The Black Film website Shadowandact.com dropped some more revelations earlier today in the ongoing saga that is the Richard Pryor estate (in case you didn’t know, upon Pryor’s death in 2005 there were may lawsuits filed among the family between Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee and his children). According to the story there is a film ... Share on Facebook
Find out some of the inside scoops from legends like Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Cedric The Entertainer, and Jamie Foxx in the following interview we conducted with comedic “handler” Rashion Khan, who started in the comedy business many, many, years ago with comedy legend Flip Wilson. Khan gives us some insight on how- ... Share on Facebook
Once again I have been honored to write Humor Mill magazine’s annual tribute to the true King of Comedy, the great and irreplaceable, Richard Pryor. I was fortunate to have been in his presence twice in my life. I saw the living legend as a fan at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California during ... Share on Facebook
In honor of the late great Richard Pryor, and since his Birthday was December 1st, and his death was December 10th, we decided to have today’s feature of Today’s Daily Humor feature a classic performance! So, check out this classic stand up performance and tell us what you think below! Leave a comment below and ... Share on Facebook
Earlier today the website Shadow & Act released a story on actor comedian Marlon Wayans, whom they conducted an interview with about several of his upcoming projects specifically the new upcoming comedy A Haunted House scheduled to hit theaters on January 11, 2013, What stood out in the interview was what he was quoted saying about the Richard Pryor ... Share on Facebook
Well, it looks like comedian Mike Epps will play as Richard Pryor on the big screen after all; just not like we had hoped he would. As you may recall, Epps’ name was thrown around for years as the comedian who would portray Pryor in the big screen adaptation of his life, but after some ... Share on Facebook
We discovered that the Showtime Network is launching a new documentary series showcase and we hear that one of the first entertainers to be profiled will be comedy legend Richard Pryor! The series, titled Closeup, will take an in depth look at many high profile celebrities and their complex lives. The Pryor doc will be ... Share on Facebook
We just discovered the news that comedian Eddie Griffin will voice the late Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney for several new episodes of the new animated series Black Dynamite on Adult Swim! As we stated to you previously, the series will debut in July and will be based on 2009’s critically-acclaimed feature film, Black Dynamite. ... Share on Facebook
We discovered yesterday that the Richard Pryor documentary is moving forward on Showtime, and the possibilities of the Richard Pryor film set to star Marlon Wayans looks even slimmer. The documentary film got a nice jolt as word leaked that Marina Zenovich, a documentary film maker was finally able to secure the rights to the ... Share on Facebook
According to Variety, word is that Marlon Wayans and Essence Atkins are both set to star in the new film titled Smart Ass. The big news here is that Wayans will make his directorial debut-with Mike Tiddes- for the film. Variety states that the comedy film is “described as a spoof of a various found-footage ... Share on Facebook