By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Wendell Pierce has long been one of Hollywood’s busiest and most versatile character actors, equally able to excel in a leading or supportive role. But last week he landed a spot on one of the more eagerly awaited and anticipated properties coming soon, the latest version the iconic superhero Superman. It is directed by James Gunn, titled “Titled Superman: Legacy,” and production has already begun. The newest person in the title role is David Corenswet, who’s alongside Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Hoult as the infamous Lex Luthor. Pierce is assuming the…
Author: Ron Wynn
Howard University made history last weekend in the same manner as Fisk last year and TSU will in the future, by doing something in the athletic world no one expects or anticipates an HBCU will do. Thanks to Jordan McCreary Graham as well as students like Cheyenne Walker and Maya James, Howard is the first HBCU school to compete in figure skating. Just as when Fisk announced it would begin fielding a gymnastics team and Tennessee State announced plans to begin a hockey program, there was nationwide curiosity and questions regarding why a Black university would even want to be…
By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — It’s hard to imagine a more challenging feat than portraying Civil Rights icons and legends Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. But that’s precisely the task that’s been undertaken by the duo of Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre respectively. They have these roles in the current National Geographic miniseries “Genius: MLK/X.” The final two episodes in the eight-part series air Thursday night on National Geographic, then stream Friday on Hulu and Disney+. Both actors said they realized comparisons would be made between them and such past performances as Denzel Washington, who …
By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Tyler James Williams has enjoyed success as a youthful star in “Everybody Loves Chris,” and is now a regular in the third season of the ABC hit “Abbott Elementary.” However his newest endeavor is something totally different. He will join Hayden Panettiere in an upcoming thriller film. “Amber Alert” will be released by Lionsgate according to the website Deadline. The film follows Panettiere’s character on the first day of a new job, with Williams simply along as her ride-share driver for the day. But these two soon find themselves caught in an elaborate scheme…
Big-time college football teams have been even more reluctant to hire Black head football coaches than the NFL. The SEC as one prime example currently has zero Black head football coaches. At a college the head coach is involved with way more things than on the NFL level, particularly with the changes that have come as a result of Name, Image and Likeness money (better known as NIL), the transfer portal, the complete realignment of major conferences, plus the usual recruiting and interaction with boosters. But UCLA became the second Power 5 school in a little over two months to…
By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Three prominent Nashville acts will be performing at the Nashville airport as Black History Month continues. The first will be Joseph Wooten & The Hands of Soul on Friday. Then the Joe West Trio featuring Frankie Staton are scheduled for Feb. 28 and the series concludes with the Rosalyn Malone Jazz Trio Feb. 29. Each performance runs from noon to 2 p.m. outside the Green Beans Coffee Co. in the Nashville International Airport. Joe West, who is both the duet partner with country singer/songwriter Valierie Ellis and a member of the Nashville International Airport…
By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN —There is enormous buzz, discussion and some controversy over the reaction to a pair of singles from the upcoming new Beyonce album. Though the full release won’t be available until March 29, the two songs that were issued via her website and in a Verizon ad, as well as on the Tidal streaming service, are “Texas Hold ‘Em: and “16 Carriages.” This is the second part of her celebrated 2022 “Renaissance” album, which has long been rumored to be a trilogy. Videos posted on her website and on Instagram featured the tease “Act II” along…
It was far from a classic for the first three quarters, but there was both tremendous drama and lots of historical significance in the final quarter plus overtime of Sunday’s Super Bowl. By spearheading both the tying field goal and game winning touchdown in the Kansas City Chiefs 25-22 victory, QB Patrick Mahomes forever ended any debate or doubt over whether he’s an all-time great QB. He joins Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Troy Aikman and Terry Bradshaw as the only quarterbacks to win at least three Super Bowls. He also now is in select company with Brady and Montana as…
By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN —Until this week there had not been a biopic done on the life of the great reggae artist Bob Marley. That is no longer the case, as the biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” opened nationwide this past Wednesday. But for many critics the film hasn’t done what they hoped it would do, which is both provide a cinematic portrait of the legendary artist and document the rise of reggae as the dominant international music of its era and a key political and cultural force, not only in Jamaica, but worldwide. The biopic is directed by…
By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Oscar winners Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have worked together on four previous projects, most recently “Inside Man” in 2006. Last week it was announced that the duo are joining forces once more, this time to reimagine a classic Akira Kurosawa crime drama. They’re collaborating on a remake of the 1963 epic “High and Low” for both Apple and A24. Past joint Lee/Washington projects have also included “Malcolm X” and “He Got Game.” Filming is scheduled to begin in March. The original film was based on Ed McBain’s novel “King’s Ransom,” and it featured…