pending business […]
Film director John Singleton has had a health scare. He reportedly has suffered a stroke and has been hospitalized, TMZ reports. On his way back from Costa Rica, the 51-year-old began experiencing weakness in his left leg and ended up checking himself into the hospital. Thankfully he did, because it turns out that he was having a […]
Ice Cube’s loss was apparently Tupac Shakur‘s gain. The former Digital Underground member may have gained a lead role and more fans with acting in John Singleton‘s “Poetic Justice,” but had things turned out differently, it would’ve been Cube, instead of Shakur who moviegoers would’ve seen as Lucky. As Singleton noted, starring in a love story was […]
We don’t know what it is exactly that Danielle Young‘s got, but apparently it makes powerful black men want to put their hands on her body without the benefit of even asking, according to the words that have come out of her mouth. Here’s the backstory: Jessica Chasmar Posted with permission from The Washington Times A […]
I guess somewhere between Loretha Holloway and Cookie Lyons, before Cookie taking bats to Lucious Lyons head. Before LGT had a beef, Manology made New York Times Best and an Open Invitation to a Black Rose came to be. There was the love story of Yvette & Joseph “Jody” Summers AKA Baby Boy . […]
Director John Singleton is coming out in support of Sony Pictures co-chairwoman Amy Pascal and Hollywood mega producer Scott Rudin, in the wake of their…
Russell Simmons has rekindled his relationship with HBO and has partnered up with “Boyz N The Hood” director John Singleton to produce a new TV…
*John Singleton is developing a Miami-set drama at HBO under the cable channel’s production deal with Russell Simmons, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The Oscar-nominated “Boyz n the Hood” writer-director-producer is developing “Club Life: Miami,” which is set against the South Beach club scene and follows a reformed criminal who moves to Miami and […]